<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Andreas,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you for taking time to explain. This is very helpful for newbie to GIS software like myself.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I experiment with Google Maps Engine Lite, and than strait to QGIS. I learning it to help NGO with their free and fair election drive. </div>
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<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 October 2013 20:12, Andreas Neumann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.neumann@carto.net" target="_blank">a.neumann@carto.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
Note that there is a fundamental difference between a drawing package<br>
and GIS.<br>
<br>
In a GIS you usually do not store graphical properties (like color,<br>
stroke-width, pattern, text settings, etc.) directly in the data. You<br>
would define rules how the data is styled, which are derived from your<br>
data columns. This way you can easily create different variations<br>
derived from the same data. A rule can be a category, a range or a more<br>
complex rule as you can define it with the expression builder.<br>
<br>
In a drawing package (like Illustrator, Inkscape or CAD) you directly<br>
store the graphical properties with each object with the consequence<br>
that it is much harder to create different visualization based on the<br>
same data.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps.<br>
<br>
Andreas<br>
<br>
Am 04.10.2013 12:02, schrieb Jonathan Moules:<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> If you google around ("qgis manual download pdf") there are several PDF<br>
> documents. I doubt any are for 2.0, but for basic stuff QGIS hasn't changed<br>
> too much between versions. I.e.:<br>
> <a href="http://manual.linfiniti.com/" target="_blank">http://manual.linfiniti.com/</a><br>
> <a href="http://nathanw.net/2013/01/06/qgis-manuals/" target="_blank">http://nathanw.net/2013/01/06/qgis-manuals/</a><br>
><br>
> etc.<br>
><br>
> Jonathan<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 3 October 2013 11:27, KLGan <<a href="mailto:1klgan@gmail.com">1klgan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Thanks Andreas,<br>
>><br>
>> I am new to QGIS, and for a moment thought this is not possible. Glad to<br>
>> know these are basic stuffs in gis :-)<br>
>><br>
>> Will browse the manual (how I wish the manual is available for download)<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks<br>
>><br>
>> KLGan<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 3 October 2013 17:54, Andreas Neumann <<a href="mailto:a.neumann@carto.net">a.neumann@carto.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hi,<br>
>>><br>
>>> This is very basic GIS stuff. Please consult the QGIS manual for this.<br>
>>><br>
>>> As a hint:<br>
>>><br>
>>> You need to define either of:<br>
>>><br>
>>> * a rule<br>
>>> * a category<br>
>>> * assign a column that contains color values<br>
>>><br>
>>> These are available in the layer properties and in the "Styles" tab.<br>
>>><br>
>>> All of these are described in the QGIS manual:<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.qgis.org/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/vector_properties.html#style-menu" target="_blank">http://www.qgis.org/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/vector_properties.html#style-menu</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Good luck,<br>
>>> Andreas<br>
>>><br>
>>> Am 03.10.2013 09:44, schrieb KLGan:<br>
>>>> Hi,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I have a layer with many polygons. I want to change the color of some of<br>
>>>> the polygons. How can I do this in QGIS?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Currently changes apply to all the polygons, not individual one.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thanks :-)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> KLGan<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
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