Hi guys, There is a feature request for adding the map from the overview pane to the composer: https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2348 That person is after essentially the same result as you Marco, but they seem to have forgotten that the extent of the map view is almost always at least slightly different from the extent of the detail map in the print composer. So the map extent rectangle shown in the overview would be wrong.
It might be more flexible anyway to have a plugin add a rectangle to a normal map canvas on the print composer, showing the extents of another map canvas. I think this would be a popular feature - does anyone know how feasible it would be? I imagine the other problem mentioned in that ticket (the difficulty around preserving/changing the layers shown on a map canvas in the composer) is something that should be addressed separately. Regards, Alister > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:42:10 +0000 (UTC) > From: Marco Tuckner <marcotuck...@public-files.de> > Subject: [Qgis-user] Re: Overview (inset map ) in map composer > To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Message-ID: <loom.20101027t174030-...@post.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > You can simply add another map to the canvas, and then set the > extents and > scale to only cover your area of interest. > Yes. > But how do I make them dynamically zoom and also display an extend > rectangle on > the overview map showing th extend of the detailed map? > > Thanks for following up. > > Regards, > Marco _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
