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Line 40: :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. == Files types == * Shapefiles : are a data exchange format created by [[ESRI]] and one of the most widely used [[GIS]]/geodata formats. One "shapefile" usually include four different files : '''.shp, .shx, .dbf, .prj'''. First three files must all be present in order to use the data. Each shapefile can hold only one geometry type. The projection information contained in the .prj file is critical in order to understand the data contained in the .shp file correctly. Because shapefiles are widely used they can be combined with other geodata and used inside GIS (Geographic Information Systems), such as the open source [[QGIS]] application. == Topography/Bathymetry ==

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