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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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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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Is there any way to link the current map scale in the print layout to a text box?
Is there any way to link the current map scale in the print layout?
I know you can do something similar with the the date by entering $CURRENT_DATE(yyyy-MM-dd) into the text box.
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QGIS 'Powers of Ten' - How to output a series of maps with x1, x10, x100 scale?
I'm pretty new to QGIS. I'm trying to output a series of maps that are at the scale of 10km, 100km, 1000km. I thought this would be a really easy task but for some reason really struggling with it.
I ...
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QGIS 3.16 - I want to make by 6"x9" map a 24x36, but all of the text/layers are tiny. Is it possible to automatically scale all of the layers?
I recently got a freelancing gig and am really excited, but I'm having troubles exporting my map in a different size in QGIS. My client wants a map sized 24"x36", and I have created one that'...
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Choosing extent and scale while exporting a map
I'm exporting a map to a PNG file in QGIS 3.10.4 via Project > Import/Export > Export Map to Image. In the dialog that shows up, I can select the extent (exported area), scale, resolution (DPI), ...
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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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QGIS - Exporting a raster layer without smearing individual rasters (so you can zoom)
I've been working with a raster map in QGIS (a shape file made up from squares) and now I'm trying to export it. I want to create an overview map for Germany that allows some magnification to look at ...
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Map output with multiple "Zoom Levels" in QGIS 3 [duplicate]
Just wondered if it is possible to do BBC-style multiple "Zoom Levels" output in QGIS 3 like this:
I used to use another app such as Adobe Illustrator to overlay the maps of different scales. ...
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Printing to scale in QGIS
I want to print a map to scale on 11x17 paper. I understand you can change the scale bar to 'numeric' in print composer, and then set the scale under properties for the map.
What I want to know is ...
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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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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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QGIS 3.4.12 print composer, cm distance
In print composer, I would like to syncronize the scale of the map with the Grid scale. For example, in print composer I am making a map in 1/1000 scale, so I go to grid,and insert "map units" x=100 y=...
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Scale of shape in a Print Layout
I am making an atlas with a fixed scale, and want to include circles with a fixed radius (in scaled kilometers) about the center point in the atlas (see image below). I was able to do this by ...
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Adjust label/symbol size in print composer automatically when choosing different scale for atlas
I am having trouble with my labels/symbols in the print composer and didn't find a solution here so far.
I have a project with a certain area from which I have to create several layouts in the print ...
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QGIS Print composer using margin and scale
When using the Atlas feature in the print composer is there any way of using both the Margin around feature and a defined scale?
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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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Printed map has different scales for raster and vector layers in QGIS?
I am trying to help a friend in another part of the country diagnose this problem. She has a background layer from google and has a vector layer overlaid on it. It looks fine in the composer but ...
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Setting up Print Composer to Output Paper Map at Right Scale in QGIS?
How does one set up print composer to output a real world map paper map that is scaled properly so that a manual (real world) scale rule that one places on a paper map is scaled properly in a scale ...
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Make the QGIS Print Composer take WMS maps from a specific zoom level - .png AND georeferenced image
I want to create a .png print with a world projection file from a specific WMS. The WMS in question is Polish national Geoportal service containing hypsometric data. Here's the WMS adress: http://mapy....
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Display numeric scale in two different units, eg 1 inch = 1000 feet
How do I display a numeric scale for a map in two units, for example
1 in = 1000 ft ?
I know it's possible to display a scale bar as "Numeric," which provides only a ratio, in this example 1:12,000.
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QGIS Composer map scale turns incorrect after working properly
I am working on a project with several QGIS Project files. I have one Project file with certain layers and settings which I copy every time I need to create a new Project file within this work. I have ...
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custom QGIS style scale and render
i have create a simple custom line style in QGIS where i have 10 dash 2 spaces and inside a cross and i have define specific distance in millimeter .
style like this :
but my style is different if i ...
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Scale field dependancies in QGIS?
I have two map frames on my composer. One is a regional, large scale map, and the other is a local, small scale map. I would like the scale of the regional map to automatically update based on the ...
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Setting a scale
Is there a way of adding a map to a layout in print composer at a fixed scale for example 1:1000? I can set the scale in the project but it doesn't seem to carry through to the print composer.
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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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Putting scale bar labels below scale bar in QGIS?
I added two scale elements to my map composition. For layout harmonisation, I want the ticks and the label text below the scale bar.
Standard is this:
What I want is this (manually changed in the ...
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Scaling x y coordinates in qgis print composer while using atlas generator [duplicate]
So I am using QGIS 2.18.0 and have made a map template that uses the atlas generator in the print composer. It uses the grids settings for the map to add UTM north and Eastings along the sides of the ...
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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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Shortcut to display scale from cache in qgis print composter
When loading a map in the print composer I always click on the main area where the map displays, then click on 'set to map canvas extent'. Then I adjust the scale as I need. This is all fine.
How do ...
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Set minimum scale on QGis Print composer (atlas)
I have a template ready to be printed on Print composer tool of Qgis. I need to fix a minimum scale while figures are represented one by one (1:10000)
I would like to combine the scale tool controled ...
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Way to Shrink Alaska and Hawaii for "Stereotypical View"
Is there anyway to shrink Alaska and Hawaii to create a map that looks like the stereotypical map with AK in the corner, etc.? I thought about trying to isolate AK and HI in their own layers and then ...
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QGis / Scale & scalebar wrong [closed]
First, I would like to apologize for the mistakes. My English is not very good. I read a lot but I don´t find the answer.
I'm trying to put a scalebar in a very simple map but the measurement is not ...
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Printing a 1" scale from 2.8.2 Print Composer
I'm working on a small-scale site survey in qGIS, and for engineering purposes I need to print physical copies of the map that can be used with an engineering ruler.
Basically, I need a way to print ...
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Is it possible to display irregular values in the scale bar in QGIS 2.8?
Is it possible to display irregular - increasing values in scale bar in print composer?
For example: 5, 20, 100, 250.
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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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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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The scale in Qgis is not setting to feet
I am working in QGIS 2.4. I have changed the CRS of all the layers and in the project properties to EPSG:102739 - NAD_1983_StatePlane_Texas_Central_FIPS_4203_Feet.
I am in print composer trying to ...
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Scale keeps changing in QGIS composer? [duplicate]
Every time I pan the map content in the QGIS composer window the scale changes. Is there a way to make it stick at specific scale?
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Map scale vs. map extent vs. map canvas size in Print Map Composer
I am using QGIS 2.0 and when I try to create my map in the print composer, I cannot make the scale and the extent the way that I need it.
I need my map to be at the scale of 1:10 000. However, the ...
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How can I set a specific meter scale in the print map composer?
I am making a map for an orienteering class at the environmental education center that I work at. In order for us to easily calculate the distance between orienteering points, I need the scale to be ...
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Is it possible to set a reference scale in QGIS?
It's a little tricky to pick label and feature styles (line thickness, colours, etc) in the map canvas because they don't reflect what I would see in my print composer which is at a different scale ...
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