Luckily the symbols I am interested in are point features. I just have to learn more about how to use inkscape. It would be nice if there was a way to create custom line styles by using a simple language like "1.5mm line 0.75mm gap" -Bob
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > Inkscape works fine for importing that pdf (And almost any pdf assuming > it not a rasterized pdf) At most you'll need to select and group several > pieces into a single object and save it. > > Most of these symbols are actually either very specific in size or are > line and fill types. Converting to SVG will only help with point > symbols. In the case of the symbols that are specific in size a png or > other non scalable graphic might be better to match the rules, SVG > should also work you'll just have always double check that you've got it > scaled correctly. > > I know we were working on allowing user created lines and fills but I'm > not sure how far we've come and know you'll need at least version 1.4 to > start accessing that ability. > > Thanks, > Alex > > On 02/26/2010 04:34 PM, Mike Toews wrote: >> Hi Bob, >> >> Sure is possible. First, you need to make the icon into an SVG file. >> If you have Adobe Illustrator, you can open the PDF you provided a >> link to, isolate or copy the graphic and save it as SVG. Inkscape is >> another good (free) tool, but it cannot open PDFs, so you will need to >> trace the graphic. >> >> Once it is an SVG, just place the file into the QGIS svg directory >> somewhere (e.g., C:\OSGeo4W\apps\qgis-unstable\svg), and it will be >> available as a point symbol next time you open QGIS. The symbol size >> can be based on a numeric attribute of the layer by setting Properties >>> Symbology > Drawing by field > Area scale (the location of this >> option depends on which version of QGIS, I'm using 1.4.0). >> >> -Mike >> >> >> On 26 February 2010 10:31, Bob and Deb <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I am interested in mapping landslides using the symbols found here: >>> http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/geolsymstd/fgdc-geolsym-sec17.pdf . >>> >>> Can I do this with qgis? If I can do this in qgis, I would also like >>> to have qgis scale some of these symbols so that they are proportional >>> to the size and direction of the landslide. How do I do that? >>> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> Bob > > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
