Sea urchins

Description :
This module allows to draw lines between geographical areas. Sea urchins are mainly used to show the relations of a pole and its surrounding space.

Data

The data used by the sea urchin module are selected by clicking on the "Choose data" button.

A dialog window then appears and allows you to choose a file or an ODBC data source.

Once you have clicked on the "Select a file" button, you have to set the path of the file you want to use and then to click on the open button.

Your data appear in a new window. They are structured exactly as in your source file, with identifier columns and corresponding data.
This first step allows you to set the column of the starting point of the segment (a sea urchin is made of several segments).

Click on the "Next" button and set the column of the end point of the segment.

Validate by clicking on the "End" button. Then you come back to the sea urchin module panel.

You can set the segments color of the sea urchin module by clicking on the colored square. This action opens the color panel. Then you can choose the wanted color.

You can also change the thickness of the segments.

You can show the caption or not. If you check the "Show the caption" box, it allows you to add a frame around it. It also allows you to change the Texts, Font and Size options.

• Texts

Enter the caption text you want to display in front of the symbol. You can position this text on the right of or under the symbol.

• Font

Define the font and the color of the titles you've just added. On the right of the font name (ex : Arial Regular) there is a preview of this font. The colored square under the font list allows you to choose the text color.

• Sizes

You have to uncheck the Automatic size box to be able to set the caption size that you want. The unit used is the one of the current map.

You can change the spacing between the symbol of your caption and its text (small caption, normal caption, large caption)

Script :

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