> 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 

QGIS Training Manual

QGIS User Guide

GIS OpenCourseWare

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

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