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QGIS and Atlas: Automatic map generationDavid McDermott Surrey Heath Borough Council
HistoryDeveloped by Vincent Picavet
Distributed as a Plugin
Required QGIS 1.6 or above
What is it?Automated map book generator
Uses a map layer containing geometries
Dynamically changes to view extent of a map object
Map composer templates
PDF or Image format
Equivalents• ArcGIS has Data Drive Pages • Cadcorp SIS has Book Plotter • QGIS has Atlas
Coverage layer (point, line or polygon)
Composer Template
Map Object
Visibility
Margins
Dynamic text labels
Atlas plugin features
QGIS 2.0 DufourAll of the Atlas plugin features
Integrated into QGIS core
Feature filtering
Feature sorting
Fixed scaling
File name expression
Improved dynamic labels
Expressions -Fields and Values
Expressions - Records
Dynamic composer labels
QGIS 2.2 ValmieraAll of the QGIS 2.0 features plus...
Feature highlighting
Preview mode
Improved Export
Improved extent control
Featrure Highlighting
Improved Extent Control
Featrure Highlighting
Dynamic feature labels
BugsSave As...
Map extent (stand alone installer)
Thank you