QGIS | Atlas
> Objective
This section shows how to create an atlas.
This section explains how to use the atlas function.
> Index / Table of Contents
Introduction
Tutorial(s)
QGIS installation
> Summary and Highlights
Introduction
An atlas is a collection of maps and can be created in QGIS. The following tutorials show how to use the atlas function that allows to readily generate multiple maps of different regions with the same format.
Tutorial(s)
Create and export an atlas of municipalities Mariëlle Geers-Plasmans (Geojuffie): “Atlas maken en exporteren met behulp van QGIS” Language(s): Dutch Time: 12min 40s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E63ypFoTgAU
Create an atlas showing the agriculture companies per municipality Erik Meerburg (3D geoinformation research group): “Urbanism GIS Course 17: Atlas generation” Language(s): English Time: 10min 26s Chapters: introduction (start-0:42), overview (0:42-1:34), companies (1:34-4:48), atlas page properties (4:48-10:09), outro (10:09-end) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dInTQNsDosU
Create an atlas of forest areas QGIS Training manual: “14.6. Lesson: Creating Detailed Maps with the Atlas Tool” Language(s): English Chapters: follow along: preparing the print layout, follow along: adding background map, try yourself changing the symbology of the layers, try yourself create a basic map template, follow along: adding more elements to the print layout, follow along: creating an atlas coverage, follow along: setting up the atlas tool, follow along: editing the coverage layer, follow along: printing the maps, in conclusion, what’s next https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/training_manual/forestry/forest_maps.html
Create wetlands map for each county in the state of Hawaii Ujaval Gandhi: “Automating Map Creation with Print Layout Atlas (QGIS3)”/”Maken van kaarten automatiseren met Atlas van afdruklay-out (QGIS3)” Language(s): English, Dutch Chapters: overview of the task, get the data, procedure EN: https://www.qgistutorials.com/en/docs/3/automating_map_creation.html NL: https://www.qgistutorials.com/nl/docs/3/automating_map_creation.html
Create an atlas showing the land cover distribution per subcatchment and add a pie charts to the multiple maps Hans van der Kwast: “Create an Atlas of Subcatchments with Pie Charts showing Land Cover Distribution” Language(s): English Time: 7min 48s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ltch2ZQjo
> QGIS Installation
Do you still need to install QGIS? The QGIS installation and update section explains how to install QGIS on Windows and macOS.
Useful Links
Mariëlle Geers-Plasmans (Geojuffie) YouTube channel
Erik Meerburg (3D geoinformation research group) Youtube channel
Ujaval Gandhi (QGIS Tutorials and Tips website)
Hans van der Kwast YouTube channel
Erik Meerburg (3D geoinformation research group). (2021, July 19). Urbanism GIS Course 17: Atlas generation [Video]. YouTube.