The description of the types of features included in a map, usually displayed in the map layout.

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Can I create a legend of a map that I had get from a WMS?

Can I create a legend of a map that I had get from a WMS? Can I create a legend of a raster map with Qgis version 1.7.4, or only with the 1.8 version?
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Legend is stuck on startup()

All my layer URLs and Feature Layers are stored in an array. with an foreach loop, I am creating the FeatureLayers from the URLs, dojo.forEach(window.layerUrls, function (info, idx) { ...
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ArcGIS Javascript Legend Is not Showing

I am trying to add a legend , (code below), and it gets to console.log(layerInfo); , it fails at legendDijit = new esri.dijit.Legend({ map:map[map_div_id], ...
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Legend labels for Vector layer symbols - how to name them (GeoEXT)

I'm coding with GeoExt and I have some problems trying to display the names of diferent features in a vector layer. This is my code: mapPanel = new GeoExt.MapPanel({ map: map }); legendPanel = ...
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Legend showing info for world map

I'm using ArcGIS 10.1 API for JavaScript. I'm showing dynamic map service layer containing 8 layers and I want to show legend for the currently visible layer (only 1 layer is visible at a time). The ...
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How to sort entries in raster legend?

How do I reorder the Value field in a raster? There is no up or down button in it.
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How to show a legend using Wax in OpenLayers?

I am trying to add a legend and tooltips to a map using wax. The map is really simple and it is working, but I do not get to show the legend nor the tooltips. I am using this like reference ...
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Using multiple LayerIDs in a Legend

This should be simple, but I cannot find any documentation on how to do it. I have a legend that is bound to my map that contains several layers. I do not want all of the layers to appear on my Legend ...
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How to change integer labels into strings for a raster layer and publish it as a map service to retrieve its legend?

In ArcGIS Desktop 10.1, I've got a raster layer that uses an internal colormap to draw its symbology in the TOC. The result is an integer value for each color symbol classification. I can edit ...
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How to represent scale in legend after using '1-Band Raster Colour Table V1.x' for DEM

I was able to represent the DEM by one of the nice colour ramps with the 1-Band Raster Colour Table V1.x plug-in. How can I correctly represent this colour ramp in the legend, as it contains 255 ...
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Leaflet L.LayerGroup and Legend for individual layer

I am using Leaflet.js and MapQuest maps; added base layer and added more than one layer using L.LayerGroup() after adding those layers using map.addLayer(LayerGroup); trying to add Legend for ...
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Is there any way to have the legend text above the symbol and beside it, not just above?

Is there any way to have the legend text above the symbol and beside it, not just above? What i do at present is to cut the end of the text off and insert a label then group them, however i want to ...
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MapInfo - thematic legend disappears when made translucent

I have created a thematic map in MapInfo v11. When I make the legend translucent (so that information underneath the coloured polygons is partly visible) the labels in the legend disappear! This ...
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Legend not scaling with the map in Mapinfo

I have a problem with the legend designer, when I produce an A0 plot the legend does not scale up with the map.
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How do you format the legend in Geoserver when using GetLegendGraphic?

I'm new to the world of GIS and geoserver so sorry if I'm asking an obvious or simple question. I'm using GetLegendGraphic to create a legend for a raster layer on the server, as it stands it looks ...
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How to create a vertical scale bar in ArcMap?

Wondering if anyone out there knows how to create a vertical scale bar in ArcMap? With text I can adjust the angle. Is this possible with a scale bar as well?
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Graduated Point Layer Not Graduated in Legend?

I have graduated symbol point layers -- but in the legend they are not graduated. Actually, the dots in the legend are so small you can hardly see them. Even if I graduated by color the dots in the ...
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Make Graph (Data Management), Changing item names in legend

I'm having python produce a multi-series graph. How do you change the series name in the legend, the default being Vertical Bar, Vertical Bar1, Vertical Bar2.... Thanks for the help ...
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Working with legend patches/symbology in ArcGIS

I am working with a legend in a map from ArcGIS 10.1. The map is used as a template and will be used many times to create different maps. The legend is used to show a soil type and its descriptor: ...
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How to save space in the legend and write the layer name besides the symbol?

I'm starting using QGIS to make a project for university and I am with a problem on configuring legends on Print Composer. The thing is I want the text of my legend to appear after the ...
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How to move the QGIS Layerpanel/Dockwidget programmatically

i'm working on a QGIS-plugin and want to move the default LayerPanel/Dockwidget to somewhere else programmatically. More specific: i want to move it into a tab of my tabwidget. Is this possible? How ...
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How to automatically format the legend labels? in QGIS

I have to do 10 maps (for a start) with "style" -> "graduate" with quantile mode. I need to format the label of the different ranges so that the legend looks comprehensible: Instead of having 1.0000 ...
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How to extract numbers from each vectors?

I'm trying to create custom legend for a layer where OpenLayers.Rule objects are created dynamically and added to a layer. new OpenLayers.Rule({ symbolizer: { ...
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Annoying little line in color ramp legends - how do I remove it?

This was never a problem with ArcGIS 9 but it appears that in 10.0 Esri has added small horizontal lines as the default when including color ramps in legends. I want to get rid of these annoying ...
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Making a Map with a Legend as a .pdf Without a White Background

I have a shapefile of United States counties. I also have an Excel file of the share of the black population in each county. I'd like to make a map of this using GIS. (Before you say that there are ...
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Segmentation Violation in ArcView 3.1 while performing UpdateLegend

I am loading a ".avl" legend file into ArcView 3.1 and I am plagued with a recurring Segmentation Violation Error when I execute the updatelegend command in the theme. It looks like the legend file ...
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Problem in loading the legend of MapServer in ArcGIS

I have published a mapserver on my ArcGIS Server 9.3. I am developing a silverlight application using ArcGIS Silverlight API. Now I can load my map into my application and also the list of my layers ...
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Map Package is not showing points on map

I am fairly new to GIS, but I am working on an interactive legend and I need to just be able to add a map package to the xaml and it place the points on the map. The legend seems to be working. All of ...
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Ask Arcgis Server with Openlayers Legend

I am trying to develop a Web GIS using ArcGIS Server, using the OpenLayers framework. However, I am having a problem displaying the legend when I choose one of the layers. Has anyone encountered this ...
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How to bring Legends of basemaps from ArcGIS online on map layout

I have used some base maps from ArcGIS online as background. We use a GP tool to print maps from this MXD online. So, how can I include the Legends of these base maps on my printed map? I did not see ...
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Resequencing Legend Items in Python

I create various layers programmically with Python in ArcMap 10. I can adjust how the layers are sequenced using the arcpy.mapping.MoveLayer command. But I want to have the legend reflect a different ...
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Is it possible to have a dynamic table in a data driven page environment?

I am creating a map series that has many polygons per sheet. There is annotation for the polygons however some polygons are very small with no annotation for them (annotation would completely hide a ...
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How to create complex legends in Mapserver?

I want to create a color legend on mapserver. It is working but now I have to group several classes together like a heading with a group of color in it and so on. I have 10 such groups of classes. I ...
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How to do bivariate or multicriteria line symbolization in QGIS?

Bonjour, je cherche à faire sur Qgis un tracé d'un itinéraire avec comme légende une couleur pour le type de route et la largeur du trait pour la fréquentation de cette route. J'ai vu qu'il était ...
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Repetitive automated mapping: which platform?

I could give a lot of examples, but imagine you have do eg a study in 10 different locations and have to generate a lot of maps with the same layout, legend. Maps can contain vector and raster data. ...
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Is ther a Legend Limiter in QGIS?

Is there in QGIS a function or a plugin that works similar to Legend Limiter in ArcGIS? The attribute I want to show in my legend has many possible values, I want my legend to only show those values ...
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legend groups and layer position/order qgis 1.8

I'm tring to programmatically create layer sequence also using groups. Simple python code: layer = QgsVectorLayer("004cp000.shp", "004cp000", "ogr") QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().addMapLayer(layer) ...
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Mapinfo 11.5 - Legend Designer - problem with symbols

First of all I must say I love new legend designer. It is great to have finally better tool for positioning and even some changing the size of lines and region symbols, hooray. Big step for Mapinfo to ...
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Legend text wrapper (ArcGIS)

I'm interested in wrapping long legend text (in ArcGIS 9.3.1) so that the text does not exceed the layout extent. I would like to call the "GetFormattedString" Function within the ...
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How to group elements in QGIS legend side by side?

I would like to edit the legend in my map so that the entries of two polygons will appear together, i.e. the two entries in the legend should be displayed appear as "Study area and possible study ...
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QgsLegend link error when building

I'm developping a software using QGIS. When building my software there is a LINK error. 1>mainwindow.obj : error LNK2019: symbole externe non résolu "public: __thiscall ...
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How do you make map styles NOT appear in a legend?

I am using GeoServer to serve up OSM data. I am making use of the GetLegendGraphic command, but I do not want some of my styles to appear in the legend (for example, the styles that are ONLY for text ...
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Create a color scale/legend for choropleth map using geotools (or other open source Java library)?

I'm experimenting with choropleth maps using geotools. Is there an easy way to add a color scale to the map (using geotools itself or some other os library)? By a color scale I mean a bar that shows ...
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Creating a snapshot in ArcMap of a layer to be use for legend?

I am trying to create a snapshot using FastStone Capture version 5.3 to be use for the legend because it is diffcult to match their color especially is you are using raster or transparent ? How do I ...
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1-band raster colour table workaround in QGIS

Does anyone know what the workarounds are for the 1-band raster colour table plugin in QGIS? Currently I find it will run once, then crash on the second iteration. The workaround I use is to delete ...
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Legend: Can I force long layer names to multiple lines based on a specified legend width?

Do to various limitations I almost always create static (graphic) legends but I do have the occasional map where impeccable cartography is secondary to functionality hence a dynamic legend is ...
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How to save and reload legend settings using Python?

Maybe you can help me with maybe a strange question. I know how to change settings of a legend individually by arcpy (like: Patch, Title, Items, Columns, Frame, Element Size&Position, etc.), but ...
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Raster legend in R: how to colour specific values?

I have an elevation model plotted in R r <- raster("example.dem") plot(r, col = topo.colors(20)) Some of the values are below sea level (0), and I'd like to have those display in red. How can ...
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Controlling “Fill Properties” in ArcGIS, so that that symbols are visible in the legend

I use marker fill symbols in my legend in ArcView 10, in order to identify different habitats, and frequently have to increase the separation of the symbols in order to make the map more readable. ...
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d.legend script is not working

I'm using the d.legend script in grass but it is not working. I can only show/hide the legend using the 'add legend' option in the Map Display window in GRASS. I need to make d.legend script to work ...

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