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Is it appropriate to create vertical scale bars?

I'm working on a map where the main theme is a railway line which runs vertically down the page. I've been wondering how to approach creating a scale bar for this map. To my eye a horizontal scale bar ...
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QGIS Print Composer: How can I get the sum of the canopy areas that are displayed on the map?

I've already asked this question, but I didn't really get the answer I was expecting. I will then try to reformulate with added details: I am in the process of migrating an entire orchard mapping ...
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Interpretation of the vector data

I am a new to the map processing world. I started with QGIS and loaded a data set from Tiger products (namely US rail roads) I can view each part of the road and I can get its vector data as well. ...
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Draggable legends on leaflet maps

Is there a way to make a leaflet map's legend draggable? Like a library, or something?
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How to mass-create maps with different features centered?

Can anyone explain if this is something that can be done? I have map consisting of a little under 40,000 acres. I would like to print a map based on the legal location with each section being centered ...
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Relating text buffer to text size in QGIS?

I'm working with QGIS 2.16. When I create a map, I often use a white buffer around text of various size. The thing not evolving is the buffer size : the rendered text is sometimes a bit strange ...
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How to create an isotype map, where each symbol represents a number (eg. 50) from data in the attribute table?

I am trying to represent data of numbers of people in different areas of a city. Using graduated size creates different bubbles based on size, but this misrepresents data if the areas are not of the ...
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Dorling Cartogram Map from Shapefile using QGIS

I would like to create a simple Dorling Cartogram map in QGIS. My goal is for it to be a similar style to these maps created by the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/11/20/us/...
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Labeling (one-way) streets in QGIS?

I followed instructions in this answer to Creating Directional Flow Arrows for sewer lines? to add directional arrows to the one-way streets on a map I'm creating. I've currently created a marker ...
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Designing interactive map of botanical garden in QGIS?

Using QGIS is absolutely new to me but I hope, we can make it as short and easy as possible to put my idea into practice. I hope that QGIS is the appropriate program for this purpose. I have COREL-...
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Should Legend entries be singular or plural?

In a map legend should the entries be singular or plural? What is correct? Road or Roads? A Google image search for "map legend" lead me to conclude there is no consistent way of having a ...
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Pixel sizes, cartographic scales and maps

In spite of being a widely discussed topic, I have not been able to find the complete answer to my concerns regarding scale's use in maps preparation. I am interested in finding in the relationship(s) ...
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Is there any alternative for TypeBrewer, since the website is down due to converstion from Flash to HTML 5?

I was reading the post Choice of Cartographic Font and the answer is suggesting the Typebrewer website. This website is also mentioned in the 26 point (i.e., Carefully Select Typeface) mentioned in 33 ...
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Group legend in ArcMap basing on field value

I'm using ArcMap 9.3.1 and have a point feature with an attribute table like this: What would be the easiest way to generate a legend like this? Generating different tables (feature classes) for ...
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Adding Horizon and Sky to a Pokemon Go-like Map? [closed]

I am trying to create a map similar to the Pokemon GO map. I have used mapbox studio to create a sytle which I am pretty happy with. However I am wondering how to get a horizon and a sky on this? ...
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Tilting osm map tile and other wms layer map tile like qgis map server tile via leaflet?

I have set up one osm map tile using mapnik and one wms map server using qgis map server. This both map server are able to render 2d map on web platform . I am now intrested to use these map server ...
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R and osmar : How to merge two adjacent osm files with overlapping nodes and ways?

Due to a problem loading large osm files in osmar, I have decided to split my osm file in small parts, load them individually and the merge them. I currently face two problems : The code splitting ...
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Coordinates to svg map [duplicate]

I have a large list of Lambert coordinates. All those points connected create different area from a country. I would like to have this map as a SVG path (each region would have its path). I cannot ...
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make Carto torque points change over time start from begin date and disappear at end date

First time use the torque function... I have variables: IDnumber,start_date, end_date, size, longitude, latitude. Anyone know how to make carto torque points change depends on different dates? I want ...
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Generate a map image file from tiles and features

I am looking for a way to generate images (e.g. png) from a tile source with features added on top of the map, without user interaction or requiring a browser. Currently, I am able to create a ...
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Why don't all columns appear when changing style of shapefile for cartography in QGIS?

QGIS 2.8.9 I have been working with this shapefile and have already successfully coloured it using a graduated style from my column 'TIV' - however recently when I want to change the attribute the ...
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Transferring Interpolated Results to Line Features

I am using ArcDesktop 10.3. I have a road network feature dataset and a point city feature class. Using Network Analyst and Closest Facility along with several incident points, I solved several ...
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Displaying Wales, England & N.Ireland instead of UK in CartoDB?

I'm a journalist, and I would like to create a map to explain some things (about the countries that are playing the Euro 2016). I'm using CartoDB to create the map. But for some reason, I can't find ...
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How can I create a map of both Californias? [closed]

I want to create a map of "UniCalifornia" which would show the U.S. state of California and Baja California combined into "One California." The end result should be an image file that does not show ...
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How to cartographically represent active faults, without using geological symbols

I would like to ask how to cartographically represent active faults, without using geological symbols. I don't want to make a geological map, that's why I don't use that kind of symbology. I don't ...
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Using dynamic text to display layer credits

I'm looking for a way to update the 'layer credits' into a dynamic text box. I've found ways of using the map credits or data frame credits here but can't seem a way to get the information derived ...
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Improve quality of exported maps

I would like to export an image from ArcMap to a text document. My problem is that, as you can see, my image does not show all the colors and the areas, because the geographic area is too big and ...
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Building pie chart map based on square shape, starting with land use soil shape in QGIS?

I'm a beginner and I usually use Qgis. I would build a map made by a pie chart pattern, as in the picture attached. The pie chart returns the values in percentage of the land use soil. I would like ...
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How to retrieve current extents of the location?

How google is getting its maps zoom to current extents where we have located eg: If i am get hyderabad kphp on google maps its directly redirects to hyderabad city extents while opening a map , if it ...
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Custom rotated polygon labels in ArcMap

Can the following be done in ArcMap? It should be formula based without manual formatting as performed by my predecessor (in MapInfo using a lot of manual steps) to get the following output. So ...
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Is there a standard way to show navigability of waterways?

Is there a standard (or common) way to indicate whether a river is navigable? Even better, are there standard ways of showing various grades of navigability (accessible to small craft only, ...
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Is there a way of labeling the number of points with the same coordinates?

After reading through the following question (which is kinda related but not quite what I need): How can I show points on the same coordinate as e.g. a bigger symbol in QGIS? I found out that there ...
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Adding heatmap legend to print composer in QGIS

I have created a heatmap from points layer's style property. However when I add a legend to the print composer I do not get anything in the legend except the layer name, how can I add the color ramp ...
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Put points on a projected world map

With the help from this post Lines on reprojected sp objects with Mollweide projection, I draw a world map using Mollweide projection. I also have some points with latitudes and longitudes, and I ...
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Produce Oblique Mercator Map

To avoid the possibility of opinions, let me rephrase the question. Which software packages are able to produce an Oblique Mercator map between any two arbitrary points, similar to what is offered in ...
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Customising QGIS Map Composer default output directory and file name suffix?

I am using QGIS for map making , I am adding multiple vector and raster layers and then finally for map making I am moving to the map composer. When I am exporting the map from Map composer , I want ...
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Set NaN values to Transparent in Matlab 'geoshow' function?

I am trying to plot rainfall values in MATLAB using geoshow function. NaN values should be transparent in the map. However, the plot I am getting comes with dark blue color for NaN values. I have ...
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R: Krovak projection in R - identical in ArcGIS, different in R?

I have two files: shapefile and raster, both in the same coordinate system in ArcGIS: EPSG 5514. Check information on projection in ArcGIS for raster: S-JTSK_Krovak_East_North WKID: 5514 Authority: ...
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Help with definition query [closed]

I have a layer of 5ft contour lines, and it includes a field called "Elevation" that has the elevation of that particular line in feet, (ex: 1555, 1560, 1565 etc.). I want to only show lines for every ...
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Suitable font size for road network for A0 -A1 print size QGIS

I need to print big paper maps, Im using QGIS to design my maps. But I would like to get advice on suitable front size for road names. With the map as big as A0 I can basically fit all text labels for ...
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Styling border to match fill in QGIS?

In the past I have just manually matched the color of the border to the color of the fill, but this can be time consuming. I am wondering, is there any way to have the program automatically match ...
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Is it possible to add subscripts or superscripts into a legend?

I have a population density map where I'm showing the amount of people per square kilometer. In order to make it more visually appealing I want to show something like: [any symbol here] - 2.00 - 5.00 ...
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Displaying quantitative data in choropleth legend?

I have always struggled to come up with a great solution to handle choropleth or any other quantitative interval or dataset classifications in a map legend where the numbers are sequential. For ...
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Is it possible to create a round map frame in QGIS Map Composer to create circumpolar maps?

Does anybody know if it's possible to create a round map frame in QGIS Map Composer to create circumpolar maps?
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How to check my EPSG and units in R when it is not defined in proj4string?

After reading my .shp in R using readOGR(), I tried to figure out what is my EPSG and what are my units in my projections? when I tape my.shp = readOGR(dsn=setwd(dsn = dsn, my....
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Conditional styling in FME ChartGenerator

A vector data set represents different wilderness qualities of district areas (V, 1 and 2) and one human activity zone (N). Our cartography for the areas gives us the following map: I am using FME ...
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Plot tilted map in R

I would like to plot a tilted map, similar to the image below. I would prefer to do this using ggplot2 but I'm glad if there is a solution using base R. Any ideas on how to do this? Here is a dataset ...
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How to resize the Legend Item Wndow in Map Composer?

I am just wondering if there is any simple way (no messing with codes) to adjust this Legend Item Window in Map Composer. I am using QGIS 2.14 in windows 8. A much larger (taller) window would really ...
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How to get latitude and longitude of Point plotted on the map using mapbox

How can I retrieve the longitude and latitude of a point plotted on map? I am testing one website in which I need to verify the longitude and latitude of a point plotted on the map. Map has been ...
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Overlaying a polyshape to faceted maps in R with ggplot?

I have managed to create a faceted map from my data following the approach proposed here http://spatial.ly/2013/12/introduction-spatial-data-ggplot2/ with the following code: ggplot(data = plot.data,...
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