On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:11:14 -0400 Jel Coward <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all > > Briefly - I am new to GIS and to QGIS. Running on ubuntu 10.04 LTS. > > Motivation - to be able to generate and manipulate maps (I work with > Search and Rescue in BC (by work, I mean, I do it for free :) - and > a desire to understand mapping better. > > > I thought I would start with trying to get QGIS to open/display a map > of our local area. > > I went here > > http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/option/select.do?id=5460AA9D-54CD-8349-C95E-1A4D03172FDF&datasets=092j07 > > <http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/option/select.do?id=5460AA9D-54CD-8349-C95E-1A4D03172FDF&datasets=092j07> > > and downloaded the ESRI shape file - which turns out to be a zip file > of a bunch of files. > > I opened QGIS to a blank project and tried opening all the files via > 'add vector layer' > > I got a list of layers, all checked, on the left and something that > might be a map on the right :-) Indeed I think I recognise some > shapes/patterns, but there are no labels for places, and nothing > really resembling a usable map. > > > ........now I know that this is my lack of understanding and not a > qgis failing. Can anyone help get me kick-started a little here > please? (or just get me kicked if that fees better :) > > > Many thanks all - and many thanks to the devels and community for > producing this great open-source product. > > Cheers > > Jel Coward > In the left column, Right click a layer name, select properties, choose Labels on the 'page' bar then Display labels and OK Also in the map pane rotate the mouse wheel to zoom in/out. now explore all the menus/toolbars mick (another newbie to QGIS) _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
