Adding offset to overlapping lines in qgis in same layer?

Question

I have ONE layer of linestrings and some of them are overlapping, I need to display the overlapping lines with an offset.

I have seen the solution using the offset in style for the whole layer but it applies it to all the lines.

Is there a way to do it either with qgis or programatically using pyqgis ?

AFAIK no offset to the part of a layer. Can you select by attribute the lines to be moved? You can create tematic map where a class can be moved or use wider lines to be visible. — Zoltan, Jul 05 '17 at 15:33
@Zoltan I thought about somethin glike the fusion mode betzeen features option in style but I hoped there would be something more like an offset ( only for display ). anyway thanks for your reply — Hicham Zouarhi, Jul 05 '17 at 15:40
@Hicham Zouarhi I posted a way to do it programatically by using pyqgis. I hope that it helps. — xunilk, Jul 05 '17 at 16:43
@Musallam no this is just for Qgis as it uses only pyqgis and not arcpy — Hicham Zouarhi, Nov 09 '17 at 10:20

xunilk · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-06T14:04:53.317

With PyQGIS you can use next code:

canvas = iface.mapCanvas()

layers = canvas.layers()

n = canvas.layerCount()

symbol = range(n)

symbol[0] = QgsLineSymbolV2.createSimple({'color':'green',
                                       'width':'1',
                                       'offset':'1.0'})

symbol[1] = QgsLineSymbolV2.createSimple({'color':'red',
                                       'width':'1',
                                       'offset':'0.0'})

symbol[2] = QgsLineSymbolV2.createSimple({'color':'blue',
                                       'width':'1',
                                       'offset':'-1.0'})

renderers = [ layer.rendererV2()  for layer in layers ]

for i, render in enumerate(renderers):
    render.setSymbol(symbol[i].clone())

for layer in layers:
    layer.triggerRepaint()

In my example with three polylines superposed of next image:

after running the code at the Python Console of QGIS I got:

Editing Note:

In a single layer it's necessary a QgsCategorizedSymbolRendererV2 object. So, code is the following:

layer = iface.activeLayer()

symbols = []

symbol = QgsLineSymbolV2.createSimple({'color':'green',
                                       'width':'1',
                                       'offset':'1'})

symbols.append(symbol)

symbol = QgsLineSymbolV2.createSimple({'color':'red',
                                       'width':'1',
                                       'offset':'0'})

symbols.append(symbol)

symbol = QgsLineSymbolV2.createSimple({'color':'blue',
                                       'width':'1',
                                       'offset':'-1'})

symbols.append(symbol)

# creating categories
categories = [ QgsRendererCategoryV2(i, symbol, str(i)) for i, symbol in enumerate(symbols) ]

renderer = QgsCategorizedSymbolRendererV2('id')

for category in categories:
    renderer.addCategory(category) 

layer.setRendererV2(renderer)

layer.triggerRepaint()

After running the code at the Python Console of QGIS, in my new example with three features superposed, it works perfectly:

thanks for your solution, but I'm using a single layer and what I try to do is apply the offset within its features — Hicham Zouarhi, Jul 06 '17 at 07:11
In a single layer it's necessary a QgsCategorizedSymbolRendererV2 object. I included this possibility in my answer. PyQGIS solution is more elegant because you don't need add another column in your attribute table for considering offset. — xunilk, Jul 06 '17 at 14:11

AndreasK · Answer 2 · 2017-07-05T15:49:54.667

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I have seen the solution using the offset in style for the whole layer but it applies it to all the lines

You could also add another column in your attribute table. Mark all your lines that should have an offset, add a value like "1" for those lines in your column and apply the offset style just for those lines. (Rule-based styling)

edited Jul 05 '17 at 15:49

answered Jul 05 '17 at 15:41

AndreasK

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So far this solution works well I'll wait to see if there aother suggestions then I'll accept it. Thanks @AndreasK – Hicham Zouarhi Jul 05 '17 at 15:46
I tried various possibilities including some PyQGIS stuff and in the end this simple approach was the only one, that worked and where I was possible to explain what's going on;-) – AndreasK Jul 06 '17 at 11:31

Adding offset to overlapping lines in qgis in same layer?

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