[GIS] How to prevent markers overlaping other markers on map using QGIS 2.2.0

Question

I have points with similar coordinates and displaying them on a map of Latvia they overlapping. How can I display all the points using QGIS 2.2.0 like in Finnish map?

Answer 1

I would approach this through two steps:

• Install the MMQGIS plugin, available via Manage and install plugins..., then use the Gridify option to set the points out uniformly to a grid.

• Set the categorised style of your points to something that would look legible when overlapping. Make sure the larger of the two shapes has no 'fill', so it won't hide the smaller shape.

Here's a rough example. Obviously you'll want to experiment with grid scale and symbols size to best visualise your data.

As some of your points will now share coordinates you would be able to use point displacement, as Joseph suggested, as an alternative if that would suit your needs better.