Questions tagged [grids-graticules]
Grids and Graticules include reference grids, measured grids and graticules
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How to Create a Grid Inside a Polygon that is Oriented with the Longest Side?
I have been using a process called "Create Polygon Graticule" to create a grid within a polygon with assigned row and column attributes. It is a SAGA tool which I have been running in QGIS. It ...
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QGIS Print Layout - Rotation of Grid Coordinates to match map rotation
I have a layout in QGIS where 3 map views are rotated to 35 deg. The grids automatically rotate to match the maps rotation, however the labels do not.
Does anyone know a way to make the coordinate ...
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Ordnance Survey grids - download or generate?
Does anyone know a source from which to download vector UK Ordnance Survey grids at varying resolutions? Or failing that, a tool that can create an OS grid at a specified resolution? There are plenty ...
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Changing thousands separators from comma to space in measured grids of ArcMap?
In ArcMap it is easy to include commas as thousands separators on a measured grid, as can be seen in the screenshot below, but I have not been able to find a way to change the separator used from ...
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Is there any other option to display DMS grid and graticule in QGIS Print Composer?
Is there any other option to display DMS grid and graticule in QGIS Print Composer, since there is no plugins available yet?
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Match map's borders to graticule in QGIS Layout
I'm using QGIS v.3.22.0.
I've been going crazy trying to adjust a map size to match a graticule in the Print Layout.
I don't want to have any squares cut in the middle.
I don't want to adjust the grid ...
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Creating grid in QGIS 'anchored' to specific point
I need to create grids using QGIS with specific intervals 'anchored' to, or beginning at, a specific UTM coordinate. This is for a survey sampling procedure. For example: a point was determined - UTM ...
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QGIS Print Composer Grid Draw Coordinates line offset
I have had a good google about this and can't find anything on it. is it possible to offset grid labels from the grid basically trying to move the label to where the red lines are on this crude ...
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How can I display a coordinate grid in the map canvas?
I want a live renderizing grid on the map canvas in QGIS, during processing, not on the map composer. Does anyone know how to do that?
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Achieving Super or Subscript graticule labels in QGIS Composer windows?
It is quite common for paper topographic maps to label the map graticule with ordinate values in a mixture of superscript and standard digits, eg. ⁴123⁰⁰⁰ to emphasise the significant digits.
The ...
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Generating shapefile containing UTM grid (graticule)?
I'm looking for a shapefile containing an 1000m or 2000m UTM grid ("graticule"). All I was about to find on the web is a 10000m UTM grid (here: http://en.giswiki.net/wiki/UTM) and I am aware that a ...
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Making a grid with points that are staggered every 800 feet
I need to make a grid pattern with points that stagger to make a diamond pattern instead of the regular pattern that a fishnet grid makes. It is sometimes referred to a "staggered start". My points ...
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Creating a hexagonal grid of regular hexagons of definite area anywhere on the globe using shapely
I have a geojson file describing a polygon. I want to create an hexagonal grid on top of this polygon, with regular hexagons of area 90000 square meters.
Right now, I can either guarantee the area, ...
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Setting grid in QGIS that automatically adjust its intervals?
I am setting a template for multiple maps in QGIS 3 Layout and i was wondering if there is a way of automatically adjusting the grid's interval as a function of the scale of the map?
I did a bit of ...
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Coordinate grid display on a rotated map
I have a series of maps that require me to rotate my data frame within my layout screen (north "rarely" points up in these maps). I ONLY want to show east coordinates on the top/bottom and ONLY north ...
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How to assign polygon attributes to grid cells using centroids in QGIS?
I am relatively new using QGIS.
Unfortunately I can´t figure out the following yet.
I have two polygon shapefiles, one is a grid I have created using QGIS 2.12.3-Lyon (Creat graticule) and the ...
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Adding UTM labels to grid in QGIS
I am trying to use QGIS to create a custom topographic map for outdoor use: UTM, 1:50000.
What these maps usually have is a 1km x 1km grid, which at the bottom is labeled with a shorthand for the ...
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Adding graticules to Folium map [closed]
Are there any chances to add grid on Folium map? Something like on this picture.
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What to call these types of grids?
In a GIS application I'm developing there's an option to show two types of grids. First is a standard lat/lon grid. Second is a crosshair with marks and distances in four directions away from the ...
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Creating grid annotations (reference grid) using QGIS
How do I make grid annotations like shown below in QGIS (v3.x)?
Sequential alphanumeric characters in the centre of grid lines. These are widely used in tourist maps and are sometimes refered to as ...
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Flow accumulation on grid in R
I would like to calculate the number of cells from gridded elevation data that drain into a particular cell. First, I calculate the flow direction by selecting the cell with the steepest slope from ...
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QGIS custom grid overlapping in printing layout
I've set my custom grid in the print layout. The problem is, that in one corner both values from X and Y axes overlap each other.
I used the offset, as you can see below, but I am wondering how to ...
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Create a PLSS quarter-quarter grid using QGIS
Is there a way to create quarter-quarter sections (of the PLSS township/range/section grid) using QGIS? I've already found http://ianbroad.com/creating-quarter-quarter-section-grid-python/ but using ...
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Scaling x y coordinates in qgis print composer while using atlas generator [duplicate]
So I am using QGIS 2.18.0 and have made a map template that uses the atlas generator in the print composer. It uses the grids settings for the map to add UTM north and Eastings along the sides of the ...
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Adding lon/lat grid on map in QGIS 3.0?
I am working through this tutorial that I think was intended for 2.8x - https://www.qgistutorials.com/en/docs/making_a_map.html
Step 24 advises on how to add a grid on a map in Layout view. But ...
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Creating custom coordinate grid using QGIS
I am using QGIS 2.14.2.
I want to create a custom grid different from latitude / longitude, with letters and numbers on the axes.
X = A, B, C, D, E, ...
Y = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...
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Divide grid in smaller cells
My dataset: a shapefile containing squares of 1km size. It's huge, this is just a sample:
My aim: divide each cell so that the end result would be the same grid with 500m each cell. Something like ...
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Divide grid in smaller grid QGIS 3.16
I have a grid of 1000x1000m (which covers a whole department) and I would like to redivide this same grid again but to 500x500 m, so to obtain in a 1000mx1000m cell, 4 small 500m cells.
I would have ...
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Adding MGRS grid in QGIS
I'm trying to generate a Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) grid on QGIS (with polygons in a scale of 100m), such a grid will be similar to when importing a grid made of shapefiles (such as http://...
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How to draw and index "trial plots"
I've starting using QGIS to extract data from drone survey maps of agricultural field trials. One of my biggest hurdles is actually drawing the polygons and identifying them in a way that I can ...
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Setting proj parameters for Second World War military grid systems
I'm trying to georeference some WWII maps available at the University of Texas repository (e.g., example map).
The problem is that these maps refer to an unknown proj system (at least for me) and I ...
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Custom format for a grid with degrees, minutes, seconds with suffix using letter from another language
I am designing a map in French where West is "Ouest", and thus the map should read 45°23′67′′O instead of 45°23′67′′W. I am using a version of QGIS in English (update: in the French version of QGIS, ...
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Creating a grid of 1km x 1km
I would like to create a grid for 1km x 1km in one area from a satellite view map in JAPAN using EPSG: 6668 but this error always shows up " Horizontal spacing is too large for the covered area&...
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Changing grid interval using ArcPy?
I work with ArcGIS 10.3 (Python 2.7.8) and I need to change the grid interval in 70 MXD's.
I tried to find Python code that can do it. Currently, the interval in each MXD is 200 meters and I need to ...
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How to create a fishnet/grid along a polyline or polygon
I am trying to generate a fishnet/grid along a line/polyline or polygon boundary in ArcGis 10.3 or QGIS. While it is totally intuitive and easy to generate a box-standard grid, what I am trying to do ...
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Drawing coordinates next to grid crossings in QGIS map composer
In the QGIS map composer, the options to draw coordinates along the grid are great.
But is it possible to draw the coordinates to the grid crosses in the map?
I can only see options to draw them along ...
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Create polygon grid based on spatial points (WGS84) with R
Initial problem:
I am currently trying to create a spatial grid in which each cell is centered on predefined spatial points. These spatial points are projected in the WGS84 international coordinate ...
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Frame and coordinates disappear when printing in QGIS
I'm trying to print my map in QGIS 3.18.0 including a zebra frame.
It looks great in the Print layout but when I print it, the zebra frame and coordinates are not there.
Is there a setting or ...
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How can I add grid lines to a print composition using pyqgis?
I'm writing a qgis plugin to create an image in the print composer of the current map. I can get the map rendered in the proper place with a frame of the right width, and I can get grid annotations ...
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Using Make Grids and Graticules Layer in ArcMap?
I'm trying to use the Make Grids and Graticules Layer tool in ArcMap (have a ArcInfo license). I'm looking for a basic example like in North America.
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Start with empty map
Set data frame to ...
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Adjusting custom grid intervals based on map scale for PMF published from ArcMap for ArcReader
I am preparing a pmf which includes a custom grid overlay. To clarify: a custom grid overlay is marginalia, not a feature class with geometry (so a scale dependecy inside a layer won't work). The ...
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Wrangling precision in QGIS with a hypothetical planet
I'm a tabletop roleplaying gamemaster wanting to use QGIS to help organize my notes according to place. GIS addresses my need to store notes and other data that may be anywhere from a few feet from ...
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Local grids with rotated north in QGIS
Like many people in geology and archaeology I need to work with local grids that have eastings and northings from a specific reference point, and typically have a difference alignment/direction of ...
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Creating grid to divide large map into smaller sections using ArcGIS for Desktop?
I have a map of small remnants of forest along creeks for an entire county in California. I need to divide the whole map into equal sections so I can print it so you can actually see the sections of ...
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Avoid scientific notation in custom grid labels in QGIS 3
In previous versions of QGIS I used this expression to make 3-figure coordinates for my maps:
substr( @grid_number , length( @grid_number ) -4,3)
At the 4000000 mark this used to give me a value ...
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Adding meridians and parallels on world map in QGIS
I'm working on a world map in which I'm using as overlapped layers Bing Aerial, The natural Earth Vector (from natural earth data.com), and also a NASA night view because it's just nice!
I would like ...
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How to improve the cartographic design of graticules?
The attached image shows a conflict between the graticule and the state boundary on a map. I have not found a way to display user-defined lines of latitude, which would solve the 42 degree line ...
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How to show pixel boundaries of a given raster in QGIS?
The Norwegian Meterological Institute provides historical weather data. I download one of these .nc files:
curl https://thredds.met.no/thredds/fileServer/ngcd/version_22.09/RR/type2/2022/08/...
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QGIS Grid not displaying correctly
I'm trying to create a map from a specific province in Argentina in QGIS 3.10. I am trying to create a map showing multiple coordinates showing hail fall data exported from a csv file and projected on ...
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Excess decimal points showing on QGIS layout grid
I am using QGIS 3.8.1.
The intervals of my grid are 1.2cm and the labels are set at a 0.6cm offset so they are placed in the middle. I used the draw coordinates custom option to enter my own ...
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