Sure, why don't you upload what you think it should look like. I will start working on this tonight and poke around to see just how difficult this is to get working.
Thanks, ~Ben On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Nathan Woodrow <madman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Ben, > > I think a multi frame feature is inevitable in QGIS and is something that > I have always wanted to have. I think we can take the idea of Data Frames > that ArcGIS has and expand on areas that we don't like. > > Having higher level groups, which would be the frames, would work fine and > having just a single map window would make life a lot easier. In an ideal > world I would like the ability to break out a frame into a different map > window so that I could have two map canvases open at one given time. > > Something else that I think would be good would to be have a "Composer > use" sub group that would show which composers and composer maps this frame > is used in. Something like this: > > Frame1 > *-> Composer use* > * -- MyComposer - Map3* > * -- BigPrint - Map3** * > Frame2 > *-> Composer use* > * -- BigPrint - Map1* > * > * > I had some ideas a while ago about what UI features I would like to see > with a multi frame situation so I can upload some sketches of it if you > would like. > > - Nathan > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Benedict Holland < > benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So I found a few related bugs to what I wanted to do so I don't know if >> this is incorporated already. >> >> http://hub.qgis.org/issues/2348 >> http://hub.qgis.org/issues/4846 >> >> with the second link being what I think I am going for with one >> substantial difference. I want to have a main map of a section of say, >> Maine or New York zoomed in quite a bit to show a specific town. Then I >> want a map of the state of Maine or New York in the corner of the main map >> with a box describing the location of the main map. The way ArcGIS does >> this sort of thing is sort of brilliant. The way I see this working is to >> modify projects so they made up of a layer group: >> >> Project -> Data Frames (at least 1 always, probably named something >> different like Map Frame) -> Layers (0 or more) >> >> and allow a data frame to be turned on or off in the composer (perhaps a >> check box like display in composer). The active data frame will be >> displayed in the main window and only one data frame can be active. Of >> course both data frames will have to be movable in the composer as the main >> map currently is. I am sure this feature will buy a lot more than just my >> use case but I need this sort of functionality just to provide an overview >> map embedded within the main map. Does this sound reasonable and doable? >> >> Thanks all, >> ~Ben >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 6:50 PM, G. Allegri <gioha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Benedict, >>> besides the data frames cincepr, which would useful in many >>> circumstances, aren't describing an overview map? It already exists in >>> QGis. Probably I misunderstood your requirement... >>> >>> Giovanni >>> >>> Sent from Nexus >>> Il giorno 06/gen/2013 00:37, "Benedict Holland" < >>> benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com> ha scritto: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I just stumbled across this bit from Nathans blog: >>>> >>>> http://woostuff.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/the-things-i-would-like-to-see-in-qgis-what-are-yours/ >>>> >>>> I was wondering if there was someone working on Data Frames and being >>>> able to load multiple data frames into the presenter (exactly like ArcGIS). >>>> The best use case for this exact feature is to get the extent marker for an >>>> area locator in the main map. Something along the lines of a main map with >>>> a tiny area map in the corner displaying the location of the current map. >>>> You see, I actually do need this feature to exist which would make it quite >>>> high on priorities to try to tackle. Also, do you know where I should start >>>> looking and what areas of the code tree I would be working in? I am not >>>> sure if this should start out as a plugin either since I have a feeling I >>>> would end up creating a top level object made up of layers and I am not >>>> sure how well that would fit into a plugin like interface. Of course, I >>>> don't have any skills programming a plugin for anything anyway but I >>>> can re-factor code and design a template for a code review. >>>> >>>> Also, how do code reviews happen? I would love to get any input on what >>>> this sort of thing should look like and what features people would >>>> generally want from a "Data Frame" like object and have the class >>>> interfaces reviewed before I start tackling the hard work. >>>> >>>> Thanks all, >>>> ~Ben >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>>> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>> >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> >> >
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