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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Re: QGIS 2.14 Force label tool inquiry</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">I have been working in QGIS 2.14 creating labels for road polylines on a large 2.5m x 1.8m wall map. I have used the various settings in the automatic labelling tools as much as I can to get a good labelling result, and have also been working with the manual label tools. I currently have X, Y and rotation real fields in my polyline attribute table to assist with the manual label tools. So far everything seems to be doing what it has been advertised to do, however I still have not reached a satisfactory result. I am to the point with my research that I have either missed something entirely or the tool I'm imagining does not exist (aka I'm at a loss as to what to do next!). Can anyone please help me out?</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Some of the issues I am experiencing are:</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"> - Labels displayed on the map canvas do not necessarily display in the map composer (not scale-based visibility settings are being used)</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"> - Changing settings in the automatic labelling tools may fix one issue but then create a new different labelling problem. Example 'merge connected lines to avoid duplicate labels ' can result in some roads missing labels entirely (bug??). No label feature size suppression is being used.</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"> - Using the manual label tools are useful for a small number of alterations, however in the large map environment I am working with it is a huge cumbersome task (and there is more than one large wall map to make...).</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"> - Some unique roads in our shire require additional interaction with their labels. No amount of automatic programming will fix these issues - these roads defy the laws of common sense. So I will need to keep some manual label interaction.</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"> - The lack of ability to quickly and easily reposition or add labels. The manual labels are very 'manual' and I have a huge map with many labels to amend, which is why I am looking for alternative solutions.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">One way I could describe the features I am looking for is to 'freeze' labels in a fixed position then 'force' additional labels to appear where I would like them to be. Ideally it would be great to be able to:</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"> 1. Set the automatic label tool settings found in the Layer Property > Labels window to a point where 90% of the road polyline labels are positioned, spaced, sized, curved, rotated etc correctly, then </font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"> 2. Mass 'freeze' the labels so that additional panning or scale change of the map does not reposition the automatic labels (this would assist to identify the roads missing labels before it goes to print), then</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"> 3. Have the ability to force additional labels to display at chosen sites along the polyline as one click tool (not move, rotate, repositioning as separate steps) and force add missing labels. Retaining the current label editing abilities such as rotate, move etc at this point is useful too.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">I am from a MapInfo Pro background. They have some tools similar to the described above. Dreaming here, but how awesome it would be if you could pick 'n' mix your favourite tools from various programs into one..?!</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Any alternatives, plugins or tips would be greatly appreciated. </font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Kind regards,</font><br>
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<font size="2" color="#008080" face="sans-serif">Michaele James</font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
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<font size="2" color="#008080" face="sans-serif">GIS & Assets Officer<br>
(02) 6962 8192</font><br>
<font size="2" color="#008080" face="sans-serif"><b>Michaele.James@griffith.nsw.gov.au</b></font><br>
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