AW: [Qgis-user] Two or more maps in the print composer

[MS]

(previous response forgot to CC list)

I may have missed something, but how about exporting an overview map  
to a small image, and then adding the image to the map composer?

Mark

On Feb 17, 2009, at 7:55 PM, Borys Jurgiel <borysiasty at aster.pl> wrote:

> W wtorek 17 luty 2009 roku o godzinie 14:33:13 łaskaw(a) był(a) Pan( 
> i) rzec:
>> @Borys: Either I don't understand how to do it or what I am asking  
>> for
>> is still not possible (as Marco said).
>>
>> I want to have a small overview map of the study area (e.g. the
>> coastline vector map) and in the big map the land cover map (CORINE
>> let's say).
>>
>> I select one map frame in the composer and then activate some layer  
>> in
>> the legend. Then I select the other map frame (in the composer) and I
>> activate some other map in the legend. Both maps (map frames) in the
>> princomposer are updated and show the same map.
>
> Let's assume your big map scale is 1:100 000 and the overview scale
> is 1:1 000 000.
>
> Go to the first tab of the layer properties window and switch the  
> 'Enable scale
> dependent rendering' on.
> For the CORINE layer set scale ranges: min=1 max=500000
> and for the coastline set: min=500000 max=100000000 (or anything  
> very high)
>
> Now if the scale is =< 1:500 000 only the coastline is displayed. If  
> is >= 1:500
> 000, only the CORINE. Of course it works in the map canvas too, so  
> don't be
> surprised that one of the layers disappears from it.
>
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