Questions tagged [print-composer]
Print composer provides growing layout and printing capabilities in QGIS.
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Issues with atlas generator and labelling across maps/images
I have a lot of layers in my project and I am trying to use the atlas generator in the print composer to create a tiled map. Some of the layers have labels which have different configurations with ...
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Showing labels as they will be printed/exported in my print layout?
I set up a print layout for a map I want to print in QGIS. Some of my layers have labels on them. When I zoom in and out in the screen, without changing anything else on the print layout, some labels ...
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Creating text buffer in legend QGIS 2.18?
I work with this polygon layer and this is my map composer:
I used the labels with Text Buffer (yellow and red), and I try to find how I can make the same text buffer in the layer name in the legend.
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PDF looks different from print composer
When I create a map in print composer the map looks exactly how I want it, but when I save it as a PDF some of the sympbols have changed. Note the roads are still visible in the PDF but some have ...
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QGIS doesn't truncate labels of point features in print layout
I'm trying to create a map that is separated into two pages (say, a A3 layout). I want them to be exactly the same except of the range they cover, so I can later combine them into one larger map (A2).
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Remember the last expanded property in QGIS Print Layout
While working with QGIS Print Layout, I usually set a property for an item (for example, "Position and Size" for "Map" item), then select another item and set a property. After ...
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Exporting QGIS Atlas using PyQGIS (qgis.core)
Windows 10, PyCharm, QGIS 3.10 installed via osgeo4w (64bit).
I set up a simple QGIS composer layout with a vector layer and a WMS base map on the map layout. The vector layer contains about 10 ...
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Changing legend spacing to be further away from map border in QGIS
I am using QGIS 3.2.3
I am creating a map in which I have added a legend to (see figure below).
My issue is that I am trying to create a legend which has spacing between the two columns. I have ...
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Legend and Attribute Table change throughout map composer
I'm using QGIS 2.18.3 (Las Palmas)
For a project I have about 15 maps with the same extent, where each map displays a different attribute. I have followed Automating Atlas to create maps for all ...
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Programmatically removing layer from QGIS composer legend without removing it from map canvas?
I am working on a QGIS Python plugin which includes automated map production. I use a series of map templates, each of which has a main map, an overview map (with a layer set different to the main ...
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Print Composer Template produces empty map?
I have a print composer template which I'm trying to populate with different subset queries from a CSV-derived vector layer using the Python API. However, all the output PDFs contain everything except ...
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Displaying video in QGIS Print Designer
I would like to know if it is possible to view a video in the QGIS Print Designer
I have tried to do it using the Html video tag, but not possible. I wonder if it is possible to build a video player ...
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Styling the legend in QGIS with line layer
Working on QGIS 3.4.13.
I have a vector line layer, there are rivers. I put a rule based symbology with two categories and different scale max / min for each category.
I want to put style for the ...
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How to show label styles in map legend?
In a QGIS map legend, what methods can be used to show examples of a feature's label, in addition to its symbol?
For example, a single point symbol might be used to show all cities, but the label ...
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Do the elements in Print Composer have any identifiers in QGIS 2.18.14?
In QGIS 2:18:14, it is possible to refer to elements in the Print Composer?
How do I name and identify an element in another element?
E.g., on a label, call the contents of another label and use its ...
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How to get a QGIS layout item's position in an expression
I have a Marker item that I placed somewhere in a Print Layout. It has the id 'marker'.
How can I query its position in page coordinates in an expression?
Using item_variables('marker') I only get its ...
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cropToContents not working properly in PyQGIS
I have a template qpt which I read via pyqgis script to export multiple maps as png. I have a map and a legend in qpt file and I chose "Only show items inside linked map" so the legend shows ...
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Adding extent lines to overview maps in QGIS print composer
Is there a way of automatically adding lines to overview maps in QGIS 3+ print composer?
At Creating zoomed in portion of map in print composer it is done manually, but since I have several overview ...
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Numeric scalebars don't (always) update when changing the map's extent in QGIS
If you change your map's extent but maintain the scale in a QGIS Layout, the scalebar's width will be updated proportionally with the CRS's distortion for the new extent. E.g. if your map (crs 3857) ...
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Duplicate a print composer item
Is it possible to duplicate an item in the print composer?
I have two maps, and I'd like to add an attribute table to each map. It took me quite a while to set up the attribute table for the first ...
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Setting compression method when exporting composer from QGIS to PDF
I see that export of the composer to PDF in QGIS uses JPEG compression by deafult (my estimate maybe 75-80%, which is not good enough for my maps).
Where can I change this?
Can I set somewhere ...
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How to keep basemap high res detail when printing large resolution in QGIS?
I need to print a map with a0 resolution and I need it zoomed over a large area.
Problem when zooming out is that the basemap also gets zoomed out and loses labels and important details.
Basemap is ...
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Large File Sizes and Print Composer not printing
I have been working on a heavily detailed map using qgis for the last two years. I am runnig QGIS Essen 2.14.1 on a windows 7 home premium 64 bit with 4gb ram. The file size of the map is around 150mb....
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Different scale of basemap after exporting to PDF/Image
After creating and exporting my map to pdf/tif obviously there are different scales of the basemap in the exported file compared to the map I created in the printcomposer. See pictures...
I am using ...
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Launch Atlas composer generation from command line
I am using QGIS 2.2 and have configured a composer with atlas generation. I would like to launch this atlas generation every day.
The idea is to write a batch and launch it with a cron.
Is it ...
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How to sort legend values efficiently in QGIS print composer?
Using QGIS 2.0, I have a vertical color legend for raster values, created in the print composer. I want the values sorted in descending order from top to bottom, which appears to be the reverse of the ...
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Vertical alignment of the legend text in QGIS map printer
I'm using QGIS 3.22.11-Białowieża to create a map with a point layer. Point size depends on the values of a certain attribute and, when creating the legend in the print-composer, I would like to have ...
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Grouping hierarchical content in QGIS legend: Rule symbology, split layers or?
I have a layer with different grouped elements. Lets say you would create an ice-cream-map, where polygons represent the dominant type. You could categorize the world firstly in cream and sorbet parts....
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Automation of attribution data in print layout
I am trying to automate the addition of attribution data in print composer / layout manager for multiple layers contained in a project (using QGIS 3.16). The aim is to present all attribution data as ...
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Exporting PDF with more image compression options
I am trying to reduce the size of a PDF - but there is only two options, Lossy (JPEG) or Lossless:
However in other PDF printing software there are more algorithms to reduce the file size, below is ...
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Changing default settings for Arrow Item in print layout of QGIS 3.10
I am using the print layout of QGIS 3.10 to make maps and some reports. I frequently use the Arrow Layout Item.
I need to change the default values for the Arrow Stroke Color, Arrow Stroke Width, ...
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How to solve this problem with proportional size data in qgis print composer
I would like to export a map with proportional circle representation for the number of inhabitant of each city.
I've used the assistant size of QGIS and created a proportional legend within qgis ...
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Different distance when using "Measure Line" tool and manually with scale in QGIS 3
Using QGIS's "Measure Line" tool I get a distance of 1.22km between two points.
But if I use the scale indicated at the bottom of the screen, 1:50000, and measure with a ruler, the distance is 2.5km (...
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Bad positions of items in saved template
I work with QGIS 3.8
I saved project with print layout which looks good even if I open it again.
Also I saved template of it - but when I create a new layout and open that saved template - it is all ...
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Print composer too many row in attribute table how to split in multiple frame?
In the print composer, I've only added an attribute table and different attribute columns.
As I have too many row to display in a single page, I would like to split the table between different pages ...
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How to add Projection name, Ellipsoid, and Datum in QGIS 3 layouts
I am trying to add the map CRS information to text boxes in a layout in QGIS 3 automatically so if the project crs changes the text in the map will also change.
I can add the EPSG code to a text ...
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How to filter legend by map content in composer with raster layers?
Does the "Filter Legend by Map Content" button in composer of QGIs 3.2 version work only for vector layers? It seems it's a bug reported in 2.18.x version and should be fixed for 3.x versions (https://...
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Remember Save location for image created in composer?
QGIS remembers the last saved location for the image that was last created. Is it possible to change a setting so that this last saved location is remembered per QGIS project file?
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Map is not shown in Print Composer or in PDF (QGIS 2.18.3)
I already saw the other questions concerning the same problem, but after trying everything described in the answers there, I still have the problem that my saved print compositions do not show the ...
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QGIS clip grid frame to shape?
I am working in QGIS and would like the grid frame to align with the edges of my conic projection region. Is there a way to do this? In arc it is very straightforward but I have yet to find a method ...
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Print Composer Atlas multiple feature select in one page
I am trying to select multiple features on Print Composer in QGIS 2.18 (Las Palmas) in the atlas filter: for instance, I have one layer whose atributte "name"=2 has 4 features as a result; the ...
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QGIS Print Composer Legend: Polygon symbol not closed
The legend of my map doesnt't match the symbology of my polygon layer, the polygons are not closed.
Here a screenshot of the layer windows:
And here one of the legend from the print composer:
If I ...
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Rotate map in print composer does not work with QuickMapServices plugin
I was very excited when I figured out that printing as pdf was actually possible with the plugin QuickMapServices after a lot of trying and pain with the old OpenLayers Plugin. However, if I try to ...
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Append dynamic stats on attribute table in QGIS Composer
I have an attribute table containing records like Town, inhabitants, N° male, N° Female like this:
When I compose a map in QGIS I use "Show only visible feature" command resulting in a view with only ...
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Can the qgis print composer memory limitation be overridden?
I'm trying to export large images from the QGIS 2.16.3 print composer. As far as I can tell, whenever the calculation of dpi and export size exceeds ~1615MB, QGIS will show the message:
"Trying to ...
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Joined table fields don't work in print composer?
I am trying to use the attributes of the current atlas feature, which is from a joined table. In the expression builder it shows the correct value, but the result is blank when I actually try to ...
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Is it possible to make a multiple line coordinates in QGIS 2.12.1 map comsposer?
I'm trying to display a 2 line coordinates, where the thousands are on the top row, and the units are on the lower row.
I've tried to custom coordinates using the following expression:
left(@...
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