[Qgis-user] Importing image to Print Composer

[DelazJ]

Hi,
Simon, does the map item "overviews" option (
http://docs.qgis.org/2.8/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/print_composer.html#overviews)
answer your initial need for index?

2015-11-12 16:13 GMT+01:00 Simon Crombie <simoncrombie at onetel.com>:

> I have set up a print page consisting of map, scale bar, legend and I want
> to add an index map showing where my map is located within a regional
> context. I have generated the index map in a different QGIS project.
>
> Firstly is there any way I can put a map from a different project into the
> Print Composer?
>
> So far I have created an image file from the other project then imported
> this image into the Print Composer, but noticed that the resolution is very
> adversely affected when I do this. So secondly, is there a way of improving
> the quality of an image file imported into Print Composer?
>
> If I generate an image file from Print Composer then paste in my index map
> using a graphics programme (Irfanview) the index map quality is far
> superior
> to that when I try and import it into Print Composer.
>
> Grateful for advice.
>
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