funny - I use mainly relative paths for my projects. All geodata is
usually linked from a central Postgis database. But relative paths are
used for images in layouts or .ui files for forms or for scripts.
Base map data is referenced by embedding groups and layers from a
central QGIS project (using the new embedded group/layer references).
I agree that there are use cases and pro/cons for both absolute and
relative paths, but I think relative paths should be the default as most
users store the data in the same directory as their .qgs project file
and want to be able to move that whole directory to a different computer
where potentially absolute path references would change.
It think there would be value if one could choose on a per layer base
whether the path is relative or absolute. This would allow for more
flexible control than on a per project base.
Andreas
On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:41:24 +0100, Anita Graser wrote:
I certainly cannot talk for everyone but the structure I've seen most
of the time was:
Keep all map data in a separate data folder. Project files are stored
in the project folder, which might have to be moved or renamed. Many
projects use the same base data, which should not be duplicated
because files are huge.
Relative paths are not an option for most of the use cases in such an
environment.
Best wishes,
Anita
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
On 2011-12-19 13:06, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> I think it's important to have both, they both have use cases
IMO it
> would be good to be able to tell the project how to store each
layer,
Yes, and there is happily :-)
-> Project Properties/Save paths
It's just that seeing the issue about the wms, I had the feeling
that we
forced qgis to relative paths while maybe the (silent) majority
wanted
absolute paths as 'default'....
Regards,
Richard Duivenvoorde
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