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Technical Log: Getting Started with QGIS Exercise. #4

Open Dapscoptyltd opened 7 years ago

Dapscoptyltd commented 7 years ago

I followed the instructions set out on this web page: http://docs.qgis.org/2.18/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/getting_started.html#sample-data

This allowed me to add a landcover map of Alaska. I then loaded a lakes map. We changed the fill colour of the lakes layer to blue, added labels and a border around the text labels. Reading on I discovered that the QGIS project file, when saved is an xml file format. Opening Sublime Text, I found the qgs file is editable.

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Dapscoptyltd commented 7 years ago

This proceeded with a modification to the labels: Select the [lakes] layer. In the Layer Styling panel, click the Labels button. Adjust the settings as desired [select Fill color: Red]. screen shot 2017-05-21 at 13 36 22

Change Fill color: white. screen shot 2017-05-21 at 13 40 13

Further navigation was performed looking at the range of options in the software.