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I am footling around with Quantum GIS and the British OS Strategi dataset. If I render the roads with a simple line style they look fine:

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However, if I apply something slightly fancier, it looks wrong, because the style is applied to each segment of the road as opposed to the whole road (as we perceive it), as seen in the white lines on the blue motorway below:

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How can I merge these segments together, or failing that force QGIS to treat them as one line? I'm not using the data for navigation so I don't mind if the segments are lost.

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Activate symbol layers in the advanced options of your road style.

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Wow, that was easy. Thanks very much. – ElendilTheTall Nov 9 '12 at 13:44
@ElendilTheTall You're welcome. Please accept the answer if your problem is solved. – underdark♦ Nov 9 '12 at 13:46
Done - it wouldn't let me for a while. – ElendilTheTall Nov 9 '12 at 14:05
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How can I do this with rule-dependent styles? I want, for example, to apply a slightly different style to 4-lane roads, via their code. I can do this with rule-based styles, but they then revert back to being segmented. – ElendilTheTall Nov 9 '12 at 16:34
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check rendering order. Terminology seems inconsistent unfortunately. – underdark♦ Nov 9 '12 at 16:40
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To make your fancy style road, you can stack two lines with offsets, rather than a thin line on a large. You will have two beautiful lines without interruption even if you have multiple segments.

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