[Qgis-user] Output to pdf file doesn't contain vector details

[chris hermansen]

Michael and list,

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 10:00 AM Michael Edward McNeil via QGIS-User <
qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> I'm an almost total novice with regard to GIS in general and QGIS in
> particular. Nonetheless I've been attempting to put together a test map
> (using data I will make use of, in part) utilizing the contour lines for
> the island of Great Britain – obtaining data in that regard from the space
> shuttle's worldwide Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM).
>
> I obtained the data and loaded it into QGIS, no problem. After extracting
> the contours, the lines shown in QGIS are nice and sharp, and vectorize
> properly when zooming in and out. I'm using 100 meters between lines
> (rather than the default 10 m) which means that in some regions of the
> planet, they're not all that dense; nonetheless if you're looking at a
> larger scale view of, say, Wales or Scotland, the contour lines show up at
> that scale as generally pretty dense. The solution, of course, using vector
> graphics is to zoom in, then you can see the full detail.
>
> Anyway, things are fine while still within QGIS (except for the secondary
> issue noted below). However, I wanted to output the vectorized contour
> lines into a file I could input into (e.g.) CorelDRAW to add other layers
> and do the graphical finishing touches on the desired map. I tried svg
> format – got the message about svg handling in QGIS being buggy – and
> indeed the svg output didn't seem to work.
>

Is there any reason you can't do your cartography within QGIS?  Or at
least, make a "simplified" draft map, save as an image or PDF, and then do
whatever "graphical finishing" required in your desktop publishing
application?

I think this would be a more "normal" approach, rather than exporting a
layer by itself, if for no other reason than your geospatial information
will be properly aligned by QGIS in the final product.


-- 
Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com

C'est ma façon de parler.
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