Thanks for putting it back on list (hit the wrong button on this end). I completely agree that this is a good feature to work towards. My email was merely about how to achieve what you wanted with the current version. Please have a look over at http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/report If you don't see a request or note about this feature, by all means submit the enhancement idea.
Thanks, Alex On 11/22/2010 02:14 PM, Brad Nesom wrote: > Actually in ESRI you can have (ver10) data driven pages, (9.3x) DSmap book, > (AutoDesk Map) map books and sheet sets. Each allows to build a book indexed > from a grid or alignment with specified data and elements at specified > scales within the cells (selected, or all). All three software can also > handle as mentioned multiple "data" frames containing the same, a subset or > even differing (scale) data. This can be used for overview maps, insets, or > map books. > > > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:41 PM, MORREALE Jean Roc > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> I'm replying back to the list as I think it is a more general concern. The >> composer is a flexible tool allowing to change everything around the map, >> except the map. If the composer is intended to limit as much as possible the >> need for another CAD software to produce a map, then the possibility to use >> several project in the same composer space would be a great thing. >> >> ESRI achieves this by authorizing the user to open several workspace >> (called "data frame")inside the same project, Each of these workspaces can >> use the same datasources, allowing the user to give a different semiologic >> style to the same data. With this this you can easily add insets or >> overviews to the map composition (arcgis can only have one by project). >> >> Regards, >> Jean Roc >> >> Le 17/11/2010 23:11, Alex Mandel a écrit : >> >>> It is possible just a little tricky. Basically you have to make one map >>> and then the other. When you finish the first there is a lock layers >>> checkbox which seems to keep that map as is. Then you can rearrange all >>> your layers and make a second map on the same composer. It's not perfect >>> but at least a start. >>> >>> The other way I would approach would be to make 2 different maps from 2 >>> different qgis projects. Export both to pdf, pull into inkscape and >>> arrange (can also be done if you save out an image tiff, png or jpeg). >>> >>> Enjoy, >>> Alex >>> >>> >>> On 11/17/2010 01:44 PM, MORREALE Jean Roc wrote: >>> >>>> I think that what Dario has in mind is a map object of the canvas with a >>>> different layer selection than his main map object which, if I'm >>>> correct, is actually not possible dynamically in QGIS. What I usually do >>>> is importing a raster of a previous composition to serve as the light >>>> overview. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Jean Roc >>>> >>>> Le 17/11/2010 21:09, Giovanni Manghi a écrit : >>>> >>>>> Hi Dario, >>>>> in the composer you can add how many map object as you want, so you can >>>>> add one that will serve as overview. >>>>> >>>>> cheers >>>>> >>>>> -- Giovanni -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 11:50 -0800, Dario wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> how to display an overview map with locator on the composer printer? >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Qgis-user mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >> > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
