[Qgis-user] Printed map scale question

[Andrew]

Hi Sarah,

In the Composer window you can change the size of the image so you can get
the whole map in a single image and at the correct scale. In the
"composition" tab change the paper preset to "custom" and you can set a
custom height and width.



On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 4:49 AM, Sarah Gregg <lynkosmail at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here I am back again with what may well be a very simple question (though
> perhaps with a negative answer).
> I have digitalised a zoning map on a 1:25,000 base (for Italian readers,
> IGM 1:25,000). So far so good. Now I have to render the results in a
> clearly legible high resolution image for printing.
> To display the full map on the screen, I have to set the scale at
> 1:185.000 and obviously if I create an image file at this scale using the
> Composer, even if I set the resolution high, the base map is scarsely
> legible.
> Is there any way I can get an image of the whole map at, say, 1:75000...
> apart from creating a whole series of image files and then joining them
> together using image processing software?
> Many thanks for your advice, Sarah.
>
>
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