History

Wish Lists¶

Digitizing¶

label placement - using lines with or without head arrow for small features or those very closed from each others to label polygons features
label settings by scale interval - eg. smaller features (details) should only have labels on small scales, without having to duplicate layers
label settings by sql sub-query on a single layer - eg. set bigger labels for bigger polygons, avoid labels on certain features
label duplicates control - should not be necessary to change your schema just to make a map without lumps of equal labels
label "safe-zone" interval - meaning you could set an interval for having just 1 label, all others within this distance would not appear, uncluttering your map; as you zoom in less conflicts would occur, less labels would be removed
join lines
snap to feature in another layer
snap to detected edge in raster
streaming digitising (grabs points automatically as you move mouse around)

Allow user to specify distance of segment for lines and polygons when digitizing and just use mouse to determine angle/direction. _'
Easy calculate fields tools (calculate sum, average, concatenate strings or duplicate fields)
snap to nearest node

pan as you digitise (when you get close to the edge of scree)
disable snap using a short key (ctl or alt) to avoid snapping for one node
vertex-level editing (delete multiple vertices in line/polygon; move multiple vertices)
assign color to vector features from color column or columns (RGB), similar to GRASS 'd.vect rgb_column=xx'
Split polygon by area (like the one found in ET Geotools for ArcGIS). You specify how large areas you want to split the polygon into and then you choose in which direction it splits when you click the polygon. You can also specify the accuracy it should achieve when splitting.
Erase tool like in ArcInfo or XTools. I prefer the XTools version.