Setting Atlas scale and scale bar for each map to round number using QGIS
Hiking & ActivitiesTaming the Atlas: Getting Nice, Round Numbers on Your QGIS Maps QGIS is fantastic, especially its Atlas feature. Think of Atlas as your personal map-making machine, churning out a whole series of maps from a single template. Perfect for creating map books, showing different areas, or just iterating through a region. But let’s be honest,
Conversion problem with ‘Feature to Raster’: resulting Raster not visible in ArcMap
Hiking & ActivitiesSo, You Converted a Feature to Raster, and Now It’s Invisible? Let’s Fix That. The “Feature to Raster” tool in ArcMap is a workhorse. It’s what you use to turn your vector data into a raster format, which is key for all sorts of spatial analysis. But sometimes, things go sideways. You run the tool,
WMS layers don’t draw in QGIS or ArcMap but do in OpenLayers
Hiking & ActivitiesSo, you’ve got a WMS layer that’s playing nice in OpenLayers, strutting its stuff on the web, but throws a tantrum when you try to load it into QGIS or ArcMap? Yeah, that’s a classic head-scratcher for geospatial folks. It feels like a glitch in the Matrix, right? But usually, it boils down to a
Selection of objects on different layers
Hiking & ActivitiesTaming the Layer Jungle: How to Actually Select Stuff in Design Software Okay, picture this: you’re wrestling with a design project, layers stacked higher than your patience level. You need to grab that one thing buried somewhere in the digital mess, but clicking just gets you the object on top. Sound familiar? We’ve all been
Importing Mapinfo .TAB files to AutoCad Map
Hiking & ActivitiesBridging the Divide: Getting Your MapInfo .TAB Files into AutoCAD Map (Without the Headache) Let’s face it, in the world of geospatial data, getting different software to play nice together can feel like herding cats. You’ve got your data neatly tucked away in MapInfo, but now you need it in AutoCAD Map. Sound familiar? The
QGIS 3.16 – I want to make by 6″x9″ map a 24×36, but all of the text/layers are tiny. Is it possible to automatically scale all of the layers?
Hiking & ActivitiesBlow It Up! Resizing Your QGIS Map Without a Headache Ever been there? You’ve slaved over a map in QGIS, got it looking perfect for a small print, maybe a handy 6″x9″. Then, BAM! The boss wants it billboard-sized – a whopping 24″x36″. You export it, and… disaster! All your beautiful text, those carefully chosen