Set up and Analyse your Munsys Data with QGIS

Gaby van Wyk

QGIS – basic UI

• The Map Window

• Navigation

• The Status Bar

• View Panels

• Advanced Functionality

• Icons

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• Project Parameters

– General Settings

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• Project Parameters

– Projection parameters.

Can Search on either EPSG code or Common Name

Supports the Proj-4 SRID format

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• The Oracle ConnectionGet these right

This is saved in a visible format, use with care

Else it may list too many tables

Useful to create non-spatial joins

Stylisation – Single Symbol

• Simple Fills

• Layered Fills

• Radiated Fills

• SVG Fills

Stylisation – Symbol Editor

Add As many layers

Querying Data

• Highlight layers to query or select them

– Query an entity

– Select an entity

– Select by Expression

• Work with attributes

Stylisation – symbolsStandard Symbol Set

Layered Symbols

SVG Symbols

Fonts as Symbols

Stylisation – symbols

• Symbol Size & Rotation

Stylisation – symbols

• Custom Symbols

– Stored here: C:\OSGeo4W64\apps\qgis\svg\...

– SVG editing in Inkscape