Creating point styles – an example of an airport style

From the sample data, load airport.shp. For context purposes, you can keep the Raster layers we just used if you like, or you can start a new project. I am going to keep them in as layers.

Open the Layer Styling panel. As was the case in the Raster Styling section, any changes you make will be seen in the map as you make them. In order to see the points on our hillshade map from before, set the symbol size to 4 and the color to red. In styling options for the Hillshade layer (SR_50M_alaska_nad), I have set the symbology to Singleband grey. If you are following along, the QGIS should look similar to the following screenshot:

Airports plotted as dots on the Hillshade raster

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