I.

Preparing OV Guide Map

1. Load Shapefile

Click Vector
Click to add shapefile/shp
Click Add

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2. Save / Export as another shapefile (PRJCODE PRJNAME)

Right Click the Layer Parcel

Project
Click Export to Save Feature As.

Click Browse and save to Project Folder with

file name and save as type must be (ESRI
Shapefile), then save
3. Load Google Satellite / OpenStreetMap (create XYZ tile connection)

Right Click XYZ Tiles to Browser

Click New Connection

URL for Satellite and OpenStreetMap etc.

https://www.hatarilabs.com/ih-en/how-to-add-a-google-map-in-qgis-3-tutorial
4. Right-click Shapefile (Layer) -> Properties -> Symbology (Categorized)
4.1 Set Coloring Scheme
4.2 Remove unwanted Symbol

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5. Project -> New Print Layout

5.1 Add Map; Display Frame / Border

5.1.1Set Scale
6. Add Item -> Add Shapes -> Rectangle (Holder for north, legend, scalebar)
7. Add Item -> Add North Arrow
8. Add Item -> Add Scalebar
9. Add Item -> Add Legend
9.1 Uncheck Autoupdate
9.2 Select Items to display in Legend
10. Export as PDF
 4. North Arrow

2. MAP

Label

5. Scale Bar

3. Legend

6. Label

Rectangle
 Uncheck Auto Update

Select to Delete

Print Layout Display for Legend

Delete
Delete
 Save to Project Folder

II. Completion of Common Code

1. Rename all fields to standard fieldnames as shown below.
2. Create new field to copy existing CommCod
2.New Field 1.Toggle editing

3.Delete Field

Standard Field Name

3. Edit Attribute Table
3.1 Update Field using update bar; tempfield = CommCod
3.2 Update Field using update bar; CommCod = blank
3.3 Update Field using update bar; CommCode = e.g.
PrjCd+Ph+Blk+Lot+Q+ChkDig

Expression Dialog
Output Preview for “commcod”
III. Overlaying of Other Maps
1. Add New Connection for WMS Servers
1.1 PhiVolcs

Active Fault
https://app.georisk.gov.ph/arcgis/services/PHIVOLCS/ActiveFault/MapServer/WM
SServer
Liquefaction
https://app.georisk.gov.ph/arcgis/services/PHIVOLCS/Liquefaction/MapServer/WM
SServer
1.2 NHA – http://maps.nha.gov.ph/geoserver/wms

Input URL for Active Fault,

Liquefaction and Maps for NHA
 Drag and Drop to Layers

IV. Thematic Mapping

1. Add Shapefile
2. Add UNITMSTR

Click Vector
Click to add UNITMSTR.DBF
Click Add
3. Link Shp.commcod -> UNITMSTR.COM_CODE

Click Joins

Click to add
 Adding/Joining UNITMSTR to
Project
(commcod to commcod)
Then click ok.
“This operation is known as a Table
Join and is done using
the Join attributes by field value”

Open the Attributes Table to

check
4. Create symbology based on needed information

5. Add Shapefile
6. Add BCS0020
7. Link Shp.commcod -> BCS0020.COM_CODE

Adding/Joining BCS0020 to Project

(commcod to commcod)
Then click ok
“This operation is known as a Table
Join and is done using
the Join attributes by field value”
8. Create symbology based on needed information

9. Add Shapefile
10. Add BCS0030
11. Link Shp.commcod -> BCS0020.COM_CODE
 Click Joins

Click to add

12. Link shp_BCS0020.BIN -> BCS0030.BIN

Adding/Joining BCS0030
(bin to BCS0020_bin)
Then click ok

This operation is known as a Table

Join and is done using
the Join attributes by field value
13. Create symbology based on needed information

To Change Color Ramp

Click to Apply and Ok

Click to Classify
 Account Balance
with Color Ramp according to
Values

V. Digitizing

1. In QGIS, Add Plugin (Digitizing Tools)

2. Create New Polygon SHP file (PRJCD PRJNAME)
Click Browse and save to
desktop/drive D: or
specific project folder
3. Load TIF file map as Raster

Subdivision Plan
As tif file

Then Click Add

4. Set Layer CRS to ” WGS 84 – EPGS: 4326 “

Subdivision Plan as tif file and set the layer crs for project
Subdivision Plan
5. Settings -> Options -> Snapping
5.1 Set tolerance, et al
6. View -> Toolbars -> Digitizing Toolbar

7. View -> Toolbars -> Snapping Toolbar

7.1 Click / Activate Magnet Icon

Magnet Icon
8. Proceed Digitizing; Save frequently

2. Toggle Editing
3.Add a polygon
Editing

1.Click the Polygon to

Start Digitizing

Always Click the toggle

editing to save digitized
map

Subdivision Plan
Digitized into Polygon
 Change the Symbology
Type

8. Using Vector Bender

8.1 For 3.10 version, install vector in Plugin Toolbar
 3. Vector Bender automatically added to
8.2 Load finished shapefile Layer Parcel

1.Click to classify as
edit mode

2. Click to Start to
Vector the Project

8.3 Add anchor points accordingly (use only 2 points)

2. Toggle Editing
3. Add Line Feature to
Start anchor points

1. Click the Vector

Vender Layer
 1. Left Click to add 1st
Anchor Points into
Digitized Map

1. Left Click to add 1st

Anchor Points for
satellite then Right Click
 Check the Translation
Type

1. Left Click to add 2st

Anchor Points into
Digitized Map
 1. Left Click to add 2st
Anchor Points for
satellite then Right Click

8.4 Click Run

1.Check the Translation Type “Next

Step is to Run Vector Bender”

2.Click Run
 DONE !!!!!!

9. Digitizing from CAD

9.1 Using AutoCAD, Save CAD file to DXF Format
9.2 Load DXF in QGIS
9.3 Save DXF file to SHP format
*Note:
Follows steps 5 to 8 after saving to SHP format.