What to do Next¶

Congratulations you have finished the first Walkthrough 1.

This is just the start of what uDig can do!

• Try out the North Arrow decorator and change projections in order to see how it works.

  

• There is more great data available in the data directory - have a look !

  This information has been collected by the natural Earth project. Their website contains more detailed downloads and a host of additional data.

  Try downloading the same data at several scales and compare the results.

• Try right-clicking on a Layer - there is plenty to do (especially in the Operations menu).

• Try making use of spatial information from your organisation or government.

• Try out the navigation tools such as Zoom and Pan. The Navigation menu lets you you retrace your steps.

  Changing coordinate reference system is also considered a navigation command.

• Advanced: Use the Style Editor to switch automatically from a raster layer to a web service.

  Switching based on scale allows for performance when zoomed out, while still providing full resolution when zoomed in.

• Advanced: Open the Style Editor and have a look at the Advanced (XML) page and see what you make of it.

• Perhaps you have an idea for the tool you always wanted?

  Developer tutorials including how to make a custom tool and create a custom application are available on the project web site.

• If you are not stuck behind a firewall you can try Adding a Layer from PostGIS.

• Additional features can be installed Install Plugin.