[Qgis-user] Automatizing map making

[S. Wagenaar]

Hi Pedro,

This article describes how to generate a series of maps, using a batch file:
http://www.qgis.nl/2012/07/28/series-kaarten-genereren/?lang=en

Sake

Op 18-9-2012 1:07, Pedro Camargo schreef:
> Hi,
>      I have been using QGIS for a few months now after almost a decade 
> using Maptitude and TransCAD (from Caliper Corporation).
>      Now that I already know how to get around pretty well with QGIS, 
> I want to use it to production of series of maps (from a few dozens to 
> hundreds at a time).
>      My current problem is to make simple maps with graduated style 
> and fixed classes for several different fields on the database.
>    Looking at the PyQGIS documentation helped a bit, but I got several 
> errors like "NameError: name 'QtGui' is not defined" and for many 
> other names/libraries in the sample code I used, so I'm pretty sure 
> that I have something missing that was not mentioned in the 
> documentation or that I missed.
>    Further, I'm interested in making maps with fields that are not in 
> the database, so I need to make a join too (which is not mentioned 
> anywhere in the documentation I saw).
>     I would imagine that there is a way to open a project, change 
> something (like the fields for the graduate rendenring), update the 
> map composer and save the jpg, but I didn;t see anything like that...
>     Did anybody face a situation like this? Any recomendations?  Any 
> sample code you could share?
> Thanks for the help,
> Pedro
> UC Irvine
> PS - Sorry for posting in two lists, but I really have no idea where 
> to send this e-mail.
>
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