[For a modified version, go to this article.] Sometimes you need to produce a series of similar thematic maps. The only difference is the field used to colour areas or show graduated symbols. Classifications or maximal symbol sizes are identical. For large numbers of maps it is quite annoying to repeat the same actions in […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Meer combi's Top10NL en AHN25 in QGIS 1.8
As of July 2012, Dutch Geo-office Kadaster has published an update of the Top10NL topographic GIS data set. Areas of central-NL + Rotterdam have been updated. Some ‘holes’ in the terrain have now been corrected, and the new industrial port area “Maasvlakte 2” (under construction) is now visible for the first time. The data set […]
Direct data uit Excel-bestand gebruiken
In response to my previous article about joining data from a csv file, I received a very good tip. From QGIS 1.8 Excel files can be opened directly in QGIS. Strange enough, nothing is mentioned about this in the ‘release notes’. It only works with the older XLS-format, not with the newer XLSX format. You […]
Hoogtekaart AHN25 en Top10NL in QGIS 1.8
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Top10NL Kleurenschema JW-style nu ook als .SLD beschikbaar
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Koppelen van data uit CSV-bestand
In a previous article I have shown how data from a text file with points can be displayed as an additional layer on top of a layer consisting of areas. There was no connection between de data from both layers. This article explains how areas in one layer can be coloured based on data from […]
Esri File Based Geodatabases en Oracle connecties openen met QGIS
GDAL and OGR (www.gdal.org) libs from Frank van Warmerdam are famous software libraries which make it possible in the Open Source world to read and write a plethora of gis file formats. The nice thing about QGIS is that it using OGR and GDAL. So with every addition or enhancement in those libraries, QGIS itself […]