PoojaMoolya at 05:23, 10 December 2020

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||'''Time'''
||'''Narration'''

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|| 00:01
|| Welcome to this tutorial on '''Creating a Map''' in '''QGIS'''.

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|| 00:07
|| In this tutorial, we will learn to, Create a map using '''Print Composer'''.

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|| Add map elements in the '''Print composer'''.

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||Export the map.

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|| To record this tutorial, I am using

'''Ubuntu Linux '''OS version 16.04.

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|| 00:28
||'''QGIS''' version 2.18

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||00:32
|| To follow this tutorial you should be familiar with '''QGIS''' interface.

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||For the prerequisite tutorials please visit our website.

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|| 00:44
|| Download the folder given in the '''Code files''' link, located below the player.

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|| 00:50
||Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file and save it in a folder.

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|| 00:57
|| Here is my '''Code files folder'''.

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|| 01:00
||Double-click to open the folder.

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|| 01:03
|| In this folder you will find shape files for India and world map.

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|| 01:09
|| Locate '''indiaboundary.shp '''file.

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|| 01:14
||To open this file in '''QGIS''', right-click on the file.

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|| 01:19
||The '''context menu''' opens.

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||01:22
|| Select the option, '''Open with QGIS Desktop'''.

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|| 01:27
||The map opens directly in '''QGIS''' interface.

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|| 01:32
|| If you don’t see the option '''Open with QGIS Desktop, '''first open '''QGIS''' interface.

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|| 01:41
||Here I have opened '''QGIS''' interface.

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|| 01:45
|| Click on '''Add Vector Layer '''tool on the left tool bar.

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|| 01:50
|| '''Add Vector Layer''' dialog-box opens.

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||In the box, click on '''Browse''' button next to '''Dataset''' text box.

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|| 02:00
|| A dialog-box opens.

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|| 02:03
||Navigate to '''Code files''' folder on the '''Desktop'''.

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||Select the file, '''indiaboundary.shp '''file.

Click on '''Open''' button.

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|| 02:15
|| In the '''Add Vector Layer''' dialog-box, click on '''Open''' button.

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|| 02:20
||Boundary map of India appears on the canvas.

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|| 02:24
|| Now let us add the shape file representing few cities of India.

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|| 02:30
|| Again, click on '''Add Vector Layer '''tool on the toolbar.

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|| 02:36
|| '''Add Vector Layer''' dialog-box opens.

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|| 02:40
||In the box click on '''Browse''' button.

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|| 02:44
|| A dialog-box opens.

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|| 02:47
||Navigate to '''Code files''' folder on the '''Desktop'''.

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|| 02:51
||Select the file '''places.shp'''.

Click on '''Open''' button.

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|| 02:58
|| In the '''Add Vector Layer''' dialog-box, click on '''Open''' button.

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|| 03:03
|| Cities are shown as point features on the map.

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|| 03:07
|| Let us label these cities.

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|| 03:10
||Right click on '''Places''' layer in the '''Layers''' panel.

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||From the '''context menu''', click on '''Properties''' option.

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|| In the '''Layer Properties''' dialog-box select the '''labels''' tab.

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|| 03:25
|| In the drop-down located at the top, select '''Show labels for this layer''' option.

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|| 03:32
|| In '''Label with''' drop-down, select '''name''' from the given options.

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|| 03:38
|| In the '''Text''' tab, we have options to choose

'''fonts'''

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|| '''style'''

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|| '''size'''

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|| '''color''' etc.

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|| Click on '''Apply''' button and '''OK''' button.

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|| 04:02
|| On the canvas, India map with some cites and labels is displayed.

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|| 04:08
||This map file can be exported to image format for the purpose of printing or publishing .

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|| 04:15
|| '''QGIS''' has a tool called '''Print Composer.'''

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||04:19
||It allows you to create maps in the format that is easy to read.

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||04:24
|| Click on''' Project '''menu on the menu bar and select '''New Print Composer'''.

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|| 04:31
|| '''Composer title''' dialog-box opens.

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|| You will be prompted to enter a title for the '''composer'''.

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||Type '''India-Map''' as title.

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|| Click on '''OK''' button.

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||04:47
||'''Print composer''' window opens.

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|| '''Print Composer''' provides you with a blank canvas.

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||On the right-side beside the canvas, you will find two panels.

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|| The upper panel and the lower panel.

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|| To enable the panels, click on '''View''' menu.

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||From the menu scroll down and select '''Panels'''.

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|| The sub-menu shows the list of panels.

Here some panels are already selected.

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|| Click on the panel name to select it.

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||The panel appears on the right side of the canvas.

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|| All '''Print Composer''' tools are available in menus and as icons on the toolbars.

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||The tool bars are present on the left as well as on the top of the '''Composer''' window.

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|| 05:45
|| For more information, please see additional material provided along with this tutorial.

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|| 05:52
|| Now let us start to assemble our map.

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||In the '''Print Composer window, '''click on '''Zoom full '''button on the tool bar.

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|| 06:03
|| This will display the layout to its full extent.

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|| Now we have to bring the map view that we see in the '''QGIS Canvas''' to the '''Composer'''.

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|| Click on '''Add new map''' tool on the tool bar.

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|| Move the cursor on the '''composer''' window.

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||The cursor is now seen as''' plus (+)''' symbol.

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||This shows that '''Add Map''' button is active.

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||06:31
|| Click and drag the left-mouse button to draw a rectangle on the '''Composer''' window.

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||06:37
||Leave margins along the edges.

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|| You will see that the rectangle window will be rendered with the map from the main '''QGIS''' canvas.

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|| The rendered map may not be covering the full window.

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|| Click on '''Move item content''' tool on the left tool bar.

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|| 06:59
|| Using left mouse button, move the map in the window and centre it.

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||Leave space along the top for the title.

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|| Now we will add a '''grid''' and '''zebra''' border to the main map.

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|| In '''Item Properties Panel''', scroll down to '''Grids '''section.

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|| Click on small black-triangle next to '''Grids '''to view the expanded menu.

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|| Click the Green plus (+), '''Add a new grid '''button.

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||Now all the features in the grid section are enabled.

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|| If required, there is an option to change '''CRS'''.

I will leave it as such.

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|| 07:43
|| Select the '''Interval '''values as 10 degrees in both '''X''' and '''Y''' direction using drop-down arrows.

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|| Scroll down to the '''Grid frame''' section and select a '''Frame style'''.

I will select '''Zebra'''.

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|| 07:59
|| There are options to change frame size, thickness, color, etc.

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||Select the options that suits your requirement.

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|| 08:12
|| Scroll down and check the '''Draw Coordinates''' check-box.

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||08:17
|| Adjust the '''Distance to map frame''' till the coordinates are legible.

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||Click on the upward or downward arrow to move the labels.

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|| 08:30
|| Select the '''Coordinate precision''' as 1.

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|| 08:34
||This will display the coordinates upto the first decimal.

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|| 08:38
|| Next, we will add a North Arrow to the map.

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|| 08:43
||The '''Print Composer''' comes with a good collection of map related images.

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|| Click on '''Add image icon '''on the tool bar.

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|| 08:54
|| Bring the cursor to the map composer window.

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||Holding your left mouse button, click and draw a small rectangle on the top-right corner of the map canvas.

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|| Under '''Item Properties '''tab in the right panel, expand the '''Search directories''' section.

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||Select by clicking on the north arrow image of your liking.

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||The image appears in the box in the map '''Composer''' window.

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|| 09:25
|| Click on the map '''Composer''' window.

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||You will see the North Arrow image on the top-right corner of the map.

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|| 09:34
|| Now we will add a scale bar to the map.

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||Click on '''Add new scalebar tool ''' on the tool bar.

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|| 09:43
|| Click on the map where you want the scalebar to appear.

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|| I will add the scale bar at the bottom-left corner.

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|| 09:52
||In the right panel under '''Segments '''section, you can adjust the number of segments and their size.

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|| We will now add the title for our map.

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||Click on '''Add new Label''' tool from the left tool bar.

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|| Bring the cursor to the map '''composer''' window.

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||Holding your left mouse button, draw a box at the top-center of the map.

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|| On the right panel you will see '''Item Properties''' tab for '''Label.'''

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||Under '''Main Properties''', in the text box, type '''Map of India'''.

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|| In the '''Appearance''' section, click on '''Font''' tab.

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|| '''Select Font '''dialog-box opens, select suitable '''Font, Font style''' and '''Size'''.

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||Click on '''OK''' button.

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|| Change the font color, margins and alignment as per your preference.

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||After you have finished making changes, click in the composer window to view the changes.

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|| The label with selected font and size appears on the map in the '''Composer '''window.

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|| Next let us add an '''Inset map'''.

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|| Switch to the main '''QGIS''' window.

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||Click on the '''Zoom In''' button on the tool bar.

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|| Bring the cursor to the map, zoom the area around Mumbai.

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||Draw a rectangle around Mumbai to zoom to the area.

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|| 11:39
|| We are now ready to add the map inset.

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|| 11:43
||Switch to '''Print Composer''' window.

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|| Click on '''Add new map''' tool on the tool bar.

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||Draw a rectangle at the top left corner of the '''Composer '''window.

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|| Select '''Move item Content''' tool from the tool bar.

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||12:02
||Place the cursor on the '''inset map'''.

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|| 12:05
||Move the map in the '''inset''' to the location of your preference.

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|| You will have 2 map objects in the '''Print Composer''', '''Main map''' and '''inset''' map.

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|| 12:17
|| In the '''Item Properties''' panel, scroll down to the '''Frame''' section and check the box next to it.

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|| 12:26
||Change the color and thickness of the frame border for the '''inset map''',

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|| 12:36
|| Change the background color for the '''inset''' map, so that it is easy to distinguish against the map background.

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|| 12:45
|| Explore other map elements such as Legends, shapes, arrows etc.

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|| Once you have finished making required changes, you can save or export the map.

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|| Click on '''Composer '''menu on the menu bar.

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||Here we have options to export the map as '''Image, PDF''' or '''SVG'''.

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|| Let us export the map as an image.

Select '''Export as Image '''option.

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|| '''Save composition as''' dialog-box opens.

give an appropriate file name , location and format.

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|| I will choose '''PNG''' format.

Click on '''Save''' button.

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|| '''Image export options''' dialog-box opens.

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||Choose appropriate resolution, page-width and height.

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||I will set page width as 800 pixels.

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||Click on '''Save''' button.

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|| Here is the map saved as an image file.

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||This map can now be printed or published.

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|| Let's summarize,

In this tutorial we have learnt to,

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||Create maps using '''Print Composer''', Add map elements in the '''Composer''', Export the map.

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|| Assignment

Using the world '''dataset''' given in the '''Code files''' link, create a map of Asia Continent.

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||Create an '''inset''' map of India.

Add a map legend.

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|| Your completed assignment should look as shown here.

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|| 14:36
|| The video at the following link summarises the spoken tutorial project. Please download and watch it.

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|| The spoken tutorial project team conducts workshops and gives certificates on passing online tests.

For more details please write to us.

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|| Please post your timed queries on this forum.

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|| The Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by '''NMEICT, MHRD''' Government of India.

More information on this mission is available at the following link.

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|| This tutorial is contributed by Prajwal.M from NIT Surathkal and Snehalatha from IIT Bombay.

Thank you for watching.

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PoojaMoolya at 05:23, 10 December 2020

PoojaMoolya: Created page with "{|border=1 ||'''Time''' ||'''Narration''' |- || 00:01 || Welcome to this tutorial on '''Creating a Map''' in '''QGIS'''. |- || 00:07 || In this tutorial, we will learn to,..."