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(* Fiches_QGIS v1104.pdf > page 7. ) * ( A palette creator * [Tutoriels http://sig974.free.fr/?p=198] )
I've edited the introduction and broke up the article into sections that should make it easier to navigate. I'm going to go ahead and download QGis and use it to get a better idea of what the rest of the tutorial is talking about. A suggestion I already have: it would be good to have either (1) a section that has screenshots of just the icons/toolbar explaining what each icon is (making it easier for someone to find an icon when it's referenced in the tutorial) or (2) an obvious highlighting of an icon in a full window screenshot when it's being referenced in a step. If (1) is implemented, it could be a "Get to know the interface" step, and could also include the buttons in the properties window (since it's later used to load color). - MissMJ ( talk) 23:34, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay, so I have a minor nitpick about the mapcolors section. Mainly: what it's describing isn't actually loading color maps (although that's part of it) but loading layer styles. Color maps can be part of a layer style file, but I think a layer style file can also include information for the other tabs in the Layer Properties window. If we really want to be correct about what we're saying there, we really should be showing people how to load color map files, which are .txt (I'm not sure what format the data take in that txt though). In the Colormap tab, there's two icons in the top right: Load color map from file, and Export color map to file. Those are technically what need to be used to load in and save mapcolors. - MissMJ ( talk) 23:14, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
# QGIS Generated Color Map Export File INTERPOLATION:DISCRETE 0,110,168,115,255,Custom color map entry 4000,138,108,82,255,Custom color map entry
MissMJ, I think it's better to keep the action's pathway directly such : GIMP > Layer > Duplicate layer (Ctrl+Shift+D). Convert them into English is I think confusing, since the user will have to translate back into the real-strict pathway "GIMP > Layer > Duplicate layer (Ctrl+Shift+D)". Yug (talk) 15:09, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear readers / learners, MissMJ, Bourrichon, Otourly, can you share here your work using QGis ? So we can see where you are. : ]
Yug (talk) 11:12, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
only for finding the programs and data and recoloring the content. That's most of it, absolutely, but you forgot to walk through how to crop the image to the relevant section of the world data. Zoom is easy enough to find, but QGIS is still user-unfriendly enough that crop is nowhere obvious to be found in the toolbars or menus. The so-called "help" command is completely inoperative on the toolbars and menus and merely informs a user the map is "Map Canvas" which is something like the opposite of help. — LlywelynII 04:14, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm finding I'm not getting any joy from these tutorials, apart from knowing what software to use there just isn't enough detail to guide me on producing maps like File:Washington_topographic_map-fr.svg, for those of us who want to. Am also finding some of the steps just don't work at all, with QGis 1.7.3, and information on GIMP but not Photoshop. The SVGSimple plugin described in lesson 2 isn't available, and the Shaded Relief plugin just gives Python errors. I tried exporting ting a raster but it is pixelated nothing on the level of detail as that map I linked. I have tried converting a TIFF to SVG in Adobe Illustrator, but still no joy. Maybe I'm wanting to delve into advanced steps too fast, but for the sake of making a map from time to time, don't want to spent weeks playing about and learning to use it. Just wanting to get from A to B in easy steps, with enough instructions for Photoshop/Illustrator users, rather than free GIMP/Inkscape software. Not sure if anyone has the time to produce such a tutorial, but I think it might help, as some people like to do things like this themselves rather than ask around. I fully realise this is complex and involved software, needing a number of programs and lots of time to produce detailed map like that. Cheers, Ma®©usBritish [ chat 20:50, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to your feedbacks, I'm now aware of a noticeable weakness and missing content. Following talk with fr:user:Bourrichon who adapted this tutorial into French and pushed further, we decided to divide the tutorials in smaller "One layer, one part" approach (previously was "One lesson, 2 hours" approach). The new division and learning flow is displayed there:
The table above has links to various tutorials and resources which can help in the creation of Wikipedia maps from digital georeferenced data ( GIS).
Status are visible with the (almost empty) to (finished) icons. For those who want to learn GIS Map making: great works need a big deal of time and learning. Great map too. Attack this if you have some days to read, fight for solutions, and win. Yug (talk) 16:14, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
To-do list for Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Resources/QGIS/Get ready:
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Archive: Wikipedia talk:Graphic Lab/Resources/QGis lesson : Archives
(* Fiches_QGIS v1104.pdf > page 7. ) * ( A palette creator * [Tutoriels http://sig974.free.fr/?p=198] )
I've edited the introduction and broke up the article into sections that should make it easier to navigate. I'm going to go ahead and download QGis and use it to get a better idea of what the rest of the tutorial is talking about. A suggestion I already have: it would be good to have either (1) a section that has screenshots of just the icons/toolbar explaining what each icon is (making it easier for someone to find an icon when it's referenced in the tutorial) or (2) an obvious highlighting of an icon in a full window screenshot when it's being referenced in a step. If (1) is implemented, it could be a "Get to know the interface" step, and could also include the buttons in the properties window (since it's later used to load color). - MissMJ ( talk) 23:34, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay, so I have a minor nitpick about the mapcolors section. Mainly: what it's describing isn't actually loading color maps (although that's part of it) but loading layer styles. Color maps can be part of a layer style file, but I think a layer style file can also include information for the other tabs in the Layer Properties window. If we really want to be correct about what we're saying there, we really should be showing people how to load color map files, which are .txt (I'm not sure what format the data take in that txt though). In the Colormap tab, there's two icons in the top right: Load color map from file, and Export color map to file. Those are technically what need to be used to load in and save mapcolors. - MissMJ ( talk) 23:14, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
# QGIS Generated Color Map Export File INTERPOLATION:DISCRETE 0,110,168,115,255,Custom color map entry 4000,138,108,82,255,Custom color map entry
MissMJ, I think it's better to keep the action's pathway directly such : GIMP > Layer > Duplicate layer (Ctrl+Shift+D). Convert them into English is I think confusing, since the user will have to translate back into the real-strict pathway "GIMP > Layer > Duplicate layer (Ctrl+Shift+D)". Yug (talk) 15:09, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear readers / learners, MissMJ, Bourrichon, Otourly, can you share here your work using QGis ? So we can see where you are. : ]
Yug (talk) 11:12, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
only for finding the programs and data and recoloring the content. That's most of it, absolutely, but you forgot to walk through how to crop the image to the relevant section of the world data. Zoom is easy enough to find, but QGIS is still user-unfriendly enough that crop is nowhere obvious to be found in the toolbars or menus. The so-called "help" command is completely inoperative on the toolbars and menus and merely informs a user the map is "Map Canvas" which is something like the opposite of help. — LlywelynII 04:14, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm finding I'm not getting any joy from these tutorials, apart from knowing what software to use there just isn't enough detail to guide me on producing maps like File:Washington_topographic_map-fr.svg, for those of us who want to. Am also finding some of the steps just don't work at all, with QGis 1.7.3, and information on GIMP but not Photoshop. The SVGSimple plugin described in lesson 2 isn't available, and the Shaded Relief plugin just gives Python errors. I tried exporting ting a raster but it is pixelated nothing on the level of detail as that map I linked. I have tried converting a TIFF to SVG in Adobe Illustrator, but still no joy. Maybe I'm wanting to delve into advanced steps too fast, but for the sake of making a map from time to time, don't want to spent weeks playing about and learning to use it. Just wanting to get from A to B in easy steps, with enough instructions for Photoshop/Illustrator users, rather than free GIMP/Inkscape software. Not sure if anyone has the time to produce such a tutorial, but I think it might help, as some people like to do things like this themselves rather than ask around. I fully realise this is complex and involved software, needing a number of programs and lots of time to produce detailed map like that. Cheers, Ma®©usBritish [ chat 20:50, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to your feedbacks, I'm now aware of a noticeable weakness and missing content. Following talk with fr:user:Bourrichon who adapted this tutorial into French and pushed further, we decided to divide the tutorials in smaller "One layer, one part" approach (previously was "One lesson, 2 hours" approach). The new division and learning flow is displayed there:
The table above has links to various tutorials and resources which can help in the creation of Wikipedia maps from digital georeferenced data ( GIS).
Status are visible with the (almost empty) to (finished) icons. For those who want to learn GIS Map making: great works need a big deal of time and learning. Great map too. Attack this if you have some days to read, fight for solutions, and win. Yug (talk) 16:14, 25 January 2012 (UTC)