You're reading from QGIS Python Programming Cookbook, Second Edition Automating geospatial development

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787124837

Length 464 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Eclipse

Concepts

Geospatial Analysis

Author (1):

Joel Lawhead

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Automating QGIS FREE CHAPTER

2. Querying Vector Data

3. Editing Vector Data

4. Using Raster Data

5. Creating Dynamic Maps

6. Composing Static Maps

7. Interacting with the User

8. QGIS Workflows

9. Other Tips and Tricks

Labeling a feature

Once your map layers are styled, the next step to creating a complete map is labeling features. We'll explore the basics of labeling in this recipe.

Getting ready

Download the following zipped shapefile from https://github.com/GeospatialPython/Learn/raw/master/MSCities_Geo_Pts.zip.

Extract the shapefile to a directory named ms in your qgis_datadirectory.

How to do it...

We will load the point shapefile layer, create a label object, set its properties, apply it to the layer, and then add the layer to the map. To do this, we need to perform the following steps:

First, to save space, we'll specify the path to the shapefile:

        src = "/qgis_data/ms/MSCities_Geo_Pts.shp"

Next, we'll load the layer:

        lyr = QgsVectorLayer(src, "Cities", "ogr")

Then, we'll create the labeling object:
```
        label = QgsPalLayerSettings() 
```
Now, we'll configure the labels, starting with the current layer settings being read:
```
        label...
```

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Authors (1)

Joel Lawhead

Joel Lawhead is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a certified GIS Professional (GISP), and vice president of NVision Solutions, Inc., an award-winning firm specializing in geospatial technology integration and sensor engineering for NASA, FEMA, NOAA, the US Navy, and many other commercial and non-profit organizations. Joel began using Python in 1997 and started combining it with geospatial software development in 2000. He has authored multiple editions of Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python and QGIS Python Programming Cookbook, both from Packt. He is also the developer of the open source Python Shapefile Library (PyShp) and maintains a geospatial technical blog.

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