Re: [Qgis-user] map composer: cannot set portrait (extend in map composer)

2013-10-30 Thread Alexandre Neto
Hello Tim, Setting the right extent for you map is very often a interactive process. - Set your main QGIS windows to cover the extent you need. You can do it by using zoom in, zoom out and pan buttons, setting the scale manually in the bottom right corner, or even right-click certain layer and

Re: [Qgis-user] map composer: cannot set portrait

2013-10-29 Thread Tim Michelsen
That said, You need to change your Map item scale in the main properties or it's extent. I was expecting that it gets the extend from the QGIS main window. Obrigado. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org

[Qgis-user] map composer: cannot set portrait

2013-10-29 Thread Lene Fischer
-user@lists.osgeo.org Emne: Re: [Qgis-user] map composer: cannot set portrait That said, You need to change your Map item scale in the main properties or it's extent. I was expecting that it gets the extend from the QGIS main window. Obrigado

Re: [Qgis-user] map composer: cannot set portrait (extend in map composer)

2013-10-29 Thread Tim Michelsen
That said, You need to change your Map item scale in the main properties or it's extent. I was expecting that it gets the extend from the QGIS main window. Let's say use Natural Earth (World data set) and then I zoom to Brazil. Below in the main window, I can then copy the extend. What I

Re: [Qgis-user] map composer: cannot set portrait (extend in map composer)

2013-10-29 Thread Nathan Woodrow
Hey Tim, You can just use the set extents button. http://i.imgur.com/4frb815.png - Nathan On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Tim Michelsen timmichel...@gmx-topmail.dewrote: That said, You need to change your Map item scale in the main properties or it's extent. I was expecting that it

Re: [Qgis-user] map composer: cannot set portrait (extend in map composer)

2013-10-29 Thread Tim Michelsen
You can just use the set extents button. Thanks for the patient answer. It does not work in my case because it assumes that the map that shall be fitted into the item frame covers the whole QGIS main window. But in my case I have a single tif raster file which leaves a white space left and right

Re: [Qgis-user] map composer: cannot set portrait

2013-10-28 Thread Alexandre Neto
Hello Tim, If you are new to Map composing with QGIS, I advice you to take a look into the Print Composer Chapterhttp://www.qgis.org/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/print_composer.htmlof the User Manual http://www.qgis.org/en/docs/user_manual/index.html. That said, You need to change your Map

[Qgis-user] map composer: cannot set portrait

2013-10-27 Thread Tim Michelsen
Hello, using map composer with Ubuntu 13.04. QGIS 2.1 (latest). I change my page to A3-portrait. But after that, I cannot see any change in the map composer window. I would like to compose a map with a more upright dimension. Think of a shape similar to France or Germany. What needs to be

Re: [Qgis-user] map composer: cannot set portrait

2013-10-27 Thread Alexandre Neto
Hello Tim, Are you changing the size and position of your map item? Anyway, I prepared a A3 template for you. On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Tim Michelsen timmichel...@gmx-topmail.de wrote: Hello, using map composer with Ubuntu 13.04. QGIS 2.1 (latest). I change my page to