How can I label with qgis 1.7, based on attribute and scale of map?
For example scale>1:1000 then label all those features whose area>100000 at font size 12 and those features whose area<99999 at font size 5.
[GIS] How to accomplish conditional labeling based on map scale and attribute in QGIS 1.7
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I've sort of replicated your situation.
Not sure if there's an easier way to do it, but the following code snippet works for me (I'm using QGIS v.2.8). To use it, activate your layer in the ToC, open the QGIS Python console, and copy&paste the code there.
lyr = iface.activeLayer()
renderer = lyr.rendererV2()
children = renderer.rootRule().children()
fieldName1 = "Klass"
fieldName2 = "Percentage"
for child in children: # Iterate through groups
if child.filter():
feat = next(lyr.getFeatures(QgsFeatureRequest(child.filter())), None)
if feat:
child.setLabel( feat.attribute(fieldName1) + " (" + feat.attribute(fieldName2) + ")")
for subChild in child.children(): # Iterate through subgroups
if subChild.filter():
feat = next(lyr.getFeatures(QgsFeatureRequest(subChild.filter())), None)
if feat:
subChild.setLabel( feat.attribute(fieldName1) + " (" + feat.attribute(fieldName2) + ")")
The code assumes fields to concatenate are of type String.
After the code runs, open the layer properties and you should see the new concatenated labels. Click on Ok to refresh your legend.
I obtain this:
Let me know if you have troubles with it.
Here's a somewhat approximate (but hopefully effective) way to do it.
First some math. We need to figure out how many characters at a certain font-size a feature can contain. Here things / assumptions to know:
- assuming metric units, (added slight change below which may make this work for us foot crs.)
- font size is a measure of font height. Most font's are about half as wide as they are high.
- using pt for font height, 1pt is roughtly 0.035CM
- assuming your parcels are roughly rectangular / regular
To find how long an item is on screen / print we can use it's longest dimension (length or hight, or just length if your labels are horizontal only) / scale * 100 (to go from M to CM)
Then we can see if our label would fit.
You could do it all in the expression engine, but a custom python expression would be more efficient. Here is a tutorial on how to create one.
My custom expression:
from qgis.core import *
from qgis.gui import *
@qgsfunction(args='auto', group='Custom')
def labelFits(labelStr, fontPt, scaleM, feature, parent):
# returns true if a label will fit in the feature at a given
# font size and scale
bbox = feature.geometry().boundingBox()
# for CRS in us foot
# fontWidth = fontPt * 0.0875
# for CRS in metric
# 1pt = 0.035CM
fontWidth = fontPt * 0.035 * 0.5
# length of maximum dimension on-screen/print in CM
labelRoom = max(bbox.width(),bbox.height()) / scaleM * 100
# approx length of our label in CM based on font height * 0.5
labelLen = len(labelStr) * fontWidth
if labelRoom > labelLen:
return True
else:
return False
Then just use that expression in the label:
if(labelFits( "yourAttribute" , 8 , @map_scale ), "yourAttribute",$id)
You'll need to plug in whatever attribute you're actually using of course, and change the font size from 8 to whatever you're using. Also, since fonts vary quite a bit you may need to tweak it a little bit till it looks right.
You could also use that expression to do things like change the color based on if the label fits or not.
To use this expression outside the map canvas (i.e. in a composer label or attribute table) we need a way to programmatically get the scale of a given map item. I've posted code to accomplish that in another answer here The method there gives us an expression getScale('composername','mapname') so to incorporate it into our expression:
if(
labelFits( "yourAttribute" , 8 , getScale('composername','mapname')),
"yourAttribute",$id)
Best Answer
This can't be accomplished with a single layer as far as I know (as per Nathan-W's answer) but you can do it with two separate identical layers and scale-based visibility. I don't have QGIS 1.7 installed anymore (using 1.8 & 2.0) but this should work:
When you zoom out past the 1:500,000 threshold one layer and its labels disappears and the other appears; this is nice when combined with different sizes of line widths and symbol sizes, too.