QGIS/C2/Creating-a-Map/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to this tutorial on Creating a Map in QGIS.
00:07	In this tutorial, we will learn to, Create a map using Print Composer.
00:14	Add map elements in the Print composer.
00:18	Export the map.
00:20	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04.
00:28	QGIS version 2.18
00:32	To follow this tutorial you should be familiar with QGIS interface.
00:39	For the prerequisite tutorials please visit our website.
00:44	Download the folder given in the Code files link, located below the player.
00:50	Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file and save it in a folder.
00:57	Here is my Code files folder.
01:00	Double-click to open the folder.
01:03	In this folder you will find shape files for India and world map.
01:09	Locate indiaboundary.shp file.
01:14	To open this file in QGIS, right-click on the file.
01:19	The context menu opens.
01:22	Select the option, Open with QGIS Desktop.
01:27	The map opens directly in QGIS interface.
01:32	If you don’t see the option Open with QGIS Desktop, first open QGIS interface.
01:41	Here I have opened QGIS interface.
01:45	Click on Add Vector Layer tool on the left tool bar.
01:50	Add Vector Layer dialog-box opens.
01:54	In the box, click on Browse button next to Dataset text box.
02:00	A dialog-box opens.
02:03	Navigate to Code files folder on the Desktop.
02:07	Select the file, indiaboundary.shp file. Click on Open button.
02:15	In the Add Vector Layer dialog-box, click on Open button.
02:20	Boundary map of India appears on the canvas.
02:24	Now let us add the shape file representing few cities of India.
02:30	Again, click on Add Vector Layer tool on the toolbar.
02:36	Add Vector Layer dialog-box opens.
02:40	In the box click on Browse button.
02:44	A dialog-box opens.
02:47	Navigate to Code files folder on the Desktop.
02:51	Select the file places.shp. Click on Open button.
02:58	In the Add Vector Layer dialog-box, click on Open button.
03:03	Cities are shown as point features on the map.
03:07	Let us label these cities.
03:10	Right click on Places layer in the Layers panel.
03:15	From the context menu, click on Properties option.
03:20	In the Layer Properties dialog-box select the labels tab.
03:25	In the drop-down located at the top, select Show labels for this layer option.
03:32	In Label with drop-down, select name from the given options.
03:38	In the Text tab, we have options to choose fonts
03:46	style
03:49	size
03:51	color etc.
03:57	Click on Apply button and OK button.
04:02	On the canvas, India map with some cites and labels is displayed.
04:08	This map file can be exported to image format for the purpose of printing or publishing .
04:15	QGIS has a tool called Print Composer.
04:19	It allows you to create maps in the format that is easy to read.
04:24	Click on Project menu on the menu bar and select New Print Composer.
04:31	Composer title dialog-box opens.
04:35	You will be prompted to enter a title for the composer.
04:40	Type India-Map as title.
04:44	Click on OK button.
04:47	Print composer window opens.
04:50	Print Composer provides you with a blank canvas.
04:54	On the right-side beside the canvas, you will find two panels.
04:59	The upper panel and the lower panel.
05:03	To enable the panels, click on View menu.
05:08	From the menu scroll down and select Panels.
05:13	The sub-menu shows the list of panels. Here some panels are already selected.
05:21	Click on the panel name to select it.
05:24	The panel appears on the right side of the canvas.
05:28	All Print Composer tools are available in menus and as icons on the toolbars.
05:37	The tool bars are present on the left as well as on the top of the Composer window.
05:45	For more information, please see additional material provided along with this tutorial.
05:52	Now let us start to assemble our map.
05:56	In the Print Composer window, click on Zoom full button on the tool bar.
06:03	This will display the layout to its full extent.
06:07	Now we have to bring the map view that we see in the QGIS Canvas to the Composer.
06:14	Click on Add new map tool on the tool bar.
06:19	Move the cursor on the composer window.
06:23	The cursor is now seen as plus (+) symbol.
06:27	This shows that Add Map button is active.
06:31	Click and drag the left-mouse button to draw a rectangle on the Composer window.
06:37	Leave margins along the edges.
06:40	You will see that the rectangle window will be rendered with the map from the main QGIS canvas.
06:48	The rendered map may not be covering the full window.
06:43	Click on Move item content tool on the left tool bar.
06:59	Using left mouse button, move the map in the window and centre it.
07:05	Leave space along the top for the title.
07:09	Now we will add a grid and zebra border to the main map.
07:14	In Item Properties Panel, scroll down to Grids section.
07:19	Click on small black-triangle next to Grids to view the expanded menu.
07:25	Click the Green plus (+), Add a new grid button.
07:30	Now all the features in the grid section are enabled.
07:35	If required, there is an option to change CRS. I will leave it as such.
07:43	Select the Interval values as 10 degrees in both X and Y direction using drop-down arrows.
07:51	Scroll down to the Grid frame section and select a Frame style. I will select Zebra.
07:59	There are options to change frame size, thickness, color, etc.
08:07	Select the options that suits your requirement.
08:12	Scroll down and check the Draw Coordinates check-box.
08:17	Adjust the Distance to map frame till the coordinates are legible.
08:23	Click on the upward or downward arrow to move the labels.
08:30	Select the Coordinate precision as 1.
08:34	This will display the coordinates upto the first decimal.
08:38	Next, we will add a North Arrow to the map.
08:43	The Print Composer comes with a good collection of map related images.
08:49	Click on Add image icon on the tool bar.
08:54	Bring the cursor to the map composer window.
08:58	Holding your left mouse button, click and draw a small rectangle on the top-right corner of the map canvas.
09:07	Under Item Properties tab in the right panel, expand the Search directories section.
09:14	Select by clicking on the north arrow image of your liking.
09:20	The image appears in the box in the map Composer window.
09:25	Click on the map Composer window.
09:28	You will see the North Arrow image on the top-right corner of the map.
09:34	Now we will add a scale bar to the map.
09:38	Click on Add new scalebar tool on the tool bar.
09:43	Click on the map where you want the scalebar to appear.
09:47	I will add the scale bar at the bottom-left corner.
09:52	In the right panel under Segments section, you can adjust the number of segments and their size.
10:00	We will now add the title for our map.
10:04	Click on Add new Label tool from the left tool bar.
10:09	Bring the cursor to the map composer window.
10:13	Holding your left mouse button, draw a box at the top-center of the map.
10:19	On the right panel you will see Item Properties tab for Label.
10:24	Under Main Properties, in the text box, type Map of India.
10:31	In the Appearance section, click on Font tab.
10:36	Select Font dialog-box opens, select suitable Font, Font style and Size.
10:49	Click on OK button.
10:52	Change the font color, margins and alignment as per your preference.
11:03	After you have finished making changes, click in the composer window to view the changes.
11:10	The label with selected font and size appears on the map in the Composer window.
11:17	Next let us add an Inset map.
11:21	Switch to the main QGIS window.
11:24	Click on the Zoom In button on the tool bar.
11:28	Bring the cursor to the map, zoom the area around Mumbai.
11:34	Draw a rectangle around Mumbai to zoom to the area.
11:39	We are now ready to add the map inset.
11:43	Switch to Print Composer window.
11:46	Click on Add new map tool on the tool bar.
11:51	Draw a rectangle at the top left corner of the Composer window.
11:57	Select Move item Content tool from the tool bar.
12:02	Place the cursor on the inset map.
12:05	Move the map in the inset to the location of your preference.
12:10	You will have 2 map objects in the Print Composer, Main map and inset map.
12:17	In the Item Properties panel, scroll down to the Frame section and check the box next to it.
12:26	Change the color and thickness of the frame border for the inset map,
12:36	Change the background color for the inset map, so that it is easy to distinguish against the map background.
12:45	Explore other map elements such as Legends, shapes, arrows etc.
12:53	Once you have finished making required changes, you can save or export the map.
12:59	Click on Composer menu on the menu bar.
13:03	Here we have options to export the map as Image, PDF or SVG.
13:12	Let us export the map as an image. Select Export as Image option.
13:20	Save composition as dialog-box opens. give an appropriate file name , location and format.
13:29	I will choose PNG format. Click on Save button.
13:35	Image export options dialog-box opens.
13:39	Choose appropriate resolution, page-width and height.
13:44	I will set page width as 800 pixels.
13:49	Click on Save button.
13:52	Here is the map saved as an image file.
13:56	This map can now be printed or published.
14:01	Let's summarize, In this tutorial we have learnt to,
14:06	Create maps using Print Composer, Add map elements in the Composer, Export the map.
14:16	Assignment Using the world dataset given in the Code files link, create a map of Asia Continent.
14:25	Create an inset map of India. Add a map legend.
14:31	Your completed assignment should look as shown here.
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15:09	This tutorial is contributed by Prajwal.M from NIT Surathkal and Snehalatha from IIT Bombay. Thank you for watching.

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