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I have a shapefile polygon that shows the extent of a state. I need to highlight only the boundary of the state. Can I do that in QGIS?






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    yes, of course qgis can do that. What have you tried so far? what went wrong?

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I have a shapefile polygon that shows the extent of a state. I need to highlight only the boundary of the state. Can I do that in QGIS?






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  • 1





    Your question is unclear, could you add a screenshot?

    – BERA
    18 hours ago






  • 4





    yes, of course qgis can do that. What have you tried so far? what went wrong?

    – Ian Turton♦
    18 hours ago














  • 1





    Your question is unclear, could you add a screenshot?

    – BERA
    18 hours ago






  • 4





    yes, of course qgis can do that. What have you tried so far? what went wrong?

    – Ian Turton♦
    18 hours ago








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Your question is unclear, could you add a screenshot?

– BERA
18 hours ago





Your question is unclear, could you add a screenshot?

– BERA
18 hours ago




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yes, of course qgis can do that. What have you tried so far? what went wrong?

– Ian Turton♦
18 hours ago





yes, of course qgis can do that. What have you tried so far? what went wrong?

– Ian Turton♦
18 hours ago










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Visual option:




  • right-click the layer, choose properties

  • choose the tab symbology

  • set the fill style to none


Your polygon is now transparent but for the edges.




Data-level option




  • go to vector -> geometry tools -> polygons to lines and run the algorithm on your polygon


Your polygon is now a line-ring.






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    I think there is no need to convert the polygon into a polyline, a simple polygon with none fill and some outline style will probably be enough. Of course, it depends on further processing.

    – Taras
    18 hours ago








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    I think so too, but some people like grand solutions to minor issues.

    – Erik
    18 hours ago











  • Hahahah..that is so true!

    – Taras
    18 hours ago



















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For display purposes, you can always set the boundary to be a color and the fill style to be none.



If you'd like to change the underlying data from polygon to line, there's a tool to do this. In ArcGIS the tool to complete this is Feature to Line. Using that tool name as a search on this site, I found a similar question: QGIS equivalent to "Features to Line" ArcGIS tool which has good screenprints in the answer (use Vector | Geometry Tools | Polygons to lines to convert the polygon shapefile to a line).






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  • Smiller posted like half a minute after I did, and his answer if written more conclusive @Taras.

    – Erik
    17 hours ago






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    The answers were posted simultaneously, and since I'm not a QGIS user I included my sources. Personally I find it helpful to know how an answer was derived.

    – smiller
    17 hours ago











  • No problem! (I mostly haunt the QGIS threads to learn the similarities and differences in the programs for my own use.)

    – smiller
    17 hours ago











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Visual option:




  • right-click the layer, choose properties

  • choose the tab symbology

  • set the fill style to none


Your polygon is now transparent but for the edges.




Data-level option




  • go to vector -> geometry tools -> polygons to lines and run the algorithm on your polygon


Your polygon is now a line-ring.






share|improve this answer





















  • 2





    I think there is no need to convert the polygon into a polyline, a simple polygon with none fill and some outline style will probably be enough. Of course, it depends on further processing.

    – Taras
    18 hours ago








  • 2





    I think so too, but some people like grand solutions to minor issues.

    – Erik
    18 hours ago











  • Hahahah..that is so true!

    – Taras
    18 hours ago
















5














Visual option:




  • right-click the layer, choose properties

  • choose the tab symbology

  • set the fill style to none


Your polygon is now transparent but for the edges.




Data-level option




  • go to vector -> geometry tools -> polygons to lines and run the algorithm on your polygon


Your polygon is now a line-ring.






share|improve this answer





















  • 2





    I think there is no need to convert the polygon into a polyline, a simple polygon with none fill and some outline style will probably be enough. Of course, it depends on further processing.

    – Taras
    18 hours ago








  • 2





    I think so too, but some people like grand solutions to minor issues.

    – Erik
    18 hours ago











  • Hahahah..that is so true!

    – Taras
    18 hours ago














5












5








5







Visual option:




  • right-click the layer, choose properties

  • choose the tab symbology

  • set the fill style to none


Your polygon is now transparent but for the edges.




Data-level option




  • go to vector -> geometry tools -> polygons to lines and run the algorithm on your polygon


Your polygon is now a line-ring.






share|improve this answer















Visual option:




  • right-click the layer, choose properties

  • choose the tab symbology

  • set the fill style to none


Your polygon is now transparent but for the edges.




Data-level option




  • go to vector -> geometry tools -> polygons to lines and run the algorithm on your polygon


Your polygon is now a line-ring.







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  • 2





    I think there is no need to convert the polygon into a polyline, a simple polygon with none fill and some outline style will probably be enough. Of course, it depends on further processing.

    – Taras
    18 hours ago








  • 2





    I think so too, but some people like grand solutions to minor issues.

    – Erik
    18 hours ago











  • Hahahah..that is so true!

    – Taras
    18 hours ago














  • 2





    I think there is no need to convert the polygon into a polyline, a simple polygon with none fill and some outline style will probably be enough. Of course, it depends on further processing.

    – Taras
    18 hours ago








  • 2





    I think so too, but some people like grand solutions to minor issues.

    – Erik
    18 hours ago











  • Hahahah..that is so true!

    – Taras
    18 hours ago








2




2





I think there is no need to convert the polygon into a polyline, a simple polygon with none fill and some outline style will probably be enough. Of course, it depends on further processing.

– Taras
18 hours ago







I think there is no need to convert the polygon into a polyline, a simple polygon with none fill and some outline style will probably be enough. Of course, it depends on further processing.

– Taras
18 hours ago






2




2





I think so too, but some people like grand solutions to minor issues.

– Erik
18 hours ago





I think so too, but some people like grand solutions to minor issues.

– Erik
18 hours ago













Hahahah..that is so true!

– Taras
18 hours ago





Hahahah..that is so true!

– Taras
18 hours ago













2














For display purposes, you can always set the boundary to be a color and the fill style to be none.



If you'd like to change the underlying data from polygon to line, there's a tool to do this. In ArcGIS the tool to complete this is Feature to Line. Using that tool name as a search on this site, I found a similar question: QGIS equivalent to "Features to Line" ArcGIS tool which has good screenprints in the answer (use Vector | Geometry Tools | Polygons to lines to convert the polygon shapefile to a line).






share|improve this answer
























  • Smiller posted like half a minute after I did, and his answer if written more conclusive @Taras.

    – Erik
    17 hours ago






  • 1





    The answers were posted simultaneously, and since I'm not a QGIS user I included my sources. Personally I find it helpful to know how an answer was derived.

    – smiller
    17 hours ago











  • No problem! (I mostly haunt the QGIS threads to learn the similarities and differences in the programs for my own use.)

    – smiller
    17 hours ago
















2














For display purposes, you can always set the boundary to be a color and the fill style to be none.



If you'd like to change the underlying data from polygon to line, there's a tool to do this. In ArcGIS the tool to complete this is Feature to Line. Using that tool name as a search on this site, I found a similar question: QGIS equivalent to "Features to Line" ArcGIS tool which has good screenprints in the answer (use Vector | Geometry Tools | Polygons to lines to convert the polygon shapefile to a line).






share|improve this answer
























  • Smiller posted like half a minute after I did, and his answer if written more conclusive @Taras.

    – Erik
    17 hours ago






  • 1





    The answers were posted simultaneously, and since I'm not a QGIS user I included my sources. Personally I find it helpful to know how an answer was derived.

    – smiller
    17 hours ago











  • No problem! (I mostly haunt the QGIS threads to learn the similarities and differences in the programs for my own use.)

    – smiller
    17 hours ago














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For display purposes, you can always set the boundary to be a color and the fill style to be none.



If you'd like to change the underlying data from polygon to line, there's a tool to do this. In ArcGIS the tool to complete this is Feature to Line. Using that tool name as a search on this site, I found a similar question: QGIS equivalent to "Features to Line" ArcGIS tool which has good screenprints in the answer (use Vector | Geometry Tools | Polygons to lines to convert the polygon shapefile to a line).






share|improve this answer













For display purposes, you can always set the boundary to be a color and the fill style to be none.



If you'd like to change the underlying data from polygon to line, there's a tool to do this. In ArcGIS the tool to complete this is Feature to Line. Using that tool name as a search on this site, I found a similar question: QGIS equivalent to "Features to Line" ArcGIS tool which has good screenprints in the answer (use Vector | Geometry Tools | Polygons to lines to convert the polygon shapefile to a line).







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  • Smiller posted like half a minute after I did, and his answer if written more conclusive @Taras.

    – Erik
    17 hours ago






  • 1





    The answers were posted simultaneously, and since I'm not a QGIS user I included my sources. Personally I find it helpful to know how an answer was derived.

    – smiller
    17 hours ago











  • No problem! (I mostly haunt the QGIS threads to learn the similarities and differences in the programs for my own use.)

    – smiller
    17 hours ago



















  • Smiller posted like half a minute after I did, and his answer if written more conclusive @Taras.

    – Erik
    17 hours ago






  • 1





    The answers were posted simultaneously, and since I'm not a QGIS user I included my sources. Personally I find it helpful to know how an answer was derived.

    – smiller
    17 hours ago











  • No problem! (I mostly haunt the QGIS threads to learn the similarities and differences in the programs for my own use.)

    – smiller
    17 hours ago

















Smiller posted like half a minute after I did, and his answer if written more conclusive @Taras.

– Erik
17 hours ago





Smiller posted like half a minute after I did, and his answer if written more conclusive @Taras.

– Erik
17 hours ago




1




1





The answers were posted simultaneously, and since I'm not a QGIS user I included my sources. Personally I find it helpful to know how an answer was derived.

– smiller
17 hours ago





The answers were posted simultaneously, and since I'm not a QGIS user I included my sources. Personally I find it helpful to know how an answer was derived.

– smiller
17 hours ago













No problem! (I mostly haunt the QGIS threads to learn the similarities and differences in the programs for my own use.)

– smiller
17 hours ago





No problem! (I mostly haunt the QGIS threads to learn the similarities and differences in the programs for my own use.)

– smiller
17 hours ago










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