I'm going to use the API provided by TripAdvisor (see here: https://developer-tripadvisor.com/content-api/documentation/) to download hotels in some municipalitys from their servers. Data is requested by specifying coordinates of a point (centre of a circle) and the radius of the circles itself. I wanted to know if QGIS allows to draw a preview of these circles over the region object of studying and, if yes, in which way.
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1Do you want the user to draw a circle on a Qgis map canvas so you can then call the API with the circle x,y,radius? Suggest you need to create a circular rubber band using the QgsRubberBand class. qgis.org/api/classQgsRubberBand.html – Spacedman Apr 28 '16 at 21:11
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@Spacedman Thanks you're right, but how about using the function in vector -> research tools -> regular points? (docs.qgis.org/2.2/en/docs/user_manual/plugins/…). I don't know if it's what I'm searching for, maybe you have some experience with that. – Stefano Citterio Apr 28 '16 at 21:17
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I'm a bit confused. Is the user drawing a circle interactively or is Qgis drawing a circle based on some circle specification? – Spacedman Apr 28 '16 at 21:54
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@Spacedman I wanted to fill the area with circles of known radius and centre coordinates just to have a starting point for requesting data through TripAdvisor API – Stefano Citterio Apr 28 '16 at 22:03
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When you say "fill the area" do you mean you want to create a set of circles that overlap and completely cover the Qgis map canvas area? And create them as a new layer in Qgis? – Spacedman Apr 29 '16 at 6:26
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