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
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