Hi everybody, especially peruvian users: Not exactly a QGIS issue, but this can be useful about the data to work in it:
Yes, our official geographic agency offers public information as private information, and cost is very expensive. But looking here and there, we can download free shape layers to begin with a "respectable" peruvian geographical base: 1. ESCALE <http://sigmed.minedu.gob.pe/descargas/>: topo maps to 1:100,000 scale. 2. INEI: Censo Nacional Agrario 2012 <http://series.inei.gob.pe/cenagro-espacial>. You can get updated administrative limits from SEAs (but you have to dissolve twice to get it). 3. GEOCATMIN <http://geocatmin.ingemmet.gob.pe/geocatmin/>: mining cadastre and related shapes. Best whishes Carlos Cerdán Cajamarca - Perú 2014-08-06 2:59 GMT-05:00 José G Moya Y. <josem...@gmail.com>: > Hi, Josselyn. > > I'm a novice QGIS user, so you'd probably wait for someone more > experienced. > > WFS (VECTOR) layers are cacheable, meaning you can save them with the > "save" option (if you have the translated version it shows as "Guardar"). > > But WMS (TILE) layers and Web layers are not cacheable - you can't save > them, and in some cases you can't even print them. > > If you want to avoid downloading maps once and again, you could use a > third party software to download the tiles. Look for "tile downloader". I > used such approach one year go, but I don't remember the configuration > details. > > > There is also a "work offline" plugin. I haven't tested yet, and I'm away > from my computer, so I can't be very informative --sorry! > > Another solution I use to apply is georeferencing a downloaded map, since > my country offers free scanned maps for noncommercial usage. But, as I read > on the official ign.gob.pe, Peru *sells* the scanned/shp maps -- and they > seem very expensive. > > Saludos desde España > > > > > 2014-08-05 18:25 GMT+02:00 Josselyn Agura <josselynagur...@gmail.com>: > >> Dearest Zoltan - >> >> I am running QGIS 2.4 on a Mac OSX v. 10.9.4. I am able to load Vector >> layers into a project, but whenever I try to load a map - either >> OpenStreetMap, Google Physical, etc - it takes ages to finally load. Is >> there a way I can download specific maps to the program instead of having >> to load them from the internet each time? >> >> Best >> >> Health Mapping in Peru >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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