Chargement de couches¶

Couches vectorielles¶

To load a vector layer, specify layer’s data source identifier, name for the layer and provider’s name:

layer = QgsVectorLayer(data_source, layer_name, provider_name)
if not layer.isValid():
  print "Layer failed to load!"

L’identifiant de source de données est une chaîne de texte, spécifique à chaque type de fournisseur de données vectorielles. Le nom de la couche est utilisée dans le widget liste de couches. Il est important de vérifier si la couche a été chargée ou pas. Si ce n’était pas le cas, une instance de couche non valide est retournée.

La façon la plus rapide d’ouvrir et d’afficher une couche vectorielle avec QGIS est la fonction addVectorLayer de QgisInterface:

layer = iface.addVectorLayer("/path/to/shapefile/file.shp", "layer_name_you_like", "ogr")
if not layer:
  print "Layer failed to load!"

Une nouvelle couche est créée et ajoutée en une seule étape au registre de couches cartographiques (la faisant apparaître dans la liste des couches). La fonction fournit l’instance de la couche ou Aucune si la couche n’a pas pu être chargée.

La liste suivante montre comment accéder à différentes sources de données provenant de différents fournisseurs de données vectorielles:

• OGR library (shapefiles and many other file formats) — data source is the path to the file

  vlayer = QgsVectorLayer("/path/to/shapefile/file.shp", "layer_name_you_like", "ogr")
  

• PostGIS database — data source is a string with all information needed to create a connection to PostgreSQL database. QgsDataSourceURI class can generate this string for you. Note that QGIS has to be compiled with Postgres support, otherwise this provider isn’t available.

  uri = QgsDataSourceURI()
  # set host name, port, database name, username and password
  uri.setConnection("localhost", "5432", "dbname", "johny", "xxx")
  # set database schema, table name, geometry column and optionally
  # subset (WHERE clause)
  uri.setDataSource("public", "roads", "the_geom", "cityid = 2643")
  
  vlayer = QgsVectorLayer(uri.uri(), "layer_name_you_like", "postgres")
  

• CSV or other delimited text files — to open a file with a semicolon as a delimiter, with field “x” for x-coordinate and field “y” with y-coordinate you would use something like this

  uri = "/some/path/file.csv?delimiter=%s&xField=%s&yField=%s" % (";", "x", "y")
  vlayer = QgsVectorLayer(uri, "layer_name_you_like", "delimitedtext")
  

  Note: from QGIS version 1.7 the provider string is structured as a URL, so the path must be prefixed with file://. Also it allows WKT (well known text) formatted geometries as an alternative to “x” and “y” fields, and allows the coordinate reference system to be specified. For example

  uri = "file:///some/path/file.csv?delimiter=%s&crs=epsg:4723&wktField=%s" % (";", "shape")
  

• GPX files — the “gpx” data provider reads tracks, routes and waypoints from gpx files. To open a file, the type (track/route/waypoint) needs to be specified as part of the url

  uri = "path/to/gpx/file.gpx?type=track"
  vlayer = QgsVectorLayer(uri, "layer_name_you_like", "gpx")
  

• SpatiaLite database — supported from QGIS v1.1. Similarly to PostGIS databases, QgsDataSourceURI can be used for generation of data source identifier

  uri = QgsDataSourceURI()
  uri.setDatabase('/home/martin/test-2.3.sqlite')
  schema = ''
  table = 'Towns'
  geom_column = 'Geometry'
  uri.setDataSource(schema, table, geom_column)
  
  display_name = 'Towns'
  vlayer = QgsVectorLayer(uri.uri(), display_name, 'spatialite')
  

• MySQL WKB-based geometries, through OGR — data source is the connection string to the table

  uri = "MySQL:dbname,host=localhost,port=3306,user=root,password=xxx|layername=my_table"
  vlayer = QgsVectorLayer( uri, "my_table", "ogr" )
  

• WFS connection:. the connection is defined with a URI and using the WFS provider

  uri = "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/wfs?srsname=EPSG:23030&typename=union&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&service=WFS",
  vlayer = QgsVectorLayer("my_wfs_layer", "WFS")
  

  The uri can be created using the standard urllib library.

  params = {
      'service': 'WFS',
      'version': '1.0.0',
      'request': 'GetFeature',
      'typename': 'union',
      'srsname': "EPSG:23030"
  }
  uri = 'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/wfs?' + urllib.unquote(urllib.urlencode(params))
  

Couches raster¶

For accessing raster files, GDAL library is used. It supports a wide range of file formats. In case you have troubles with opening some files, check whether your GDAL has support for the particular format (not all formats are available by default). To load a raster from a file, specify its file name and base name

fileName = "/path/to/raster/file.tif"
fileInfo = QFileInfo(fileName)
baseName = fileInfo.baseName()
rlayer = QgsRasterLayer(fileName, baseName)
if not rlayer.isValid():
  print "Layer failed to load!"

De la même façon que pour les couches vectorielles, les couches rasters peuvent être ouvertes en utilisant la fonction addRasterLayer de la classe QgisInterface:

iface.addRasterLayer("/path/to/raster/file.tif", "layer_name_you_like")

Une nouvelle couche est créée et ajoutée en une seule étape au registre de couches cartographiques (la faisant apparaître dans la liste des couches).

Raster layers can also be created from a WCS service.

layer_name = 'modis'
uri = QgsDataSourceURI()
uri.setParam('url', 'http://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wcs')
uri.setParam("identifier", layer_name)
rlayer = QgsRasterLayer(str(uri.encodedUri()), 'my_wcs_layer', 'wcs')

le détail des paramètres URI peut être trouvé dans la documentation des pilotes

Alternatively you can load a raster layer from WMS server. However currently it’s not possible to access GetCapabilities response from API — you have to know what layers you want

urlWithParams = 'url=http://wms.jpl.nasa.gov/wms.cgi&layers=global_mosaic&styles=pseudo&format=image/jpeg&crs=EPSG:4326'
rlayer = QgsRasterLayer(urlWithParams, 'some layer name', 'wms')
if not rlayer.isValid():
  print "Layer failed to load!"

Registre de couches cartographiques¶

Si vous souhaitez utiliser les couches ouvertes pour faire un rendu, n’oubliez pas de les ajouter au registre de couches cartographiques. Ce registre prend possession des couches et elles peuvent être utilisées ultérieurement depuis n’importe qu’elle partie de l’application en utilisant leur identifiant unique. Lorsqu’une couche est supprimée du registre de couches cartographiques, elle est également supprimée.

Adding a layer to the registry

QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().addMapLayer(layer)

Layers are destroyed automatically on exit, however if you want to delete the layer explicitly, use

QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().removeMapLayer(layer_id)

For a list of loaded layers and layer ids, use

QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().mapLayers()

TODO:

More about map layer registry?