I've downloaded the SVG icon pack from https://www.mapbox.com/maki/
Using the Import from URL has never worked for me, so how do I import these symbols into QGIS?
As far as I can tell I need an .XML defining each symbol.
QGIS – Importing SVG Symbols
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Here are points in the table of contents:
Here's what my SVG that I downloaded from some website looks like to Windows Explorer in my downloads folder:
And what it looks like in IE:
Now double-click your point layer to open the layer properties
- choose the Simple Marker
- then from the 'symbol layer type' drop-down in the upper-right, choose "SVG"
Now choose the little ellipse (browse button) below the SVG Groups panel, and navigate to your SVG you want to use as the symbol:
Now you're SVG is set as the symbol for your points, and you can adjust the size, etc:
And here's the result on the map:
The style manager contains symbol that are more complex than "simple" svg. For instance, you can have an svg whose color can be customized, and a symbol that uses this svg and sets the color to green and the size to 12.
The symbols are saved in a SQLlite DB, while the svg are files on disk.
To access the svg, you would need to declare the library path in Settings ‣ Options ‣ System / svg paths. The SVG are then available for styling under marker / svg marker or using the + icon in the style manager. After choosing one and customizing it, you can click save that will move it to the style manager.
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Another way is to point your SVG adding their path in:
Settings->Options->System->SVG PathIn this way you'll find your SVG symbols as group in QGIS styler (Layer Properties->Style....)