[general]
name=02CartoLab - Thematic Map and Layout Studio
version=1.5.3
hasProcessingProvider=yes

category=Vector
tags=cartography,thematic map,choropleth,flow map,origin-destination,od matrix,dorling,monochrome,hatching,black and white,layout,print layout,atlas,map book,bivariate,2.5d,buildings,cartogram,dot-density,hexbin,value-by-alpha,ridge-maps,legend,north arrow,scale bar,graticule,palettes,accessibility,cvd,colorbrewer,export,geophilo

description=Thematic maps and print layouts in one workflow: choropleth, bivariate, flow, Dorling, dot-density and 2.5D maps, then a finished layout with legend, scale, graticule and map-book atlas in one click.
about=02CartoLab takes a layer from raw attributes to a printed map without leaving QGIS. Style it as a choropleth, bivariate or value-by-alpha map, a continuous-area or Dorling cartogram, a flow map from an origin-destination table, dot density, proportional symbols, hexbins, ridge-line relief, black-and-white hatching or 2.5D buildings.
    One click then builds the print layout from a template gallery with legend, scale bar, north arrow, coordinate graticule and credits. The Layout Designer dock refines it, the atlas engine turns it into a multi-page map book, and a colour-vision inspector checks the palette for readers with colour-vision deficiency. 16 Processing tools repeat the same styling in models and batches.
    Manual: https://geophilo.com/zero2cartolab/manual.html

homepage=https://geophilo.com/zero2cartolab/
repository=https://gitlab.com/geophilo1/zero2cartolab
tracker=https://gitlab.com/geophilo1/zero2cartolab/-/issues

author=Geophilo
email=yusuf.eminoglu@deu.edu.tr

icon=icons/icon.png

qgisMinimumVersion=3.28
qgisMaximumVersion=4.99

changelog=
    1.5.3 - Hub listing text rewritten; author Geophilo; university affiliation removed; documentation links use the standard geophilo.com pages (manual.html, guide/); manual HTML no longer ships in the plugin package.
    02CartoLab 1.5.2 - Print layout perfection release. Multi-category legends are progressively capped with exact (+N more) counts to fit any sidebar or card without overflow; embedded centroid and font marker text sub-layers are stripped from legend swatches; linked map layers automatically sync into private legend models even when not added to the project; raster layers are ordered beneath vector layers on map frames; coordinate grid annotations and North Arrows gain crisp halo buffers; Emergency Brief scale bar and North Arrow clear inside-frame grid labels; Fact Sheet and Planning Board compute real study area (km2/ha) and feature count metrics; CRS and Atlas header expressions include clean fallbacks.
    02CartoLab 1.5.0 - Audit release. QGIS 3.28 works again (map sheets, templates, 2.5D shading, bivariate legend export). Fixed: ridge maps read the raster transposed; Fisher-Jenks could class the maximum as lowest; bivariate custom corner colours were swapped; NULL values were dropped or counted as zero; re-running on its own output kept old values; long legends overflowed the sidebar; Style Legend renamed project layers; scale bars and grids attached to the locator inset; Copy to Clipboard always failed; multi-page exports lost pages; Quick Style ran a different break method than chosen; reloading duplicated the dashboard and Designer menus. Colour-blindness simulation is now Machado (2009). Tested on QGIS 3.28, 3.34, 3.44 and 4.2.
    02CartoLab 1.4.0 - Added an Origin-Destination Flow Map (curved, arrowed, direction-separated desire lines from any OD table), a Dorling Circle Cartogram, and monochrome print-safe hatch patterns in Quick Style. Fixed styled Processing outputs losing their symbology when saved to a GeoPackage or Shapefile, and the Bivariate Choropleth output never being styled.
    02CartoLab 1.1.0 - Expanded Print Layout Studio to 10 publication templates and 7 reusable grid compositions; added Grid and QPT Studio, dependency-aware template inspection, dependency-free UTM migration, print preflight, atomic exports, stable layout IDs, atlas and scale corrections, and QGIS 3/4 visual regression coverage.
    02CartoLab 1.0.1 - Fixed Isometric Layer Stacker selection when projects contain duplicate layer names by resolving stable QGIS layer IDs in user-selected order. Replaced the main plugin icon with a new text-free, transparent, full-bleed cartographic studio mark.
    02CartoLab 1.0.0 - Initial release: Unified cartographic studio and print layout automation for QGIS. Includes Publication Layout Template Gallery (Report Figure, Academic Journal, Exhibition Poster, Fact Sheet, Comparative Diptych), Palette & Accessibility Inspector with 5-mode CVD simulation, 14 Processing algorithms, and embedded Print Layout Designer studio dock.

experimental=False
deprecated=False
license=GPL-3.0-or-later