1. Temples in 石門 and 金山 From Data to Maps

2. Get & Explore Taiwan Emap
Layer > Add Raster > TaiwanEMap.mbtiles
Downloaded from
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3. Buddhist Temples in Taiwan Data
Take a look at the XML data
Look at the CSV data that was produced from the XML, what is missing
Add the Buddhist temples CSV to the TaiwanEMap
Add Labels

4. Filter by time
Change Property > Style > Single Symbol to “Rule Based”
Add rules, e.g.:
“Foundation” <= 1950 OR “First_Mentioned” <= gives one icon

5. Temples in Taiwan
(Buddhist, Daoist etc., but not churches)
See:
for how much a temple
costs

6. Temples in 新北市
(Buddhist, Daoist etc., but not churches)

7. Temples in 石門
(Buddhist, Daoist etc., but not churches)
according to 臺灣寺廟網

8. Temples in 金山
(Buddhist, Daoist etc., but not churches)
according to 臺灣寺廟網

9. Gather data
In the field: Temples and shrine coordinates from yesterday’s excursion → make a CSV file
From the web: Ascertain coordinates of temples from 臺灣寺廟網 → make a CSV file
Display on the map, compare, play with color, label, and icon

10. Things to do with a vector layer: E.g. Turn points into a line
Make sure the points in a CSV file are ordered in sequence you want
Use the Points2One plugin to create a vector layer from the points
Change color, labels?
Avoid overlap of lines in Style > Simple Line > Offset

11. Things to do with a raster layer: E.g. Cut out an area
Use the clipper tool on Natural Earth: Raster > Extraction > Clipper
Make sure the layer & project projection is WGS 84 (OTF)
Specify file name (+ “.tif”) & extend
Clip

12. Things to do with a raster layer: E.g. Transform a DEM
GMTED2010 is a multi-resolution global terrain dataset with spatial resolutions of either 30, 15 or 7.5 arc-seconds (i.e. approximately 1 kilometer, 500 meters and 250 meters, respectively).
DEM: Digital Elevation Model
Use “00taiwanGMTED2010.tif” based on 7.5 arc- seconds
Turn the b/w soup into something nice: Style >Band rendering > Singleband Pseudocolor > color > new color ramp > cpt-city > elevation (or whatever)
Add band color levels use 0 for a nice sea level blue and take it from there.
Or try Style >Band rendering > Hillshade
Save styles, especially the ones you have invested time in