On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Stacho Mudrak <s.m@group-s.sk> wrote:
I wonder if the behaviour could be changed so that the co-ords are plotted along the PAGE outline rather than along the GRID outline. This way they would be plotted regardless of the overlap and rotate values.
It is not yet possible - but we will add it to the TODO list.
Labeling grid with coordinates is currently quite preliminary feature. User has very limited control over it. This functionality needs to be enhanced a lot including adding more user control and also showing grid coordinates in the atlas page border also.
Printing coordinates along the border is straightforward if the grid is plotted using continuous lines and not too much rotated, like parallels and meridians in the school atlas. But there are problems if the grid is plotted using small crosses (default in therion) -- how the intersection of grid and page border should be indicated if no cross lies accidentaly just on the border? Should some additional cross or line be added?
Also, perhaps rather than plotting co-ordinate pairs on the east-west grids, maybe plotting the eastings on the north-south grids and the northings on the east-west grids would be more intuitive for users of the map.
What to do if the grid is substantially rotated, e.g. by 45 or 135 degrees? You would not be able to distinguish which coordiante belongs to which grid line (see below ascii illustration of grid rotated by 45 degrees). | 10< | |____V_____V____ 100 200 Martin