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Can the new Mapbox Vector Tiles be used as a QGIS basemap?

With the implementation of the mapbox vector tiles begs the question of how these could be used as a basemap in a QGIS printed map (assuming anyone cares about printed maps anymore!). To use OSM data ...
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How can I create a line with three points with Python in QGIS?

I'm new to Python and I'm having some dificulties. I want to create a simple layer with a line in the console of QGIS with Python. How can I do that?
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Problems printing OpenLayers Pluggin Maps To Scale

It the print composer I can print all maps to scale and satisfactory. However, when I add the OpenLayer, usually Bing Aerial, to the project I cannot print it out to scale. I click the scale box, ...
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How to create an indoor map and display it using web browser

I need to create an indoor map for one building and display it like tiles from Google Maps. I am trying to create a vector map from QGIS software and I'm trying to display it using OpenLayers. I would ...
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Can OpenLayers layers in QGIS have transparency?

All, I often would like to set the basemap back by lowering the transparency. I would love to have this option in QGIS for OpenLayers layers, such as the stamen layers, google, etc. Is this ...
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Tilemill Dynamic Tile Generation

I have recently used Tilemill and I wish to implement it for dynamic tile rendering.As I've seen an CartoDB doing in cloud system,they can query & generate dynamic tile for request with UTFGrid. ...
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Export to shapefile qgis

I am trying to develop hotspot map showing point density in our gis based web application. After searching for an option I have decided to use v.kernel command. I have a table containing some point ...
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Digitizing from OpenLayers Plugin in QGIS, or create raster?

Is there an easy method for digitizing from a layer added from the OpenLayers pluggin. As i cannot snap to it or use it as raster so the entire map does not load? two separate issues there.
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Wrong coordinates in data when projecting in world map (qgis) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to find the proper coordinate reference system with two sets of data using different measurements or too convert one system into another I'm fairly new to the GIS ...
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How to set up a background map in WGS84 projection for interactive map?

I've started developing my own interactive map and I have some things which are not clear to me. I heard that OSM, Google maps and all similar maps use Google Mercator projection. But if I use that ...
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How can I merge postcode sector polygons into larger territories in QGIS?

I'm new to GIS so patience might be required :-) I'm building a basic web-based mapping tool for business use, to be used as a demo to show that we need one but managers don't know it yet! So far ...
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QGIS: On the fly projection from WGS84, 19 N, to Web Mercator. Do I need to define a new CRS with transformation parameters?

Workin in QGIS, I have a shapefile called "protected areas" of Dominican Republic, that was digitized from topomaps 50k. Shapefile is projected to WGS84, 19N zone. My problem is that when I load ...
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What is the easiest way to let a user upload overlayers to openlayers (Geoserver/Mapserver)?

I need to let a user upload vector layers he created with QGIS or MapInfo professional to my website (using OpenLayers as client and either Geoserver or Mapserver as WMS). What will be the easiest ...
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how to create gis like Uster?

I downloaded qgis, geoserver, openlayers, ext, geoext, qgis-web-client and osgeo. And i have map shape files. i would like create website like this site. i need help. can you send tutorial links thank ...
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Can Openlayers plugin be faster?

Can the Openlayer QGIS plugin be modified to have better map loading performance? I use only google satellite/maps. Thanks.
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How do I clip/mask a satellite photo to a polygon?

Given a shapefile composed of contiguous polygons, I'd like to clip (or mask) regions of satellite photo to the polygon outlines, and export each resulting raster in medium resolution for further ...
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Map is missing when I “export as image” via print composer [closed]

I have point data on a vector layer that prints accurately via print composer (when I "export as image"), however my map below either does not show up or shows up at an incorrect scale. I used ...
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Loading an older google satellite image with OpenLayers plugin in QGIS

I am using the OpenLayers plugin in QGIS. I want to use the google satellite layer, but there is a cloud on the specific image. Is it possible to load one of the older google satellite images? Like ...
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Instalación masiva de QGIS - Automated installation of QGIS

Solicito lo siguiente requiere la línea de comandos que permitan realizar la instalación automatizada o desatendida para poder enviarla desde SCCM para la Instalación de QGIS Google Translate - ...
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How to turn off Google map data copyrighted window in Google Street layer (Qgis - Openlayers Plugin)? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to close watermarks in openlayers plugin After a few weeks not using Qgis, this morning I opened it up, accepted a request to update Openlayers Plugin. Right now, I ...
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When using OpenLayers plugins maps, can I have Longitude/Lattitude labelled on my grid when using the Map composer in QGIS?

Using OpenLayers plugins maps, can I have Longitude/Latitude labelled on my grid when using the Map composer in QGIS?
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Layer misalignment with UK Ordnance Survey data and OpenLayers

I am in the UK and my QGIS projects are based on UK Ordnance Survey mapping data and are set up in EPSG:27700. Whenever I have tried dropping an OpenLayers layer (Google Satellite/Bing Maps Aerial) in ...
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How to close watermarks window in QGIS Openlayers plugin?

I'm using Quantum GIS Ver. 1.7.4. I have upgraded openlayers plugin 0.7 to 0.9. However when I open google satellite, a watermarks/copyright dialog box "Data Peta@2012 ..." appear in the middle of the ...
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How to prepare or normalize raw shape (.shp) files for Openlayers use

Hi all it seems like I am having difficulties in normalizing raw map files' resolutions to openlayer's use most probably in parameters mapext and imgext. I hope you can help me with this. Using raw ...
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QGis failed with error: latitude or longitude exceeded limits

I have some shapefiles from vegetationtypes in QGis and i wanted to put a googlemap in background, so i installed the open layers plug in. But every time i tried to load the map, theres an error ...
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Creating a small web-mapping/map-tiling service

I am looking for a small-scale and easy way to present one or more polygon shapefiles online (on a municipal website without any existing map-server infrastructure, to be precise). Right now, I'm ...
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Saving Google Earth Location: OpenLayers Plugin in Quantum GIS

I use the OpenLayers plugin to load Google Earth Layers in Quantum GIS to digitize/identify certain features. As my work is large occassionally I have to quit Quantum GIS to resume later. The problem ...