An organized collection of predefined colors, symbols, properties of symbols, and map elements.
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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 ...
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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 ...
8
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Why is the OGC Symbology Encoding standard not being implemented and is SLD an alternative?
I searched exhaustively over the internet as well as at this How to export Symbology from ArcGIS to Microstation or QGIS? but didnt find a satisfactory answer. Hope to get the answers from the experts ...
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What's the simplest way to style vector data in Geoserver?
There seem to be three main options:
Manually write the SLD files, based on the SLD cookbook
Create the SLD file in QGIS, then import
Use the add-on GeoExplorer to create custom styles online
...
6
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2answers
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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 ...
6
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1answer
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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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3answers
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Openlayers - Cloned features get style from original feature
I am having a problem with the styling of a WFS vector layer from GeoServer after cloning features from it and adding them to a new feature.
First I create a new empty vector layer and add it to the ...
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Mapnik style editor
Is there any tool or editor which can shorten the cycle for experimenting on different styles for mapnik.
It would be wonderful with something like cloudmade's editor, but with the possibility to ...
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1answer
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how to display polygons as points until certain zoom level?
can somebody tell me how to display polygons as points until you zoom to some level. I'm speaking about OpenLayers.
So, for example, if the zoom level is less then 10 than it should display feature as ...
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0answers
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SLD to Esri lyr file?
Does anybody know if there's a sw/extension to convert an SLD to Esri. lyr format, or to import the SLD directly?
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Customizing Popups in Openlayers
Is it possible to customize the shape of popups in OpenLayers? For example, I am creating a pop-up using the following approach:
var popup = new OpenLayers.Popup.FramedCloud(
"popup",
...
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3answers
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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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2answers
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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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2answers
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Is Geoserver's “styler” plugin dead?
The "Styler" plugin for Geoserver promised flexible styling of your data, using the GeoExt library:
The user guide tells you to first install the REST plugin, and then extract the styler zip file ...
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votes
1answer
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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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votes
1answer
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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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votes
2answers
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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 ...
3
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1answer
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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 ...
3
votes
2answers
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Changing infoWindow style in ArcGIS JavaScript API (v3.2)
See below a screenshot of the infoWindow's appearance in my ArcGIS JavaScript API (v3.2) application.
As you can see the transparent title bar with the white buttons doesn't work too well against a ...
3
votes
1answer
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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 ...
3
votes
1answer
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Dynamic SLD styling - unique colours for linestrings
I have a postGIS table that looks like this:
(plus a 'track' geometry column, a linestring for the vessel's track)
sampling_interval | voyage_name | start_time_utc | id | ship_name | ...
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votes
1answer
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change style of newly drawn points
I've a vector layer with a bunch of draw controls on it. You can add polygons, points and you can modify polygon.
Now I changed the style of the points so they have a nice pin-like image. But them I ...
3
votes
1answer
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OpenLayers OSM tile boundary
I have a local tile source of OSM tiles. I'd like to show the tile zoom, x, y on the tile so that I can optimize and create small offline groups of tile for specific areas(polygons).
I can get the ...
3
votes
1answer
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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.
3
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1answer
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What are the differences between formats for storing styles?
I'm looking for a format for store information about data styles for my web application. There are different formats for describing vector data styles. For example, SLD, Mapnik XML, and there may be ...
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2answers
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How to Edit Reference Styles in ArcMap 10
Within the Symbol Selector > Referenced Styles
How does one edit (rename, delete, etc.) the referenced styles?
Clarification: I don't mean changing the look of the symbol using the "Edit Symbol" ...
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votes
1answer
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ESRI.style file not loading on citrix
We have a distributed ArcMap application on a citrix farm.
We've come across a strange problem where the ESRI.style doesn't load.
If you create a session, you can then go through the style manager ...
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0answers
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Rasterization tools for vector datasets with styles
I have hundreds of Personal Geodatabases and I want to create one georeferenced TIFF for each one. Each PGDB has the same feature classes ('CotourLines', 'Hidrography', etc) for what I have some ...
3
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0answers
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Script to add colours from .style file to multiple shapefiles
I have added 70 fill colours in a .style file. For adding these colours to my shapefile i would have to manually go to properties/symbology/match to symbols in a style/ then browse to the location ...
3
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0answers
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Trying to fill polygon fills the entire map
I have been given some shp files to be displayed using Mapserver. Until now I was able to find the correct projections, display the map, and show labels. However, I have problems with polygon colors. ...
2
votes
2answers
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How to change the vertex style for editing?
When I use drag feature, then the circles on the polygon edge has the same style.
For example, this OpenLayers site.
I need to change it, I mean they need to be a different color.
What is their ...
2
votes
1answer
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How can GeoJson polygons be colored programmatically using OpenLayers?
I'm experimenting with dynamically setting the color values of a geojson polygon. In my geojson file, there is an attribute for each polygon called pop_den. I am trying to update the fillcolor of the ...
2
votes
2answers
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custom Layer Switcher style in openlayers
I use this example to customized my layer switcher in openlayers.But I want to change the position,width and height of layer switcher.I know it relates to CSS.I change some numbers to get some ...
2
votes
2answers
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Highlight the WFS Layer on mouseover
I've set up a WFS layer in openlayer:
var v1497_shp = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("v1497_shp", {
strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX(), saveStrategy],
//projection: new ...
2
votes
2answers
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How can a style be set on a specific polygon using OpenLayers?
Using a polygon id, I want to highlight a polygon, while the mouse is outside of the map area. I can identify the polygon using the following approach:
x = 53;
for(i=0; ...
2
votes
1answer
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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 ...
2
votes
1answer
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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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votes
1answer
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Querying Additional Styles from Geoserver
I'm using GeoServer 2.1.2, and I've got a layer to which I've applied added additional WMS styles. However, I'm having trouble working out how to query the layer and retrieve the list of available ...
2
votes
1answer
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Changin features' pointRadius based on the current zoom level
I need to have my features change their pointRadius based on the current Zoom level. My questions are:
Would it be possible to use Rule Based Styling techniques to overcome the problem?
If yes, it ...
2
votes
2answers
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How to make corners of openlayers with OSM map rounded?
I'm trying to apply style with border-radius:XXpx to my openlayers map:
map = new OpenLayers.Map(name)
map.addLayer(new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM())
But rounded corners are hidden by tiles of the map:
...
2
votes
1answer
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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" ...
2
votes
1answer
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How to design markers - raster or vector?
I have several layers that are point geometries. I am defining them custom markers symbols and such symbols have colors (red, yellow and green) to represent values.
Since there are several of them in ...
2
votes
1answer
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Assign Icons to specific points dynamically in OpenLayers
I have a json file describing features on a map (routes, points etc)
points include places of interest such as airport, harbor etc.
Is there a way to assign icons to these points?
example: have a ...
2
votes
2answers
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Executing Styles based on rule Geoserver
I would like to execute a style based on some parameter passed through WMS Rest request. What I am trying to achieve is, while requesting the tile, I want a particular country to be filled in separate ...
2
votes
1answer
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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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2answers
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Is it possible to convert an ESRI style sheet to a font set?
This is related to Retain ESRI symbology in Mapinfo TAB
As a workaround I am wondering if I can save all my ESRI symbology from the lyr files created using the script below to an ESRI style sheet and ...
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votes
2answers
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Multiple Maps with Styles not working in OpenLayers
I have created 2 maps(within 2 in a same page) along with their respective style maps.
Both maps are having vector layers along with "LineString" geometry... added into them.
Both style maps are ...
2
votes
3answers
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how to change color of feature to mark it as recently modified with openlayers
I am developing a crowd sourced app using openlayers. after user clicks an feature, a popup form is displayed. After clicking the save button, the data is used in processing which takes some time so ...
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votes
1answer
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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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1answer
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How to use a sld file with Openlayers using OSM data?
My app, made with openlayers, displays building data called from overpass api.
var data_url = "http://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter?data=(way[building](bbox);node(w););out body;"; //main working ...
