[QGIS-ZA-user] Curved Road Labeling Issue

[Umuntu Akalahlwa]

hey guys

I have this topic for my project at school. "One of the trending toics in
GIS is the creation of geoapps. Create a geoapp for all the modern
restaurants in the Durban City". My question is, which GIS software is best
for this assignent? Thanks!


On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 2:25 PM Chris Berens via qgis-za-user <
qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> My experience is that even with show all labels activated I still drop
> labels with the curved options...but my opinion doesn't count as I am STILL
> using 2.18 (!)
>
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 13:55, Arthur TAUTE via qgis-za-user <
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>> Hi,
>> I have never had an issue and always plot "curved" although I notice your
>> roads are very squiggly and that may be the reason?  Try smoothing one just
>> for an experiment
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>> From: qgis-za-user [mailto:qgis-za-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On
>> Behalf Of Gavin Fleming via qgis-za-user
>> Sent: 03 April 2019 12:22 PM
>> To: South Africa QGIS user group <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Cc: Gavin Fleming <gavin at kartoza.com>
>> Subject: Re: [QGIS-ZA-user] Curved Road Labeling Issue
>>
>> Hi Catherine
>>
>> Are you sure you haven’t made labels scale dependent and they’re disabled
>> at that scale?
>>
>> You should be able to do it fine with the ’single label’ option. Those
>> options don’t affect placement.
>>
>> If you’re prepared to share some or all of your data with me or the list
>> that would help.
>>
>> Gavin
>>
>> > On 03 Apr 2019, at 12:03, Cath Souchon via qgis-za-user <
>> qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am hoping someone can assist me. I work on a game reserve and am
>> currently making a new map of all roads. I have captured (ground-truthed)
>> all roads and now am working on the aesthetics part (symbolization &
>> labeling). I am currently working on QGIS Version: 3.6.0 (Noosa).
>> >
>> > I feel like I have tried everything to get the labels to follow the
>> curves of the roads at 1:20 000 but I am just not winning. I have watched &
>> read what feels like many hours of videos and tutorials online but still no
>> success.
>> >
>> > In the "Labels" section of the Road layer properties window I have
>> tried selecting the "Curved" option under "Placement" but once selected all
>> road names seem to disappear. I then tried different variations of the
>> "Allowed positions" options but still no luck. I also tried adjusting the
>> "Maximum angle between curved characters" but that didn't seem to make a
>> difference, at higher numbers one or two letters of words appeared.
>> >
>> > For the above explanation I had been using "Single labels". Should I
>> rather be trying this using "Rule-based labeling"?
>> >
>> > Below is a screenshot of a portion of the road network I am dealing
>> with. The end goal is to get the map printed out (at about 1:20 000) on A0
>> or larger size.
>> >
>> > <image.png>
>> >
>> > Any help on this would be hugely appreciated!
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> > Catherine
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