[Qgis-user] Color table for raster map

[Agustin Lobo]

Seems a good solution by now, thanks. In particular
because the recommended RGB colors are provided by the authors
for that map.
Is there any way of displaying the annotated color table in the legend or
in the canvas for printing?
Agus

Peter Ersts wrote:
> 
> The easies way is to make a text file (classification.txt) and add the 
> color entries by hand. So the contents of the file will look like:
> 
> INTERPOLATION::EXACT
> 11,0,0,255,255,Post-flooding or irrigated croplands (or aquatic)
> 14,0,255,0,255,Rainfed croplands
> 20,255,0,255,Mosaic cropland (50-70%) / vegetation 
> (grassland/shrubland/forest) (20-50%)
> 
> 
> This will set pixels 11 to blue, 14 to green and 20 to red. The format 
> is really basic.
> pixel value, red, green, blue, alpha, label (no commas)
> 
> Then on the colormap tab, you can click the "Load color map from file" 
> button, second one from the top right.
> 
> Eventually it is planned that it will be able to read a variety of 
> different colormap formats.
> 
> -pete
> 
> Agustin Lobo wrote:
>> I've got a landcover map in raster format (a tif file)
>> from GLOBOVER 
>> (http://postel.mediasfrance.org/en/BIOGEOPHYSICAL-PRODUCTS/Land-Cover/)
>> The raster is opened in QGIS as "Single Band Grey"
>> How can I set an arbitrary color table? I can see how
>> to set a ramp, but this is a classified image, in which
>> integer values stand for different types
>> i,e,:
>> 11    Post-flooding or irrigated croplands (or aquatic)
>> 14    Rainfed croplands
>> 20    Mosaic cropland (50-70%) / vegetation 
>> (grassland/shrubland/forest) (20-50%)
>>
>> for which different colors should be set as in "unique value"
>> for vector maps.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Agus
> 
> 

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