[QGIS Commit] r15887 - in docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide: .
working_with_vector_screenies
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Thu Jul 7 11:58:37 EDT 2011
Author: dassau
Date: 2011-07-07 08:58:37 -0700 (Thu, 07 Jul 2011)
New Revision: 15887
Modified:
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_vector.tex
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_vector_screenies/shapefileloaded.png
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_vector_screenies/vectorLayerSymbology.png
Log:
started revision of vector section
Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_vector.tex
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--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_vector.tex 2011-07-07 10:56:04 UTC (rev 15886)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_vector.tex 2011-07-07 15:58:37 UTC (rev 15887)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
\index{ESRI!shapefiles}\index{SHP files}, MapInfo MIF (interchange
format)\index{MIF files}\index{MapInfo!MIF files}, MapInfo TAB
(native format)\index{TAB files}\index{MapInfo!TAB files} and many more.
-At the date of this document, more than 55 vector formats are supported
+At the date of this document, 60 vector formats are supported
by the OGR library \cite{OGRweb}. The complete list available at
\url{http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html}.
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
The standard vector file format used in \qg is the ESRI Shapefile. Support
is provided by the OGR Simple Feature Library (\url{http://www.gdal.org/ogr/})
-\index{OGR}. A shapefile actually consists of several files. The following three are required:
+\index{OGR}. A shapefile actually consists of several files. The following three
+are required:
\index{shapefile!format}
\begin{itemize}[label=--]
@@ -57,8 +58,8 @@
If you load a shapefile with \filename{.prj} file and \qg is not
able to read the coordinate reference system from that file, you have to define the
proper projection manually within the \tab{General} tab of the \dialog{Layer
-Properties} dialog. This is due to the fact, that \filename{.prj} files often
-do not provide the complete projection parameters, as used in \qg and listed in
+Properties} dialog of the layer. This is due to the fact, that \filename{.prj} files
+often do not provide the complete projection parameters, as used in \qg and listed in
the \dialog{CRS} dialog.
For that reason, if you create a new shapefile with \qg, two different projection
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@
\end{Tip}
Once loaded, you can zoom around the shapefile using the map navigation tools.
-To change the symbology of a layer, open the \dialog{Layer Properties} dialog by double
+To change the style of a layer, open the \dialog{Layer Properties} dialog by double
clicking on the layer name or by right-clicking on the name in the legend and
choosing \dropmenuopt{Properties} from the popup menu. See
Section \ref{sec:symbology} for more information on setting symbology of
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{mActionAddNonDbLayer} To load a MapInfo layer, click on the \toolbtntwo{mActionAddNonDbLayer}{Add
Vector Layer} toolbar bar button or type \keystroke{Ctrl-Shift-V}, change the
file type filter to \selectstring{Files of Type}{[OGR] MapInfo (*.mif
-*.tab *.MIF *.TAB)} and select the layer you want to load.
+*.tab *.MIF *.TAB)} and select the .TAB or .tab layer you want to load.
\subsection{Loading an ArcInfo Binary Coverage}
\index{vector layers!ArcInfo Binary Coverage}
@@ -206,15 +207,15 @@
\caption{PostGIS Connection
Parameters}\label{tab:postgis_connection_parms}\medskip
\begin{tabular}{|l|p{5in}|}
-\hline Name & A name for this connection. Can be the same as \textsl{Database}.
-\\
+\hline Name & A name for this connection. Can be the same as \textsl{Database}. \\
+\hline Service & Service parameter to be used alternatively to hostname/port (and potentially database). This can be defined in pg\_service.conf \\
\hline Host \index{PostgreSQL!host}
& Name of the database host. This must be a resolvable host name the same as
would be used to open a telnet connection or ping the host. If the database is
on the same computer as \qg, simply enter 'localhost' here. \\
-\hline Database \index{PostgreSQL!database} & Name of the database. \\
\hline Port \index{PostgreSQL!port}& Port number the PostgreSQL database
server listens on. The default port is 5432.\\
+\hline Database \index{PostgreSQL!database} & Name of the database. \\
\hline SSL mode \index{PostgreSQL!sslmode}& How the SSL connection will be negotiated with the server. These are the options:
\begin {itemize}
\item disable: only try an unencrypted SSL connection;
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@
\item \checkbox{Save Password}
\item \checkbox{Only look in the geometry\_columns table}
\item \checkbox{Only look in the 'public' schema}
+\item \checkbox{Also list tables with no geometry}
\item \checkbox{Use estimated table metadata}
\end{itemize}
@@ -535,7 +537,7 @@
\caption{Vector Layer Properties Dialog \nixcaption}\label{fig:vector_symbology}
\end{figure}
-\subsection{Symbology Tab}\label{sec:symbology}
+\subsection{Style Tab}\label{sec:symbology}
\index{vector layers!symbology}
\qg supports a number of symbology renderers to control how
@@ -615,17 +617,19 @@
\qg allows to set a transparency for every vector layer. This can be done with
the slider \\
-\slider{Transparency} inside the \tab{symbology} tab (see
+\slider{Transparency} inside the \tab{Style} tab (see
fig. \ref{subfig:single_symbol}). This is very useful for overlaying several
vector layers.
\subsection{New Generation Symbology}
-Since \qg 1.4.0 a new symbology was integrated in parallel with the symbology
+Since \qg 1.4.0 a new symbology was integrated in parallel with the symbology
described above. This new generation symbology provides a variety of improvements and
new features and will replace the current symbology in one of the upcoming releases.
-To switch to the new symbolgy you currently have to click on the \button{New symbology} button in the \tab{General} tab of the \dialog{Layer Properties} dialog. You can
-also make the New symobolgy the default, activating \checkbox{Use new generation symbology for rendering} in the \tab{Rendering \& SVG} tab under the \mainmenuopt{Settings} \arrow \dropmenuopt{Options} menu.
+\qg 1.7.0 uses the new symbolgy as efault. To switch back to the old symbology you
+have to click on the \button{Old symbology} button in the \tab{General} tab of the
+\dialog{Layer Properties} dialog. You can
+also make the old symobolgy the default, deactivating \checkbox{Use new generation symbology for rendering} in the \tab{Rendering} tab under the \mainmenuopt{Settings} \arrow \dropmenuopt{Options} menu.
\minisec{Understanding the new generation symbology}
@@ -688,7 +692,7 @@
\subsection{Working with the New Generation Symbology}\label{new_generation_sym}
First you have to enable the new generation symbology clicking on the
-\button{New symbology} button in the \tab{Symbology} tab of the
+\button{New symbology} button in the \tab{Style} tab of the
\dialog{Layer Properties} dialog. The new dialog allows to choose one of the
three renderers: single symbol, categorized and graduated. Depending on the
chosen renderer, the symbology tab provides different settings and options, that
@@ -701,7 +705,7 @@
The Single Symbol Renderer is used to render all features of the layer using a
single user-defined symbol. The properties, that can be adjusted in the
-Symbology tab, depend partially on the type of the layer, but all types share
+\tab{Style} tab, depend partially on the type of the layer, but all types share
the following structure. In the top left part of the tab, there is a preview of
the current symbol to be rendered. In the bottom part of the tab, there is a
list of symbols already defined for the current style, prepared to be used via
@@ -730,7 +734,7 @@
The Categorized Renderer is used to render all features from a layer, using a
single user-defined symbol, which color reflects the value of a selected
-feature's attribute. The Symbology tab allows you to select:
+feature's attribute. The \tab{Style} tab allows you to select:
\begin{itemize}[label=--]
\item The attribute (using the Column listbox)
@@ -772,7 +776,7 @@
feature's attribute to a class. Like Categorized Renderer, it allows to define
rotation and size scale from specified columns.
-Analogue to the categorized rendered, the symbology tab allows you to select:
+Analogue to the categorized rendered, the \tab{Style} tab allows you to select:
\begin{itemize}[label=--]
\item The attribute (using the Column listbox)
@@ -790,7 +794,7 @@
\item Pretty Breaks
\end{itemize}
-The listbox in the bottom part of the symbology tab lists the classes together with their ranges,
+The listbox in the bottom part of the \tab{Style} tab lists the classes together with their ranges,
labels and symbols that will be rendered.
The example in figure \ref{fig:gradsymNG} shows the graduated rendering dialog
@@ -835,7 +839,7 @@
the symbol to be rendered. In the top left part of the dialog, you find a preview
of the current symbol as it will be displayed in the map canvas. Below the preview
is the list of symbol layers. To start the symbol properties dialog, click the
-\dropmenuopttwo{mActionOptions}{Properties} button in the \tab{Symbology} tab of the
+\dropmenuopttwo{mActionOptions}{Properties} button in the \tab{Style} tab of the
\dialog{Layer Properties} dialog.
The control panels allow adding or removing layers, changing the position of layers,
@@ -1091,7 +1095,7 @@
numbers for numeric attributes).
\item Classification: Displays a combo box with the values used for
classification, if you have chosen 'unique value' as legend type in the
-symbology tab of the properties dialog.
+\tab{Style} tab of the properties dialog.
\item Range: Allows to set numeric values from a specific range. The edit
widget can be either a slider or a spin box.
\item Unique value: The user can select one of the values already used in the
@@ -1904,7 +1908,7 @@
The \toolbtntwo{mActionRotatePointSymbols}{Rotate Point Symbols} tool
allows to change the rotation of point symbols in the map canvas, if
you have defined a rotation column from the attribute table of the point
-layer in the \tab{Symbology} tab of the \dialog{Layer Properties}.
+layer in the \tab{Style} tab of the \dialog{Layer Properties}.
Otherwise the tool is inactive.
\begin{figure}[ht]
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