Questions tagged [qgz]
For questions about the QGZ file format, its structure and content or conversion from or to that file type. This is a zipped project file format, added as an optional format in QGIS 3.0 and made the default in QGIS 3.2.
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Source references to resource files in layout section of *.qgs
I'm making a plugin that moves each resource into a custom folder structure (SHP, RASTER, ETC) and updates the paths within the qgs file.
In the layout section there are also references to resource ...
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QGIS (3.28.2-Firenze) QGZ save error - "Unable to perform zip"
QGIS (3.28.2-Firenze) QGZ save error gives the message: "Unable to perform zip"
This occurs when trying to save, or save as. Folder location does not matter either.
Trying to save the ...
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Batch export .QGS to .QGZ
I have multiple .QGS files and I would like to export them to .QGZ.
Right now I'm opening the .QGS file and save as .QGZ one by one, but I have over 180 .QGS files so I'm looking for a way to automate ...
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Configuring QGIS Project using external config file
I have a large QGIS project file (let's call it the master project) and would like to use it for several customers.
Currently, I am creating copies of the master project for each customer and ...
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My .qgz project file is empty, how to recover?
I'm using QGIS 3.24 and after opening .qgz project file there's no layers, no basemap.
The only error is " Cannot unzip file 'Y:/(...)name.qgz'
I'm using Windows 10.
Also there's no .qgz~ file in ...
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Accessing same shapefile for different users via SharePoint in QGIS
We are currently migrating our files and data to SharePoint. Currently, we are using our file system with a path structure like this:
Z:\_Maps\Cities\Project1.qgz with a shapefile (.shz) which will be ...
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QGIS do not open my qgz~ file anymore. CRC-Error?
I have a couple of months' work on a project in QGIS 3.16.13 with Win 10. All my data is stored on a flashdrive.
Since yesterday when I try to open my project I receive this error message
Cannot read ...
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Getting all layer names from opened .qgz project file using PyQGIS
I have several .qgz project in different directories. I would like to get all the (displayed) layer names from each project. I tried several forms of code to get it from documentation, but it only ...
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Can a QGIS project file (qgz) be used by several users at the same time?
I am wondering whether a QGIS project file (qgz) can be used by several users at the same time? I can't test it at the moment thats why I ask.
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What does the padlock mean in the QGIS project icon? [closed]
What does the lock mean in the .qgz file icon?
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Why is loading qgs/qgz 2 x slower than loading qlr?
I have a Layer Definition file(.qlr) that takes 50sec to load. When I save it as a project(qgs/qgz) it takes over 2min to load the same data. Why does loading of qgs/qgz take longer than loading qlr?
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How to save QGIS Project without loading it with PyQGIS
I wrote a processing tool and as part of the tool, I am zooming to the selected object(s) and exporting (writing) the current state to a .qgz file. However, it immediately loads this new .qgz to QGIS ...
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What is the difference between QGIS file types?
When I open the .qgz-file there are the others opened with it at the same time? or what is the use of other types?
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Change raster size GZ-File in QGIS
I have Climate Data grids_germany_multi_annual_air_temp_mean_1981-2010_17.asc.gz from the ftp-server of the Deutsche Wetterdienst as raster files of multi-annual mean temperature.
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https://...
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Opening QGIS or .gqz project files on mac [closed]
I have an old Macbook pro with QGIS 3.10 installed. I have not been able to open any QGIS projects I have saved because of this error -> There is no application set to open the document “test ...
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Using different EPSG in QGIS projects
I have 2 projects, with data from different regions and with different EPSG, 1 with EPSG 31983 and the other with EPSG 31984, according to the folder structure shown below, in Windows explorer.
In ...
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My QGIS project won't open - unable to unzip .qgz file
I created a QGIS project yesterday, and saved it in one of my user's folder. The file extension is qgz. Today I can't open it anymore. In the project home folder in QGIS it says Unable to unzip file ...
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QGZ file without any non-ASCII characters opens just as a completely blank project
I just wanted to open a qgz project file which I used one week before in QGIS 3.6.1 without any problems. Today it opens just as a blank project like a new empty one (same problem in 3.8.3 as well as ...
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Difference between .qgs and .qgz
What is the difference between the .qgz and .qgs project file formats in QGIS?
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Open .qgz files to edit file paths
I have hundreds of QGIS projects that have been built over years and many different QGIS versions. Now I need to move them to another server and I want to be able to edit the project files to show the ...
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.QGZ Files and replication thereof
I know this question may be better asked in a Windows Server board but I'm unfamiliar in the extreme with the software and was wondering if anything can be done inside of QGIS. We have DFS set up and ...
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Removing legend items with PyQGIS without removing the layer
I am trying to generate maps in PDF files by using a pre-defined .qgz layout. I am already able to load layers and adjust color scale, etc. Since the legend is synchronized with the map layers, all ...
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qgz-projects can't be opened in QGIS 3
I have recently switched to QGIS 3.4.0 and currently, I can't open projects saved in .qgz-format.
No error message, no crash, they simply don't open.
When I try to load the project a second time, I ...
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Empty qgz when I open it
With QGIS 3.x when I save any project in a qgz format and I try to open it after, they are always with no one layers in the TOC (and canvas...). Every layer is in the same location in the computer...
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Is there any way to recover data when a .qgz file will not open?
I saved my QGIS project as a .qgz file and then my computer crashed (however I can't confirm that the saving had completed successfully). After restarting the computer, however, the .qgz archive no ...
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