[Qgis-user] How to create a hiking map with Qgis and OSM

[Christian Yrrman]

Hi Axel,


this relates only vaguely to your question:

1. If it's only for adding gpx to topographic maps, you could use
opentopomap?
https://opentopomap.org/

2. in QGIS, add the QuickMapServices plugin and under "Settings" choose
"More Services". This will add a lot more web services, for example Bergfex
also with topographic look&feel.

This doesn't answer your question, but perhaps it's not completely useless.


Best

Chris



On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 12:43 PM Bernd Vogelgesang <bernd.vogelgesang at gmx.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
> Am 08.04.20 um 09:49 schrieb APM:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
> I like to create a hiking map with Qgis and ask you for some help.
>
> My system is a small laptop with Debian stable and Qgis 3.12.1.
>
>
> As a base I to use the WMS server https://ows.terrestris.de/osm/service
>
> I like to use OSM to avoid trouble due to legal things.
>
>
> I added a vector layer with WGS84 / UTM 32N and a gps vector layer.
>
> The related gpx file is loaded with the plugin gps tool.
>
>
> Is it possible, that you use a very old tutorial? For ages it is not
> necessary any more to use the GPS tool plugin to load GPX files, you just
> can drag and drop them into the project.
>
>
> My first question is how to setup a scale 1:10.000?
>
> Maybe it‘s possible to print a map with fixed scale?
>
>
> Did you already find the Print Layout? When you draw a map frame there,
> you are of course able to set a scale of your choice in the properties.
>
>
>
>
> Further the printed .pdf has very small letters, which are not readable.
>
> Can I enlarge the letters or is it given by the WMS server?
>
>
> WMS tiles are normally rendered to serve for screen display. Thats why
> they rarely fit for printing in respect of letters and symbology.
>
>
>
>
> Generally I like to ask if I have to render a map if I would use a vector
> layer based on a OSM .pbf file in every case.
> Is there a simple tool for linux to do the rendering?
>
>
> I found only older tools or a very comlex solution with a comlete server.
>
>
> Rendering own maps like WMS-servers do is quite "rocket science". Never
> tried it.
>
> And adjusting QGIS styles to mimic that is also hard work.
> Furthermore, for a hiking map, you would like to have hillshade and maybe
> contour lines added as well.
> Beware of too old informations in the web. Articles older than let's say 2
> years will be most probably outdated.
>
> And my feeling is, that support and integration of OSM-data in QGIS got
> worse in the last years (missing plugins, lot of confusion)
>
> But as I am not expert in this field, someone with more knowledge should
> chime in here.
>
> Cheers,
> Bernd
>
>
> Thank you very much for your kindly help!
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> Axel
>
>
>
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