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''{{in progress|—}} This '''Gis sources & palettes''' page aims to collect, list, and describe quickly suitable GIS files available online, but also to provide styles/palettes files to use within our softwares. So:

# if an interesting GIS files is available online, please add its description and download link using the fresh {{tl|Cite GIS}} template

:''{{in progress|—}}Moreover : 1. if suitable GIS files are available online, a description and link toward this GIS file will be provided using the fresh {{tl|Cite GIS}} template 2.# since the Graphic labs developed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps/Conventions|a set of Map Conventions with encouraged colors]], thisthe page will soon be expandedcompleted accordingly..''

== How to use this page ? ==

This '''QGis mapcolor files & GIS sources''' page already has some palettes and GIS sources you can use, while is still in active translation. To use the palettes, simply copy-paste the code into a text document, then save as PALETTENAME'''.qml'''. Then, in QGis and while working on a layer :

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QGis > Layer > Properties > Load a style > [browse, select the .qml file, load] > '''Apply'''

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:''{{in progress|—}}Moreover : 1. if suitable GIS files are available online, a description and link toward this GIS file will be provided using the fresh {{tl|Cite GIS}} template 2. since the Graphic labs developed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps/Conventions|a set of Map Conventions with encouraged colors]], this page will soon be expanded accordingly..''

;Palettes

This '''QGis mapcolor files & GIS sources''' page already has some palettes and GIS sources you can use, while is still in active translation. To use the QGis palettes, simply copy-paste the code into a text document, then save as PALETTENAME'''.qml'''. Then, in QGis and while working on a layer :

QGis > Layer > Properties > Load a style > [browse, select the .qml file, load] > '''Apply'''

It is advised to create a specific '/Mapcolors' folder to store these .qml files.

== Topography/Bathymetry ==