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Laying out a map sheet or poster in QGIS: what the docs say about map, legend, scale bar and…
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What this guide covers
For cartographers and designers building a printed map sheet or poster in QGIS. It summarises what the documentation says about the four main layout items and how they relate, with a short checklist drawn from those pages. Documentation only: nothing was installed or run, and your QGIS version may differ.
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Guide title
Laying out a map sheet or poster in QGIS: what the docs say about map, legend, scale bar and label items
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For cartographers and designers building a printed map sheet or poster in QGIS. It summarises what the documentation says about the four main layout items and how they relate, with a short checklist drawn from those pages. Documentation only: nothing was installed or run, and your QGIS version may differ.
Useful starting points
- A legend and a scale bar each follow a map item, so check which map each one is bound to when a sheet has more than one map.
- A legend that is not set to resize crops whatever does not fit, so check the finished size before export.
- The scale bar can report a distance that differs from one measured over the map, depending on the projection and extent.
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