I wonder if http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Ps.output might give good ideas for drawing a grid on the map canvas.
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Etienne Tourigny <etourigny....@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to add support to draw a grid on the map canvas, in a way > similar to what is done in the map composer (although perhaps without > the annotations on the borders). > > What should be the approach used? > > 1) plugin or core? > 2) rubberbands or basic plot functions triggered after mapCanvas update? > > I think both drawing strategies are possible using a plugin. > > It would be best to write in the core, assuming there is sufficient > interest in this, but it will take time to trickle down to the stable > version (an argument for making it a plugin). > > I know the current workaround is to create a vector grid with ftools, > but that is a little clunky. > > Any thoughts? > Etienne > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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