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

David McDermott !

david.mcdermott@surreyheath.gov.uk 01276707469