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Words treated as data by a computer
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Using Arabic labels in QGIS
In QGIS 3.30 I am trying to render labels in Arabic. When I turn on the labels, the Arabic text appears mirrored compared to how it is correctly written in the attribute table.
Does anyone have any ...
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How to curve text in QGIS layouts
I am wondering if there is a way to curve text inserted as text boxes in QGIS print layout. I am familiar with how to curve layer labels. But in this case, I want to curve text that is not tied to any ...
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Setting image as font filling in QGIS
Is it possible to use an image as a label font filling to have a result like in the following examples with national flags?
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Change color of top of interstate shield in ArcGIS Pro
I would like to know how to change the color of the top of an interstate shield text symbol in ArcGIS Pro. The default interstate shield symbol is a blue shield with a red top. In the text symbol ...
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Static Tables and/or Tabs in ArcGIS Pro Layout
Is it possible to create a non-dynamic/static table in a layout in ArcGIS Pro?
I would like to create a table to act as a revision box. If not a table, can text be entered with tabs and tab stops ...
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QGIS Text Italics parallel with longitude
I'd like to italicize text labels in QGIS such that each character's vertical lines are parallel to the longitudinal line in a Robinson projection. I can't find a good example of this online to ...
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Error accents and special characters
I am a master's student in Ecology and Environment in Portugal. It's been a few months since I had my first contact with QGIS.
When using a shapefile, in the attribute table, I select by expression, ...
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Is it possible to format legend text based on a field?
I have a map of companies in Europe, they are symbolised with lettered points so that I don't have to wrestle with many labels, and then the points are to be defined in the legend. What I would like ...
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Dashed font style in ArcGIS pro
I am looking to make a dashed font in ArcGIS Pro and cannot seem to find out how to do this anywhere. I am trying to create a map with a felt style, so I would like the text to be dashed (not a dashed ...
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Graphic text disappearing when I edit symbology
I have run into this issue many times. However, when it stops, I have no idea what happened. I can add text fine. I can change what the text says fine. It's when I start to change its symbology that ...
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Convert topographic map to vector and text
I have a topographic map in TIFF format and I vectorized it in QGIS (3.22.0). For my project I needed the settlements, which I was able to extract. More importantly are the names of the settlement. ...
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geemap - add text to Landsat time series and change the pace of images
I'm trying to generate timeseries from Landsat images based on the documentation of geemap.
The problem:
'frames_per_seconds' parameter: When I create time series without the years as text, seems like ...
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Field calculator won't let me add numbers from an integer field into a text field
I'm trying to field calculate a text field & add digits to it from a 32 bit integer field, by using the expression "ID"+"Fiber Capa" in QGIS 3.28. But the error message
An ...
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Adding Delimited Text Layer using QGIS
I have a tab delimited text layer (text file created by excel for Mac) that I have used in QGIS 1.8 without problem.
When I try to add the same layer, from the same text file, in QGIS 2.0 the Add ...
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KML Generated from Text File - Google Earth Interpreting Some Styles as ARGB, others as ABGR
I'm generating KML files from a script, and am attempting to apply color styles. Can't find any documentation of some color styles requiring ARGB (alpha-channel, red, green, blue) format and others ...
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Adapt label box size to text length in layout composer
In the layout composer I want to add a title in black text with a white background.
My title will be dynamic and I want the text box ("label" in the composer) to automatically adapt its size ...
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Setting "t" as separator in QGIS
My QGIS project and all text files have been separated into columns with the letter t.
How do I go back to the previous setting?
In the picture you can see the letter t is considered as a separator (...
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Adding letters, spaces, and removing parts of attribute string in QGIS
I have an attribute of the form:
12-06-065-03 W4M
and would like it in the following form:
LSD-12 SEC-06 TWP-065 RGE-03 MER-4
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"Layer is not valid" error when importing UTM delimited text layer into QGIS
I'm trying to import a small delimited (tab separated) text into QGIS. The coordinates are in UTM format.
Sample data:
id
N
E
PT-001
7237229
146872
PT-002
7237230
146897
The first column contains ...
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QField numbers written in grey
When I use QField, all the numbers are written in grey color (not in black like for letters).
How to change that, to have all the texts (numbers and letters) written in black ?
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Is there a way to convert multiple columns at once from string to text, or to other data formats?
I have multiple data fields that need to be converted from string to text files. When I save them as "text" in excel or open office, they still load up as string files in QGIS. How can I convert more ...
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QGIS find the CRS of a map grid with map_get
When mapping with QGIS I normally have the main map grid (typically an appropriate UTM zone) as the project CRS. I also often have a secondary grid with more subtle markings displaying as Lat Longs ...
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The annotation tool is not in my attributes toolbar QGIS
I am needing to delete two text boxes I added. I am unable to select them, and for soon reason the annotation tool is not in my attributes toolbar. What do I do?
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Regular expression delimiter for text file in QGIS 3
I have a text file containing coordinates but also comment lines such as :
#file description
#description point 1
id1 X1 Y1 Z1
#description point 2
id2 X2 Y2 Z2
and I want to import this file in ...
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SVG trouble in QGIS
I am having some issues using some SVGs that I have created in Inkscape. I am trying to use them in QGIS but they're not displayed properly.
This: is how the SVG looks like in Inkscape and how it ...
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Inconsistent error opening tab-delimited text files
I have always used tab-delimited text files to bring Excel data into QGIS. By default, these are saved by Excel with the suffix".txt". Mostly there is no problem opening these and I have ...
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How to change the information of a text box inside a layout using ArcPy [closed]
I have a layout in which there are several text boxes. When I click on one of the text boxes, a window appears with several parameters, for instance the name of the text box:
Imagine that I have two ...
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Change Dynamic Text language in ArcGIS
Being in a bilingual (English/French) organisation, I want to add dynamic text showing the date in both languages. I have a line that shows English month/year but since my ArcGIS is in English, by ...
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Importing multiple txt files using PyQGIS
I'm using QGIS v3.26, and cannot seem to get code referenced from another Q&A to work. This is the previous Q&A on this topic that I was looking at: How to create multiple QGIS layers from ...
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Add delimited text layer in QGIS3.22.10 LTR
I have commma delimited data exported from Excel to add to a map. QGIS 3.22.4 LTR perfectly loaded layers selected using Data Source Manager > Delimited Text.
Now with exactly the same CRS in ...
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Border surround point text in QGIS 3.22?
Point text was just released in QGIS 3.22. Is there a way to create a black border around the text?
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QGIS 3.24 - how to use "Create Text at Point" tool
I selected to "Create Text at Point" tool in an attempt to annotate my map in QGIS version 3.24. However, this just caused the word "Text" to appear on my map. I tried to figure ...
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Invalid file format error when uploading MTL.txt file into QGIS
I am trying to upload a number of MTL.txt files into QGIS downloaded from USGS Earth Explorer. Although download is successful and I am able to import the other individual downloaded band data I am ...
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Unable to Update Map Element
I'm trying to update my text elements, but after running script no changes occur and no error are triggered. Running suggested code triggered an error.
I need to update my title and date text box.
I ...
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Methods for geotagging/displaying text documents
I'm wondering what methods folks are familiar with for geotagging/displaying text documents, or the text from a document.
For example, it's easy enough to geotag a photo and display it in ArcGIS or ...
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Dynamic breaks of legend text in text in QGIS Atlas 2
I have tried the solution found in Dynamic breaks of legend text in QGIS Atlas
I am using QGIS 3.10.6-A Coruña.
I have attached a screengrab below. I use the "wordwrap" expression and it ...
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Is it possible to overline labels / text / strings in QGIS 3.x?
I would like to overline the denominator in these fractions.
Underlining the numerator would result in too short a line when the numerator is shorter than the denominator.
The numbers in this image ...
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Getting text to center in a label expression
Is there an expression that can be entered in the label expression that will force text to center? Such as the ones used to change case/replace/etc.
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Can I increase text size within AutoCAD Civil 3D?
I have some vision problems and I'm hoping there are options within Civil 3D to increase text size. Glasses will not help, for the record.
I have increased the text size to the maximum limit within ...
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Changing the justification of legend symbol text set from "set labels from expression..." in QGIS
In QGIS, I have a polygon layer with several text column attributes. I am theming on one, but want the text of another column to show up in the legend. I have successfully populated the text column ...
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Identify in ArcMap (ArcGIS Desktop) does not show text in full length
I have a polygon feature within an ESRI-Geodatabase. The field TEXTFIELD within this polygon feature is of type Text and of length 400. A text within this field is visible in full length while editing ...
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Updating text column of selected features in QGIS
Let's say I have a bunch of postcodes. After making a selection and having the records highlighted in the attribute table, how to update all of them and give them the same category?
In ArcGIS, after ...
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Why did my title and other text boxes disappear when I resized the layout in ArcMap?
I had finished building a nice layout with my maps, inserts, scale bar, and text boxes. However, when I changed the layout from landscape to portrait all of the map elements such as the text boxes and ...
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Converting numerical categories to text label in QGIS
In QGIS I have a smallish dataset with around 8k cells in. Each cell has a number of attributes including a code for land surface cover (an integer between 0 and 12). I have a list of labels that go ...
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Connecting layout text boxes to item before it in QGIS 3
I have an atlas layout in QGIS 3.16 where input data can vary in character length. Therefore I made a override of box height based on text length. The problem I ran into, is that if the text is longer ...
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Exporting large txt file as point shapefile in QGIS
I have a large txt file with 10 million rows and 16 columns and I already have imported the table as a delimited text file in QGIS. In row 7 and row 8, the coordinates are stored (I also allocated x ...
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Converting text file into GeoJSON using Python
I'm trying to take in a txt-file and convert it into data for a GeoJSON dataset with these values.
I used this piece of code from this article:
Pandas to GeoJSON (Multiples points + features) with ...
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"No Root Node! Parsing Failed?" error when re-coding some text using QGIS Field Calculator
I am attempting to re-code some text data in the attribute table using the QGIS Field Calculator tool, but I keep getting an error message:
An Error occured while evaluating the calculation string: &...
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Сhanging pop-up font size in qgis2web
I have a lot of info in QGIS2WEB pop-ups and would like to make the font size smaller to make the text easier to read.
I have checked all exported files, and the only instance referencing the pop-ups ...
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XYZ Tile Layer maps too small to read
I believe similar questions on this subject have been asked, but I can't figure out how to solve my problem. I have added an OpenStreetMap layer and a Google Maps layer to a QGIS project (version 3....
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