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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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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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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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Aligning scale of map in QGIS print layout to extent of region of interest
I am quite new to QGIS and have managed to create a raster map with some additional labels. But when I want to export the map with some additional text, using Print Layout, the map gets "scaled&...
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Wrong scale in Print layout mode
I´m using qgis 3.16 and have the folowing Problem:
If i´m in the primary Window the scale on the bottom of the scrren shows me a correct value, but if i switch into the Printlayout mode the value of ...
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Correct scale in print composer with QuickMapServices layer?
I'm trying to prepare basemaps from the south of France based off Google Satellite imagery (QuickMapServices).
I'm exporting these basemaps using the Print Composer, with a scalebar and coordinate ...
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How to show a correct scale for mercator-based maps in print composer?
To be more specific:
I have created a map in Pseudo-Mercator EPSG: 3857 using Google Satellite.
So my layers, and my project, are all set to Pseudo-Mercator.
How can I create a map in print composer ...
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Adding active content to the Atlas in composer $scale
I have an Atlas of 178 pages that centers on different size villages, its all well organised through the composer and all works well. However, I can't use the scale bar as the differences between ...
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QGIS Print Layout scale incorrect w.r.t. physical paper size
I am making a 200x150 cm map of Berlin to be printed, but I'm having difficulties setting up the right scale in the Print Layout.
The map should cover roughly 30 km horizontally, which corresponds to ...
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Print Layout - scale bar is correct - scale ratio not matching up
I have been asked to include a scale reference to my map of a property. The scale bar seems correct from a sense check but the scale is saying 1:500 which does not match. I would suggest it may be ...
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QGIS 3.4 Layout manager, attribute table, scale of map
I am trying to produce maps faster than I currently do. I was thinking to use the "show only features visible within a map" option. I already use it for the coordinates table and I am trying to add ...
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