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THE LAND
6. USE MAPS
Map layers preparation
• Once consensus on a final land use
plan has been reached, maps need to
be designed. For the PLUP agreement,
mapping of the final Land Use plan
is needed, and for the village monograph,
mapping of both the current
land use and the final land use plan
are needed.
• The steps for mapping are given
below.
• If necessary unselect the other layers.
In the example below the layer
Contour_Lines is hidden.
• To change the colour of a land use type,
click on the Land use type , in Fill Options,
select the colour dedicated to
the land use type , In Outline options,
select None . Once each the land use
type is associated with the correct colours,
click on tab Apply / OK .
Show the layers necessary
for the map
• The map needs to include: roads, rivers,
and streams, boundaries, and
GPS points. Colours of these layers,
and their relative positions need to
be set-up.
• The example shows the Houaythong
map in QGIS before export to the image
map
Add the colours for each
land use type
• Left click on the layer final land use
plan , and then Properties/Symbology
. In the Legend type, select
Unique value , and in Classification
field, select the Land_use_type attribute
. Then Classify . Each land use
will be automatically associated with
colours (see below). However to be
consistent, a specific colour should
be associated with each land use.
Add the boundary and
select the colour
• Click on Add vector Layer / Browse
, find the shapefiles of the boundary.
Then Open and Open again.