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Data-defined Styles in QGIS

I have downloaded a shapefile of bedrock geology. I need it to be displayed as it should be with the style applied. The supplier will no give me a qml. but i have noticed in the .dbf file the Cyan ...
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How to combine use gradient symbols for layer properties excluding 0?

I want to visualize my data by using graduated symbols. Now, there are some objects with value "0", they should not be printed on the map (which I solved by using rule-based symbols). But, anyway, "0" ...
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Reuse same style settings for chloropleth maps based on different datasets

I am new to QGIS. I have been using MapInfo for a couple of years, but I am considering to switch to QGIS. So far I like it, but there are some things that I haven't found out yet. I want to make ...
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Why can't I see any joined string fields for categorization?

After the join I can see all my data in the attributes of the card but when I want to select statistics in the tab style to categorize, I don't see them. I see that the real type variables and not ...
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graduated pattern polygon fill

I'm sure this question is really really basic but I appeal to you because I hate the idea that I have spent 20 minutes trying to do such a simple thing... All I want to do is style a polygon layer by ...
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How do I style lines to show gradient colors for two attributes?

I have a layer with the city streets. I have a database with traffic values, including traffic going into the city and traffic going out from the city. I need to show the street links with different ...
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How to get a QGIS useable style file from OS .xml and .xsl files?

Ordnance survey provide some style files to support their vectormaplocal product. The style files appear to come in pairs, similarly named but one with a .xml extension and the other .xls The two ...
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Style Manager import problem

I am trying to use some styles provide by Ordnance Survey. I have a project made up of of OS VectorMapLocal layers. The Style sheets provide are in xml format. When I try to import an xml file in ...
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styles for QGIS

Could someone point me to a source of line and point styles for QGIS (*.qml) - railways and transmission lines are the first two I've run up against, but I know there will be more.
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Where can I get a comprehensive list of Rules expression operators?

I'm selecting and styling my points layer on a contour map of Philadelphia using Rules Based Styling. (see: Can I use rules based rendering in QGIS to select features?). The filtering process using ...
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QGIS Categorized Style: Rearranging values so that it doesn't go 57,58,59,6,60,61

I have a a column of data that I'm trying to display in the Categorized Style but when QGIS orders the values it ranks them, for example, 57, 58, 59, 6, 60, 61, 62.... Is there a way to rank them in ...
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QGis 1.8 fails to rotate point geometries with rule-based style

I have to do some visualizations in QGIS (1.8.0) and up to now I've been very happy with the new Dialog "Layer Properties -> Style", using the rotation-field to rotate Point-Geometries visualized by a ...
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QGIS line style

I found the latest QGIS has a great tool to create complex styles, however looks like one small but very useful thing is missing, or I can't find it. I'm trying to create a line style something like ...
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Setting rendering order of line layers in QGIS

I have a dataset where different road types are in separate layers, i.e. motorways, primary roads and secondary roads. In turn, each layer is subdivided by embedded codes into different sub-types - 4 ...
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Where did the texture fill option go in QGIS 1.9 Master?

In the previous version (1.8) of QGIS you could select to fill a polygon using a PNG or JPG image. This option seems to have gone from QGIS 1.9 Master. I can get it by selecting the "Old Symbology" ...
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Apply QGIS Style to osm-File like in Open Cycle Map, Landscape Base-Layer

I try to mimick a rendering style like in Open Cycle Map (landscape base layer) in QGIS. However, I'm not able to find certain elements (i.e., wood and rivers) that are used in Open Cycle Map but seem ...
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How to keep layer style/symbology when saving as KML?

When saving as a kml, is it possible to keep the style of the QGIS layer? I have tried a couple plugins that have been mentioned on here: qgis2kml ('format not yet supported') and qgis2google2 ...
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Is it possible to create road-type dependent 'shields' in QGIS?

In QGIS, I need to place road numbers on a map (they are point labels) in solid rectangular boxes to make them stand out. Ideally they need to be the same colour as the road they refer to, so a ...
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How to make labels' size relative to the map in QGIS1.8?

I want to make my labels' size changed automatically with the scale of the map,so in the menu of "Layer labeling settings",I set the Text size" in map Unit".However,the labels in the selected layer ...
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How to style points in QGIS based on multiple attributes

While trying to find a useful way having earthquakes displayed, I noticed that it isn't that easy to manage. I'd like to be able to recognize the "Magnitude", "Date", and "Depth" from the style of ...
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How to make lines styles with offset join properly?

I want to draw the lanes of a two-lane street in different colors. I tried to apply an offset to a symbol layer which works fine for a single line but the ends of two connected lines do not join ...
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Is it possible to import SAGA colour styles in QGIS?

iam still using QGIS and SAGA independently in my productive use (despite the excellent SEXTANTE toolbox, which is sometimes a little buggy). SAGA has some very nice default styles and i am wondering ...
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Can I use a PNG point marker?

I want to style a point layer from png file. Can i do this in quantum gis?
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Looking for qml specification

Where I can find qml specification which is used for store symbology information in QGIS? Try to googe it - no result.
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Categorized Style : showing all possible values, not just the ones in use

I am new to QGIS and experimenting before rolling this out to my colleagues. I have a shapefile with some codes, and i have a csv with those codes and other information that i need. I have joined ...
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stacked colours according attributes

I have a hierachical List of attributes e.g. column (1) S (2) SD (3) SD0 or (1) A (2) AN (3) An1 etc. So there is one S with several SD s and several SD0 in the attribute table. When I display column ...
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Reordering Category Layers in QGIS

I was wondering if there is a way to reorganize the layers when applying a style based on a categorizing value? I have many values, but I would like to rearrange them alphabetically. In ArcMap there ...
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different labels at various scales

I have a locality layer of neighborhoods and suburbs from a spatialite database. How do I label this single layer with the neighborhood name at a lower scales, but as I zoom out, I would like the town ...
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QGIS apply style to shapefile

I'd like to create a Categorized style in QGIS, classify with it data in a shapefile and then save the shapefile with the new categorized style. Is it possible?
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problems styling numerical data

I'm trying to make a standard choropleth map using numerical data. The base layer is a shapefile and it is joined to a csv file. There is also a csvt file to make the formats align. When I go into ...
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How to change DEM's gradient colour?

I'm a newbie about GIS. I'm from Italy and I've got a *.tif file of my region. I've loaded it has raster but I have a question: The dem has a gradient colour magenta. How change this colour to ...
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Hand drawn sketchy symbology styles for GIS software

Often times in planning projects, a hand drawn, sketchy look is desirable in order to convey the preliminary nature of a project. Is anyone aware of any utilities/plugins for desktop GIS software ...