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Setting Up QGIS
These are the recommended settings for QGIS. They are optional. They only need to be set once.
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Project Settings
Settings > Options > General > Project Files
- Prompt for confirmation when a layer is to be removed: untick
- Default project file format: QGS Project
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View Settings
When opening a layer's attribute table, the default behaviour for QGIS is to open it as a separate window. Use the following setting to instead dock attribute tables under the map in the current QGIS window.
Settings > Options > Data Sources > Open attribute table as docked window > tick
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Panels and Toolbars
Right-click on any toolbar to reveal tickboxes for adding and removing panels and toolbars.
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Panels
- Layer Styling
- Layers
- Browser
- Debugging/Development Tools
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Toolbars
- Attributes
- Map Navigation
- Project
- Selection
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Data Sources
Set up your Browser panel to enable access to commonly-used data sources.
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Layer Files
Add the path of your GIS data folder as a Favorite in the QGIS Browser panel for easy access. Learn more here.
Browser > Favorites (right-click) > Add a Directory... > navigate to your GIS data folder (use UNC path only!)
Also add a shortcut to the UNC location on your PC desktop for extra convenience.
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Database Connections
Browser > MSSQL (right-click) > New Connection...
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Basemap
Browser > WMS/WMTS (right-click) > New Connection...
- Name: Vicmap Basemap
- URL: https://base.maps.vic.gov.au/service
- OK
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Font Awesome
Pozi's Font Awesome integration enables administrators to configure icon symbols for their map layers.
- contact Pozi Support to request the download link for
qgis-fontawesome-pro-6.4.0.zip
- download zip file from link
- unzip file to
C:\Pozi\QGIS Assets\Pozi SVGs\
- confirm that the correct folder structure exists - you should see SVG files in this exact location:
C:\Pozi\QGIS Assets\Pozi SVGs\fontawesome-pro-6\regular\
- QGIS > Settings > Options > System > SVG Paths
- remove
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\QGIS\QGIS3\profiles\default\svg\
- remove
C:\OSGeo4W\apps\qgis-ltr\svg\
- add
C:\Pozi\QGIS Assets\Pozi SVGs
- remove