Improves the appearance of labels in situations like road networks,
where things like dual carriageways, service roads, etc can result
in many labels of the exact same text appearing close to each other.
When active, removes any labels with the exact same text (case
sensitive!) which are closer then this minimum distance.
The setting applies across layers, so duplicate text from ANY
layer will be considered.
sip doesn't use the standard Python staticmethod type for defining
static methods, which means that standard means of testing
for a static method (like `isinstance(..., staticmethod)`) fail
with any PyQGIS static methods.
This causes issues with lint tools, which incorrectly flag
calls to QGIS static methods as missing self arguments. It also
breaks detection of static methods in the sphinx PyQGIS docs,
so all static methods are shown as non-static.
Work around this in sipify, by wrapping unambiguously static
methods in staticmethod wrappers.
For the "Around point" and "Cartographic" placement modes, this
adds a new optional setting for the maximum distance of the labels from
the feature. It's used together with the existing distance setting
to define a range of distances at which labels may be placed
from their corresponding point features.
This adds more flexibility to the placement for these layers,
ultimately allowing for more labels to be placed in busy maps.
When the layer is set to the "around point" mode, then label
candidates which are closer to the point will always be prefered
over those which are further away.
When the layer is set to the "cartographic" mode, then the default
behavior is also to prioritize closer labels. A new combo box
allows users to control the priority, with an option for
prefering position ordering. If this option is set, then candidates
at the corresponding positions (eg top left) are preferred regardless
of how far they are from the point, with the labelling falling
back to alternate positions only when no labels can be placed
up to the maximum label distance.
Sponsored by Rubicon Concierge Real Estate Services
