Re: [Qgis-user] QEP: Layer Notes
On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 14:47, Nyall Dawson wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've just submitted a new QGIS enhancement proposal detailing support > for user created "notes" for map layers. You can read the details > here: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/206 > > I'm after feedback on this proposal and am trying to determine how > widespread the use-case is, and how desirable it is to have this > functionality available in QGIS out-of-the-box (vs as a plugin). Thanks everyone for the great feedback so far! Can I please request that we keep the comments and replies on the github proposal page in order to keep everyone's comments centralised? Thank you! Nyall ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QEP: Layer Notes
On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 at 05:35, Garth Fletcher wrote: > > Stewart Holt brings up an important distinction between > Meta Data, which belongs with the layer, and Layer Notes which > would belong with the project. > > I agree that having both would be very valuable as each serves > a different and important role in documenting a project an > its data sources. > > I would use Meta Data to document data source and its manipulation > which are important if the file is imported into a different project, > while I would use Layer Notes for information about layering and > such in the current project. Exactly, thanks for adding this clarification! Nyall > > Kudos to Nyall for his proposal! > -- > Garth Fletcher > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QEP: Layer Notes
Stewart Holt brings up an important distinction between Meta Data, which belongs with the layer, and Layer Notes which would belong with the project. I agree that having both would be very valuable as each serves a different and important role in documenting a project an its data sources. I would use Meta Data to document data source and its manipulation which are important if the file is imported into a different project, while I would use Layer Notes for information about layering and such in the current project. Kudos to Nyall for his proposal! -- Garth Fletcher ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QEP: Layer Notes
I have been wanting a feature like this and after reading the proposal, I saw comments suggesting the use of metadata for this purpose. I think the intent of the proposal is to place notes or reminders relevant for a particular project. That would be useful and I would like to see that implemented. But reading this led to my investigating using MD for this purpose. I suggest some changes to make metadata more useful in general. MD is a heavyweight feature but there is no requirement to fill out more than you need. I filled out MD for a dataset and saved the .qmd file next to the shapefiles. I had to navigate to the directory where the shapefile resided. I opened another project which included this same layer and looked at the metadata which was blank as I expected. I imported it. This time QGIS opened the dialog in the needed directory but I suspect that it was because it saved the last directory path rather than using the path of the layer file. Based on this, I think it would be a useful enhancement for the MD form to by default save to and restore from the layer file's directory if it is a file based layer. Whereas the proposal in question is best being project based, Metadata is best connected to the layer source itself rather than being in the project file. This is easily possible for shapefile layers by having the .qmd file present. The exercise described above involved adding an explanation of how the Z and M values were derived and included information on accuracy for certain sections. If I improve this layer and save the new annotations to a .qmd file, I would like for other projects to use the updated information rather than have to remember to import a newer .qmd file in each project. Would it be reasonable to have the .qmd file associated with a file based layer override (or replace, or remove) MD stored in the project file for that layer? I trust that if I replaced a shapefile layer with a different set of files with the same pathname but a different projection, QGIS would use the projection specified in the .prj file rather than anything that might have been stored in the project file. MD should work the same. Stewart On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 11:48 PM Nyall Dawson wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just submitted a new QGIS enhancement proposal detailing support > for user created "notes" for map layers. You can read the details > here: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/206 > > I'm after feedback on this proposal and am trying to determine how > widespread the use-case is, and how desirable it is to have this > functionality available in QGIS out-of-the-box (vs as a plugin). > > Nyall > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QEP: Layer Notes
Having some sort of way to include a readily-accessible text description for each layer (such that all such descriptions would be saved with a project) would be a godsend. I'm finding it's almost easier to recreate something from near-scratch than to try to follow/remember what I did to obtain the layers in a project I haven't looked at for even a few days. It would be even more useful if, for instance, a new layer created by an operation had a description that was prefilled with e.g. "Layer generated by union of layer XXX and layer YYY." On 1/31/21 11:47 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote: Hi all, I've just submitted a new QGIS enhancement proposal detailing support for user created "notes" for map layers. You can read the details here: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/206 I'm after feedback on this proposal and am trying to determine how widespread the use-case is, and how desirable it is to have this functionality available in QGIS out-of-the-box (vs as a plugin). Nyall ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] QEP: Layer Notes
Hi all, I've just submitted a new QGIS enhancement proposal detailing support for user created "notes" for map layers. You can read the details here: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/206 I'm after feedback on this proposal and am trying to determine how widespread the use-case is, and how desirable it is to have this functionality available in QGIS out-of-the-box (vs as a plugin). Nyall ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
