QGIS – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:58:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg QGIS – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Hachure Maps in QGIS https://www.maproomblog.com/2021/09/hachure-maps-in-qgis/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:58:17 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1791651 More]]> Detail of a hachure map created in QGIS (Robin Hawkes)
Robin Hawkes

I’m always fascinated to see old mapping techniques replicated in modern mapping software. For an example, see Robin Hawkes’s tutorial on creating hachure maps in QGIS. Which Patrick McGranahan followed to create this map of San Marino.

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Maarten Lambrechts

Maarten Lambrechts discusses how to make a dot density population map, in technical detail. He uses QGIS to process data for his home country of Belgium. The map above is one result (he also zoomed in on Brussels).

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