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Hachure map in QGIS 2.18.10
An experiment at producing a Hachure map, a vintage cartographic style which predates contour lines. Aiming for an 18th century look using 21st century tools and data.
Done in QGIS 2.18.10 using...
- QuickOSM to download the data
- QChainage to get equidistant points round contour lines
- Slope and aspect rasters
- Point sampling tool
- SVG markers rotated according to aspect
- arrow_04.svg (bult-in arrow symbol) gives best results and optical weight IMO, at least when viewed from a distance. I should be less lazy and make my own in Inkscape!
added subtle background (a photo I took of mould-ridden paper, highly transparent but it gives a bit of texture and variety that a white background wouldn't have)
Copperplate Font is Exmouth for that 1750s vibe ;-) It's a bit tricky to read, I know...
Raster source: OS Open Terrain 50 under an OGL licence
Vector source: data copyright OpenStreetMap contributors
Link to same extent in OSM for comparison.
Hachure map in QGIS 2.18.10
An experiment at producing a Hachure map, a vintage cartographic style which predates contour lines. Aiming for an 18th century look using 21st century tools and data.
Done in QGIS 2.18.10 using...
- QuickOSM to download the data
- QChainage to get equidistant points round contour lines
- Slope and aspect rasters
- Point sampling tool
- SVG markers rotated according to aspect
- arrow_04.svg (bult-in arrow symbol) gives best results and optical weight IMO, at least when viewed from a distance. I should be less lazy and make my own in Inkscape!
added subtle background (a photo I took of mould-ridden paper, highly transparent but it gives a bit of texture and variety that a white background wouldn't have)
Copperplate Font is Exmouth for that 1750s vibe ;-) It's a bit tricky to read, I know...
Raster source: OS Open Terrain 50 under an OGL licence
Vector source: data copyright OpenStreetMap contributors
Link to same extent in OSM for comparison.