QGIS Labels Rotation

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I have imported some OS MasterMap data into QGIS 3.2 and have labelled the Cartographic Text dataset. This dataset has a rotation field, populated with various angles of rotation depending where they are to be positioned with relation to roads and buildings. However, when I choose this column under Data Defined Placement, it seems to be rotating the labels in the wrong direction.



Is there a way to tell QGIS to treat the angles differently, as you can in ArcGIS (geographic or arithmetic)?






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  • Is this stored in a database? you can do angle expressions in the expression builder. gis.stackexchange.com/questions/279504/…
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I have imported some OS MasterMap data into QGIS 3.2 and have labelled the Cartographic Text dataset. This dataset has a rotation field, populated with various angles of rotation depending where they are to be positioned with relation to roads and buildings. However, when I choose this column under Data Defined Placement, it seems to be rotating the labels in the wrong direction.



Is there a way to tell QGIS to treat the angles differently, as you can in ArcGIS (geographic or arithmetic)?






qgis labeling angles rotate







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  • Is this stored in a database? you can do angle expressions in the expression builder. gis.stackexchange.com/questions/279504/…
    – Mapperz♦
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I have imported some OS MasterMap data into QGIS 3.2 and have labelled the Cartographic Text dataset. This dataset has a rotation field, populated with various angles of rotation depending where they are to be positioned with relation to roads and buildings. However, when I choose this column under Data Defined Placement, it seems to be rotating the labels in the wrong direction.



Is there a way to tell QGIS to treat the angles differently, as you can in ArcGIS (geographic or arithmetic)?






qgis labeling angles rotate







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I have imported some OS MasterMap data into QGIS 3.2 and have labelled the Cartographic Text dataset. This dataset has a rotation field, populated with various angles of rotation depending where they are to be positioned with relation to roads and buildings. However, when I choose this column under Data Defined Placement, it seems to be rotating the labels in the wrong direction.



Is there a way to tell QGIS to treat the angles differently, as you can in ArcGIS (geographic or arithmetic)?






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  • Is this stored in a database? you can do angle expressions in the expression builder. gis.stackexchange.com/questions/279504/…
    – Mapperz♦
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  • Is this stored in a database? you can do angle expressions in the expression builder. gis.stackexchange.com/questions/279504/…
    – Mapperz♦
    3 hours ago















Is this stored in a database? you can do angle expressions in the expression builder. gis.stackexchange.com/questions/279504/…
– Mapperz♦
3 hours ago




Is this stored in a database? you can do angle expressions in the expression builder. gis.stackexchange.com/questions/279504/…
– Mapperz♦
3 hours ago










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To use an expression to control label rotation, choose "edit" from the data defined override menu.



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If all of your angles are positive numbers, use this expression to make them negative:



concat('-', to_real('fieldname'))


If your angles include positive and negative values, use this expression:



 to_real('fieldname') * -1


If your field is already in numerical format you can leave out the to_real() function.






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    i'd also check the field type in the layer properties, if it's a string you may need to convert it to an integer.
    – Steven Kay
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  • Thanks @StevenKay, I incorporated your suggestion into my answer. I used to_real() instead of to_int(), in case their angles require decimal place specificity.
    – csk
    11 mins ago










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To use an expression to control label rotation, choose "edit" from the data defined override menu.



enter image description here



If all of your angles are positive numbers, use this expression to make them negative:



concat('-', to_real('fieldname'))


If your angles include positive and negative values, use this expression:



 to_real('fieldname') * -1


If your field is already in numerical format you can leave out the to_real() function.






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    i'd also check the field type in the layer properties, if it's a string you may need to convert it to an integer.
    – Steven Kay
    25 mins ago










  • Thanks @StevenKay, I incorporated your suggestion into my answer. I used to_real() instead of to_int(), in case their angles require decimal place specificity.
    – csk
    11 mins ago














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To use an expression to control label rotation, choose "edit" from the data defined override menu.



enter image description here



If all of your angles are positive numbers, use this expression to make them negative:



concat('-', to_real('fieldname'))


If your angles include positive and negative values, use this expression:



 to_real('fieldname') * -1


If your field is already in numerical format you can leave out the to_real() function.






share|improve this answer


















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    i'd also check the field type in the layer properties, if it's a string you may need to convert it to an integer.
    – Steven Kay
    25 mins ago










  • Thanks @StevenKay, I incorporated your suggestion into my answer. I used to_real() instead of to_int(), in case their angles require decimal place specificity.
    – csk
    11 mins ago












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To use an expression to control label rotation, choose "edit" from the data defined override menu.



enter image description here



If all of your angles are positive numbers, use this expression to make them negative:



concat('-', to_real('fieldname'))


If your angles include positive and negative values, use this expression:



 to_real('fieldname') * -1


If your field is already in numerical format you can leave out the to_real() function.






share|improve this answer














To use an expression to control label rotation, choose "edit" from the data defined override menu.



enter image description here



If all of your angles are positive numbers, use this expression to make them negative:



concat('-', to_real('fieldname'))


If your angles include positive and negative values, use this expression:



 to_real('fieldname') * -1


If your field is already in numerical format you can leave out the to_real() function.







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    i'd also check the field type in the layer properties, if it's a string you may need to convert it to an integer.
    – Steven Kay
    25 mins ago










  • Thanks @StevenKay, I incorporated your suggestion into my answer. I used to_real() instead of to_int(), in case their angles require decimal place specificity.
    – csk
    11 mins ago












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    i'd also check the field type in the layer properties, if it's a string you may need to convert it to an integer.
    – Steven Kay
    25 mins ago










  • Thanks @StevenKay, I incorporated your suggestion into my answer. I used to_real() instead of to_int(), in case their angles require decimal place specificity.
    – csk
    11 mins ago







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i'd also check the field type in the layer properties, if it's a string you may need to convert it to an integer.
– Steven Kay
25 mins ago




i'd also check the field type in the layer properties, if it's a string you may need to convert it to an integer.
– Steven Kay
25 mins ago












Thanks @StevenKay, I incorporated your suggestion into my answer. I used to_real() instead of to_int(), in case their angles require decimal place specificity.
– csk
11 mins ago




Thanks @StevenKay, I incorporated your suggestion into my answer. I used to_real() instead of to_int(), in case their angles require decimal place specificity.
– csk
11 mins ago

















 

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