Hi Jonathan,
There is always room for improvement, I agree. Suggestions for
improvements are sometimes better discussed in the qgis-dev list, since
many of the developers don't follow the qgis-user list.
The QGIS user list is mainly for help with the existing feature set.
You may want to suggest this functionality in the qgis-dev list and may
even want to raise in issue/feature request in the QGIS bug tracker. If
a feature is really important for you, the fastest way is to hire a
developer.
But is also good to discuss new ideas upfront in the qgis-dev list.
Maybe some developer has a good idea how to implement things.
Best regards,
Andreas
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:38:32 +0100, Jonathan Moules wrote:
Hi Andreas,
The SVG-setting isn't a terrible solution (its fairly decent as I
noted in my previous message), however it does mean that if someone
is going to distribute QML-with-SVG files, they now also need to
include an instruction manual telling them about SVG settings and the
like.
Also, remember that while this is simple for you and I, some users
aren't as technically saavy as we are.
Thanks for your help with this,
Jonathan
On 17 August 2012 14:07, Andreas Neumann wrote:
Hi Jonathan,
no - QGIS cannot embed SVG files in QML files. And it's not very
likely that this will get implemented - unless you pay someone to
implement it.
But the solution with the SVG paths isn't bad/complicated anyway. It
is not a lot of work to copy a bunch of SVG files to a central place
and set it in the global options, is it?
Just my opinion,
Andreas
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:57:18 +0100, Jonathan Moules wrote:
Hi Andreas,
Unfortunately "relative" doesn't seem to work for QML files (you
did
say relative to .qgs files, but I don't actually have a project -
I'm
trying to create stand-alone QML files I can distribute both
internally and to the community). My project is set to use
relative
paths, I then set up my styling and saved my style to a QML file.
I have this data structure:
/qml/this_style.qml
/symbols/[lots of SVG symbols]
When I then started a new QGIS project, loaded the data then
applied
the this_style.qml, it didn't load the SVG symbols.
Looking in the saved QML file, it is saving the *absolute* path:
Even if I then search-and-replace this with the relative path:
It still doesn't load the SVG files.
Even moving the directory structure to: /qml/symbols/ and then
changing the relative term to "./symbols/" doesn't resolve it.
Would this be considered a bug or desired behaviour?
The only way I've found to get it working is to change the QML
file to
only point at the file name itself, then make that directory a
"SVG path". This works and seems a fairly decent solution, though
personally I'd still feel better if they were included in the QML
file
itself, it'd make distribution easier and importing easier.
Jonathan
On 17 August 2012 12:22, Andreas Neumann wrote:
Hi Jonathan,
SVG symbols are always just referenced.
It is generally good advice to use relative paths in the project
settings. This influences paths to spatial data files (e.g.
shape
files, tiff files, spatialite), but also the SVG files.
Relative
means relative to the .qgs project file.
I generally create a directory per GIS project and put the .qgis
in
the root of this directory and svg Files in a subdirectory.
Alternatively, you can use the central storage of SVG files.
This
can be anywhere in your file system and you can define it in the
Global Options --> Rendering --> SVG Paths
Hope this helps.
Andreas
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:03:53 +0100, Jonathan Moules wrote:
Hi Andreas,
I've used this to style up my data, and it was looking
excellent
good.
However I then moved the SVG files that were being used as the
SVG
Markers for the point fill (they were in a temporary directory
on
my
desktop). Unfortunately this seems to have resulted in all of
the
point filled stylings now not working!
Is this desired behaviour?
I expected the SVG styling information to be stored in the
QML
file,
that way I could just share the QML files and they'd work.
This
way it
basically renders QML files useless for sharing - everyone
will
want
to put the SVG files somewhere different because everyone has
a
different directory structure.
If I look into the styling as loaded, the SVG maker is
pointing
at:
"C:/PROGRA~1/Quantum GIS Lisboa/apps/qgis/svg"
If I move the SVG files into there, they still aren't loaded
if I
reload the style.
Any thoughts? Hows this supposed to work?
Jonathan
On 16 August 2012 16:13, Jonathan Moules wrote:
Thats exactly what I want, works great, thanks!
On 16 August 2012 15:25, Andreas Neumann wrote:
supplied symbols, I'm not convinced QGIS could symbolise
them neatly
anyway without tweaking the SVG itself (i.e. there's no
way
to
specify
distance between symbols for instance).
The patterns, by definition, don't have spacing between
the
tiles,
because patterns should provide seamless tiling. However,
you
can
specify the tile size.
If you want spacing between symbols, you could use the
point
pattern fill editor where you can also use SVG point
markers
and
provide spacing and displacement. This requires QGIS 1.8,
I
believe.
Andreas
--
Andreas Neumann
Böschacherstrasse 10A
8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH)
Switzerland
_______________________________________________
Qgis-user mailing list
[email protected] [1] [1] [1]
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user [2] [2]
[2]
This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s)
only
and may
contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to
RESTRICTED
and
should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named
addressee
(or
authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy
or
use
it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this
transmission in error please notify the sender immediately.
All
email
traffic sent to or from us, including without limitation all
GCSX
traffic, may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in
accordance
with relevant legislation.
Links:
------
[1] mailto:[email protected] [3] [3]
[2] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user [4] [4]
[3] mailto:[email protected] [5] [5]
[4] mailto:[email protected] [6] [6]
--
--
Andreas Neumann
Böschacherstrasse 10A
8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH)
Switzerland
This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only
and may
contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED
and
should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee
(or
authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or
use
it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this
transmission in error please notify the sender immediately. All
email
traffic sent to or from us, including without limitation all GCSX
traffic, may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in
accordance
with relevant legislation.
Links:
------
[1] mailto:[email protected] [7]
[2] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user [8]
[3] mailto:[email protected] [9]
[4] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user [10]
[5] mailto:[email protected] [11]
[6] mailto:[email protected] [12]
[7] mailto:[email protected] [13]
--
--
Andreas Neumann
Böschacherstrasse 10A
8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH)
Switzerland
This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only and
may
contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED
and
should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or
authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use
it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this
transmission in error please notify the sender immediately. All email
traffic sent to or from us, including without limitation all GCSX
traffic, may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance
with relevant legislation.
Links:
------
[1] mailto:[email protected]
[2] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[3] mailto:[email protected]
[4] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[5] mailto:[email protected]
[6] mailto:[email protected]
[7] mailto:[email protected]
[8] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[9] mailto:[email protected]
[10] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[11] mailto:[email protected]
[12] mailto:[email protected]
[13] mailto:[email protected]
[14] mailto:[email protected]
--
--
Andreas Neumann
Böschacherstrasse 10A
8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH)
Switzerland
_______________________________________________
Qgis-user mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
