One often sees "maps" say of the US where the states are represented by rectangles but are still arranged geographically to aid the reader in identifying them. I would like to construct something similar for precincts in a legislative district.
One might say this is a chart or drawing rather than a map, but I have data about the precincts that fits nicely into layers. So I'd like to use QGIS for this. (I have a shapefile for the precincts but they vary significantly in size and that's not relevant to what I'm doing.)
I can add a polygon layer for the precincts but this would be a layer on top of a basemap. It seems I need either a blank basemap or a way to make a polygon layer into a basemap. Is there some way to do one or the other?
Or is QGIS the wrong tool altogether? -- I've looked at Chart and Draw in Open Office, but they don't seem to fit my needs.
Thanks for any advice.
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One might say this is a chart or drawing rather than a map, but I have data about the precincts that fits nicely into layers. So I'd like to use QGIS for this. (I have a shapefile for the precincts but they vary significantly in size and that's not relevant to what I'm doing.)
I can add a polygon layer for the precincts but this would be a layer on top of a basemap. It seems I need either a blank basemap or a way to make a polygon layer into a basemap. Is there some way to do one or the other?
Or is QGIS the wrong tool altogether? -- I've looked at Chart and Draw in Open Office, but they don't seem to fit my needs.
Thanks for any advice.
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