Re: [QGIS-Developer] Generic use of QgsLocator and friends?

2017-10-12 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
Hi Nyall, First a big Thanks for looking and answering! I was wondering why nobody was so excited as I was :-) I agree/can live with most of your clarifications. Some remarks: - about the networkaccesmanager-like class (cc'ing to Boundless). I think that IF we create this, we should do it in

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Generic use of QgsLocator and friends?

2017-10-12 Thread Tim Sutton
Hi > On 12 Oct 2017, at 07:42, Nyall Dawson wrote: > >> # QUESTION: should we create base (geocoder)classes for the >> GeocoderLocator and GeocoderFilter (in cpp or python): >> - I created a baseclass for my 2 geocoders, thinking it would be >> helpfull to have

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Generic use of QgsLocator and friends?

2017-10-11 Thread Nyall Dawson
Hi Richard, On 9 October 2017 at 23:10, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote: > > (sorry for long email and lot of questions... > tldr; I think qlocator is UBERCOOL and want to use if for everything) > for a screenie, see: >

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Generic use of QgsLocator and friends?

2017-10-09 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 02-10-17 02:06, Nyall Dawson wrote: > More implementable suggestions like these would be very welcome :) > Locator is still very young, and we've got time to tweak the API > before freeze. Hi Nyall & other QGIS devs, (sorry for long email and lot of questions... tldr; I think qlocator is

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Generic use of QgsLocator and friends?

2017-10-02 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
See inline On 02-10-17 02:06, Nyall Dawson wrote: > On 26 September 2017 at 17:03, Richard Duivenvoorde > wrote: >> I agree with your point that multiple search-like widgets would clutter >> the interface, but I think a generic geocoder search widget could be a >> good

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Generic use of QgsLocator and friends?

2017-10-01 Thread Nyall Dawson
On 26 September 2017 at 17:03, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote: > Hi Nyall, > > I agree with your point that multiple search-like widgets would clutter > the interface, but I think a generic geocoder search widget could be a > good candidate for for a second search widget > Again

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Generic use of QgsLocator and friends?

2017-09-26 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 26-09-17 06:43, Nyall Dawson wrote: >> - is it a good idea to make it a reusable component for geocoder(s0? > *maybe*. Is there any reason NOT to use the existing, all powerful, > integrated with everything locator widget? The intention with the > creation of the locator was specifically to

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Generic use of QgsLocator and friends?

2017-09-25 Thread Nyall Dawson
On 23 September 2017 at 01:13, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote: > > Hi Devs, > > I've been playing a little with the QgsLocatorWidget and friends (in > Python). > > Hoping to be able to use this for a geocoder I have to reimplement. > And also hoping it could be used as a generic

[QGIS-Developer] Generic use of QgsLocator and friends?

2017-09-22 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
Hi Devs, I've been playing a little with the QgsLocatorWidget and friends (in Python). Hoping to be able to use this for a geocoder I have to reimplement. And also hoping it could be used as a generic geocoder interface, see an earlier QEP: