Great module. Here is my work, it was a very enriching module from the point of view of making maps, there are many important components to consider such as, the author, location, CRS, legend, a brief description of the map: metadata, scale and orientation. In the next photo, I tried to organize the information as best as possible so that the reader can understand the information about the Gibbons in the Che Tao Reserve, the sightings and their groups size. Add a second map showing the distribution of gibbons in Vietnam.
Hello! possibly his map looks like this for two reasons, the first may be that he did not choose the indicated CRS (EPSG 4623 WGS84), and the second he did not specify the interval (0.05 or 0.075). Try to modify it, hope you can. We are here to learn.
Best regards
An easy way of “zooming in” on the map element is to set the “Map Elements” Scale.
There are also icons to at the top of the “Map Item Properties” which allow you to match the Layout extents to the map extents in your main QGIS map window (Set map extent to match main canvas extent)
I also most gave up on this module because my laptop’s system was very slow and kept on “not responding” to my commands. But I am very happy with the outcome of my map and really enjoyed the challenges that come along with producing it.
I have learnt a lot during this course and I hope to be part of others future courses of this nature. Thank you so much all the way from South Africa!
In this module, we were given the opportunity to take everything we’ve been learning throughout the course and create a map that was unique to us. I loved getting the opportunity to create a map the way that I wanted to and could’ve spent a great deal of time perfecting my map. My goal was to create a map that incorporated the gibbon sightings, the density of gibbons found at each data point, and to differentiate between the two surveys that Phuong’s team conducted. I also wanted to include the different types of threats that the team found during their surveys. For the sightings data points, I used the graduated attribute and used “group size” so that the size of my data points would adjust to reflect the density or number of gibbons found at each point. For the different types of threats, I adjusted the settings so that each type of threat would be assigned a unique color. Also, I adjusted the text and line colors to a dark gray instead of black. I personally find black to be to dramatic to use when making maps and prefer the softer look of the dark gray.
I have added two pictures. One of my “print layout” and the other of my actual map. I am not sure why my data points look blown up on the print layout but you can see how they should’ve looked based on the actual map.
