Designing, Building and Using Maps

Gather Layers

Before building your map you need to gather layers of the features above. They are available from the Victorian Government Datamart WebSite.

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1. Log onto the Datamart website and register your email address by selecting the Register As a User menu item.

2. Fill in the required details, click Download at the bottom and Submit

3. Login In to the Site

4. Select the Search button to the left

5. Type the feature you want to locate on the What field box, e.g. roads

6. Click the plus sign beside Where

7. Click on Select an Area Type field

8. Select Local Government area

9. Click Select an Area and locate Indigo

10. Click the to the right arrow

11. Click Zoom To and a map of the Indigo Shire will appear to the right

12. Click on Type and Select Vector

13. Click Submit

14. A list of Layer files appears

15. Click on Next at the bottom of the page to go to the next page

16. To the right hand end of the TR_Roads file description click Select to Order (note you can order more than one file)

17. Click Proceed to Order

18. On the Order Details page Select the Area Type and Area

19. In format select ESRI Shapefile

20. In Projection select MGA 1995 Zone 55

21. Click Apply to All

22. Click Submit at the right hand bottom of the page

23. On the Order Confirmation page click Submit

24. A message will appear saying that your order has been successful

25. Click the Download Order to the left of the Page. If it is ready to download on the Collect Orders page click Download (sometimes you have to wait)

26. Your file will download to your Download file on your computer

27. Repeat the above for other files you want to download.

28. Log Out

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Once you have downloaded your Layer files you need to copy them into a Mapping/Layers folder on your computer

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Install QGIS mapping software on your computer now or start using it.

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