On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:05:44 +0100, Lester Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Lester, Few days ago Martin Bain sent an answer to a message with subject "Geology symbols", from Alan Younger. I think his answer will fit your needs: On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 00:05:40 +0000, Martin Bain <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Allan, > I’m not a geologist, but I wonder if you have seen this recent QGIS > blog post: > https://ieqgis.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/using-trigonometry-to-place-and-orientate-labels/ > > I hope it might be of some use. > Cheers, > Martin. > > From: Qgis-user [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Allan Younger Sent: Tuesday, 8 August 2017 8:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Qgis-user] Geology symbols > > How do you insert mapped structural symbols into a plan? > These have a compass orientation & inclination direction. > These can be any orientation but I cannot see how you can have in one > layer. Only close success I have had putting single symbols in a > layer, must be a better way. Allan Younger > Cheers! > Hello, > > I have strike and dip structural geology data and would like to plot > the symbols with correctly positioned labels for the dip marker. The > strike angle can be used for the rotation in a clockwise direction, > but labelling the dip vector of the symbol is very hit and miss. > > A typical data file would be: > > Longitude, Latitude, Strike (clockwise from 0 degrees), dip direction > (orthogonal to strike). > > Is there an easy method to deal with this? I can manually position the > labels with offsets, but for a lot of data this would be a time > consuming task! > > Thanks > > Lester > > QGIS version 2.18.11 > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Roxo -- ---------------- Non luctari, ludare -------------------+ WYSIWYG Fernando M. Roxo da Motta <[email protected]> | Editor? Except where explicitly stated I speak on my own behalf.| VI !! ( Usuário Linux registrado #39505 ) | I see text, ------------ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?-------------+ I get text! _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
