Update: I've helped Gill through some general steps off list. Including dealing with the tiled ascii dtm. I've updated my blog to reflect this: http://scottishsnow.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/how-to-dtms/
Questions still on getting raster/vector data from QGIS into photoshop. Which are beyond my expertise! On 11 September 2013 10:04, Michael Spencer <[email protected]>wrote: > Gill, > > Hopefully my post from a few weeks ago will see you on the right track: > > https://scottishsnow.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/how-to-dtms/ > > I recommend creating your own contours from the ASCII grid, then you get > what you want. Probably best to use the vector (.shp) format of the > district map for your purpose. > > Michael > > Sent while on the move, apologies for typos. > > I wonder if anyone out there can help me with a few tips ? > I am new to Qgis....and finding it very hard to get started ! > > I am an artist and need to get very high resolution map information > for an installation I am doing > I am familiar with photoshop and ideally would like to transfer map > info. to that > I have downloaded several formats from the Ordinance survey open date > of the area I am interested in (NJ) in the UK > and am exploring vector files for the first time-dxf > > Really all I want to do is overlay contour lines on top of district > maps (NJ for the UK) and end up with a very high res version I can print > large > > Even if I could manage to convert the .dxf files to something > photoshop can use, it would be a start > Also, I have managed to import data in somehow (not sure what I did > !) and can see layers but they don't overlay like they do in > photoshop and I can't get a high res Tiff exported as an image-only low res > I am quite good at learning new programs but this one is so difficult for > me > Apologies for the low level query but I am really stuck > > Many thanks in advance > > Gill >
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