I don’t know if you have noticed that there are fewer and fewer online map resources available at present, but in the process of daily mapping or data processing, it is more or less necessary to use online maps as an aid. QGIS is the leading open source GIS software. , which will naturally be used more often. Here we recommend a plug-in for loading online maps in QGIS. This plug-in can load a rich set of online maps. I hope it will be helpful to you.
Install plugin
Open QGIS, click Plug-ins on the menu bar, select Manage and install plug-ins, as shown in the figure below.
Select Manage and install plugins
In the displayed plug-in dialog box, search for HCMGIS, find the plug-in and click Install plug-in, as shown in the figure below.
Search and install the plugin
Plug-in usage
After installing the plug-in, you can see an additional menu button named HCMGIS on the menu bar. After clicking it, you can see the related menu of the plug-in, as shown in the figure below.
Plug-in display
By placing the mouse on Basemaps, you can see the online image sources supported by the plug-in, as shown in the figure below.
Loadable online image source
Click on the corresponding map to load it into QGIS, as shown in the figure below.
loaded map
In addition to the function of loading online maps, the plug-in also supports various open source data downloads, including Openstreet data, Microsoft's building data Building Footprints and other data.
Support downloaded data
At the same time, the plug-in also supports batch conversion of vector formats, as shown in the figure below.
Format batch conversion
Conclusion
The above is a detailed description of a wide variety of online map plug-ins, which mainly includes functions such as installing plug-ins and using plug-ins.
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