Questions tagged [printing]
Printing is the act of outputting GIS data to paper or to a file
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Geoserver Mapfish Printing : Error while generating PDF
I have a Geoserver application with Geoserver 2.8 snapshot version and Printing-plugin 2.8 version. When I click a print button on map, it generates the below error
Error while generating PDF:
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Why does the map item content appear in poor resolution in print composer?
I started a print composer project and added my map onto the composer canvas and it was displayed with really poor resolution. My map consists of a georeferenced jpeg ( big 90Mb) and a slope layer ...
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Setting margins to maximise map area in QGIS
How does one know the margin size of a given printer? I have designed maps in composer, changing size and position of map frame by trial and error. Eventually I arrive at the biggest map I can ...
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ArcGIS Online Print Template Legend Override
I have question that some of us in the forum raised in Stack Exchange in regards to the appearance word override in the legend (map). It seems the the map issued the legend (ArcGIS Online Basic Viewer)...
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Is PDF version exported from ArcGIS Pro different to PDF from ArcMap?
Is there a difference between the PDF version exported from ArcGIS Pro 1.4.1 layouts and that produced by ArcGIS Desktop 10.4.1?
I ask because I am seeing PDFs exported from ArcGIS Pro (600dpi) that ...
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print wms layer using geoserver print module - features not aligned properly in the output
I have got the pdf output file while printing map using the geoserver print module. The features in the output image is not in position. They are aligned linearly. Is that any spatial reference issue? ...
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Printing map in Print Composer to specified name (not Print Composer 1, 2, etc)?
I am trying to print a pdf map, while using a .qpt template.
I can create a pdf output but I how do I name the created print composer?
Each time I run the tool it creates a new 'Composer 1' then '...
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Printing to Scale only works for PDF format
I often need to print out 1:1000 scale drawings to use as a basemap for landscape surveying in the field. We draw directly on to the map so it has to be perfect.
I've found that when I export to pdf ...
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Print at a known scale in QGIS
Does anyone know if it's possible to layout a QGIS project for printing at a known scale?
Say 1:5000 in A0.
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Print Composer Legend Issues
I seem to be unable to successfully create a legend in print composer. The legend eventually appears after some time, but crashes out when I attempt to edit the titles, layers etc. Today I have ...
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Problem with printing detailed navigation chart from PDF to HP Z5400PS
We have been given a PDF of a navigation chart from the Norwegian Hydrographic Service to print on our HP Z5400 PS wide format printer. All is well with the printed chart except that the symbol for a ...
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Geoserver print plugin Mapfish error
I'm trying to print one wms layer with openstreetmap base map.
Although I get a pdf file, it is empty with following errors:
java.io.IOException: Permission denied (Bind failed)
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QGIS Atlas page order problem
I am using QGIS Atlas to export my work into PDFs. I have created a support polygon layer, which contain rectangles and I use this layer as coverage layer in QGIS atlas. My problem is that I don't ...
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QGIS Web Client Printing [closed]
I have a running Qgis Server 2.14 with a QGIS Web Client. As soon as I create a print layout in the composer and save the project in QGIS, it is no longer possible to load the map in the QGIS Web ...
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Esri ArcGIS JavaScript - printTask.execute issues with error
I'm using the ArcGIS JavaScript API 3.18.
The print service is configured to be async, with a timeout of 10 minutes.
The code to call the job is as follows:
printTask.execute(printParameters,
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Composer style and printed style are different (minimized)
composer styles and printed image styles dont match. I tried printing with #Save out
dpi = comp.printResolution()
dpmm = dpi / 25.4
width = int(dpmm * comp.paperWidth())
height = int(...
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Obtain High Resolution Graphics suitable to Print
I have created a map with a single layer that needs to be exported for printing (30 dpi quality and quite large). I researched this extensively and see that the ability to export an image has been ...
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ArcGIS JavaScript PrintTask Failed to create layer from service at [closed]
I have an ASP.NET MVC application that displays a map using Esri's ArcGIS for JavaScript, 3.18. I want to print the map and all visible layers using a Export Web Map Task (PrintingTools Service) on ...
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How to customize font size on OSM maps?
I saw that with openlayers 3 it's feasible to customize fonts on particular maps elements starting from a GeoJSON list.
Is there a way to customize all labels returned from OSM web site?
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Large map of Africa, tiled printing on A3 [closed]
I would like to print a large map of Africa on several A3-pages. I want to hang the map on the wall. So the different pages should overlap a minimum.
The map will be used as a road map, so it should ...
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How do I reduce the size of a giant SVG file in QGIS
I'm using windows 10 X64 and QGIS 2.18.1. My goal is to create detailed large wall prints using high density contour layers. When I export from print composer as an SVG, I create files from 10 MB to ...
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Leaflet EasyPrint plugin only prints left half of screen
I'm trying to print maps from my Leaflet app using the Leaflet EasyPrint. Installation is easy, I made it run but it only prints the left half of the screen, not the entire window.
I see that one ...
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Print composer messes up layout of different maps [duplicate]
I made a map including 3 levels of zoom as shown in the screenshot. The problem is that whenever I save the map to a PDF, the layout of these maps is changed seemingly random.
I have a hunch that it ...
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Printing Story Map Journals?
In the Esri blog Print your Story Map Journal the instructions for doing so start:
Step 1. Open the Story Map Journal.
Step 2. Click the share link found in the app header.
Step 3. Click ...
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Geoserver MapFish print : wrong scale and scalebar on my printed map
I've built a web map with Geoserver and Leaflet displaying background tiles from osm and IGN, and some geojson for overlays.
I'm using the MapFish print module with Geoserver and Leaflet.print to ...
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QGIS Print composer scale problems
I'm having trouble printing a map with a desired scale. I set the scale to 1:100,000. The page size is 30x30 cm, therefore the real world map extent should be 30x30 km. However, as one can see with ...
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How to print a WMTS layer using MapFish v2 (from GeoNetwork)
I'm trying to configure printing from the map view in GeoNetwork 3.0.x. This seems to use MapFish version 2.1.1 (if Maven is to be believed). I have a REST WMTS layer that (after I've modified ...
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Scale distortion in QGIS when printing to PDF/SVG
I do have a problem with saving my print-composition into PDF/SVG-Format (haven't checked image export yet, but I think the problem would be the same).
It turns out the measurements given for sheet ...
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Can I export all print composers at the same time?
I have quite few different print composers. Can I somehow export them to pdf, one pdf for each composer, at the same time?
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openlayers 3 print via jsPDF
Has anyone noticed that this example http://openlayers.org/en/latest/examples/export-pdf.html
hangs if you try to print more then once?
I am using the same code and does it for me as well. I have ...
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Mapfish Print Plugin v3 - WMTS Service
I would like to print a map with the Mapfish Print Plugin. As a service a WMTS is used. Here is the link to the service: WMTS Capabilities
Here is the link to the Mapfish Print Documentation: Mapfish ...
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How to print a 5 meter wide basemap using QGIS?
I've tried using the map composer with my map extent window, but what happens is that the basemap stays the same resolution as the one that shows in my screen so it loses a whole lot of detail and the ...
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QGIS crashes when printing
I have a 50 MB shapefile. I am trying to import it into Illustrator. When I try printing to an svg file from the Print Composer, QGIS crashes. I am using QGIS Essen 2.14.3. I have tried lots of ...
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Why are only some of my map lines exporting clearly?
I've got a sequence of large (E sheet) maps that are exported to PDF. The problem is that my roads layer (gray in the image below) is sometimes getting distorted on output -- but only in some places.
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MapFish Print 3 - Multiple maps on a file
I'm using MapFish to print maps and i'm stuck on a problem : printing 2 maps on the same page of a PDF.
If i want to print one map i do that :
In Config.yaml :
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attributes:
map: !map
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Printing map on several pages in QGIS?
I am using QGIS.
I have one quite large map (A0 or A1) and I want to print in like atlas (just split it to print on A4 or A3). If understand correctly, I have to use Atlas functionality in Composer. ...
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Leaflet printing does not show pins and map is shifted
I don't exactly why but whenever I try to print my leaflet map with layers, it shows the map a little shifted to the left as well as the pins are not quite ok. I tried using easyPrint() and window....
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ArcGIS Online Print Widget Error
I have a web mapping application built using the Web App Builder function which contains a print widget. I am using the default ESRI print service (ie the URL is blank in My Organisation - Edit ...
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GeoServer Printing Extension and MapBox's new API
I'm using MapBox as a basemap, and the GeoServer Printing Extension for printing this and some layers out of GeoServer.
I now have it working for the old MapBox API (with URLs like https://a.tiles....
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Error after successful ArcGIS PrintTask
Using ArcGIS Javsacript API on one server to grab a PDF from a custom print service published on a different server. We have used the exact same script successfully on other apps/servers before with ...
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OpenLayers 3: Need help in print tool
I am developing a print map function in an OpenLayers 3 application it includes some functionality such as if its polygon then area of that polygon will be display OR if its line length will be ...
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Layers Labeled "Override" in Printed PDF Legend [closed]
I have a Javascript function that creates a GraphicsLayer, adds some features to it, and then adds the layer to my ArcGIS Web Map. When I use the Print Widget to print my map I see the layer show up ...
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error printing a map with feature layer with feature collection using esri jsapi
I have this single page web map app with esri js api 3.4 and arcgis server 10.1.
I have added a print widget and that works fine (with two base map layers and an empty feature layer with feature ...
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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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QGIS Composer keep reference after reloading layers
I have written a plugin which loads a bunch of geojson data via REST for a specific region, which is selected by the user, afterwards generates some vector grids over the extend and styles all the ...
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How to show draw effects in legend in QGIS
I have edited the features on my map using the draw effects tool (colourize, glow etc). However, in Print Composer, the legend shows these feature symbols in their original form. How can I get them to ...
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Printing at defined scale and paper size from ArcMap?
How to print a drawing to a defined scale (e.g. 1:2500) in ArcMap, and to a given paper size (say A3)?
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How to add gridlines as !staticlayer to a MapFish3 print template?
I am trying to add gridlines to a template by using a !staticlayer attribute with the !addBackgroundLayers processor. I am able to output a PDF map, however, no gridlines are visible.
Here is my ...
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Print composer: extent of map altered when reopened
I am preparing a greater set of maps within one project. I save every finished map in the print composer separatly to reopen it again later and do some final adjustments if necessary. It worked fine ...
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ESRI Print Task (export web map) returns 500
I tried to export web map(Esri) with print task service. it works in localhost and in staging.xxx.com(http) too.But in preview.xxx.com(https) , it throws the error 500: Error performing execute ...
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