I am working with some roads in London that I downloaded online. The roads are represented as lines like below:
How can I transform each road from a line into a polygon in QGIS? So that the roads look more like what we see here below (in orange):
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What have you tried so far?– Taras ♦Commented Mar 13, 2022 at 20:29
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Is this about looks or geometry?– ErikCommented Mar 13, 2022 at 21:38
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More so about looks as I will then import this into PowerBI. It doesn't have to be ultra perfect.– HamidBeeCommented Mar 13, 2022 at 21:39
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If it's about appearance, not geometry, just change the symbology of the roads. You can set a wider stroke width, or use two strokes, one wider than the other to get the outline effect in your image– LlavesCommented Mar 14, 2022 at 4:20
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Unfortunately changing the thickness wouldn't work for my case. I plan to import it into Power BI and so it has to be a polygon. I know Vince mentioned the buffer tool. However when I try it I get another problem. I posted a new thread to that in my reply below.– HamidBeeCommented Mar 14, 2022 at 7:01
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You can make polygons with the buffer tool.
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I've tried this tool just now. I seem to be getting another problem. I posted the new problem here: gis.stackexchange.com/questions/425998/…– HamidBeeCommented Mar 13, 2022 at 21:38