Repository download: qgis_map_design.zip (302M zipped, 975M unzipped).
To use, unzip the distribution. This will give you a set of directories containing everything you need to work with the book:
qgis_map_design |-- geodata | |-- GRAY_LR_SR_OB | |-- NE1_LR_LC |-- images |-- models |-- projects |-- resources
This book requires QGIS 2.14 LTR---the project files won't work with previous versions. You are still free to work through the recipes to build up your own project file. Some of the recipes can be used with previous versions of QGIS.
Minimium QGIS version for each of the "QGIS Map Design" project files:
age_defined_style.qgs: 2.11.0-Master attribute_tables.qgs: 2.12.0-Lyon bivariate_choropleths.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen choropleth_gdp.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen citylabels.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen color_blending_A.qgs: 2.12.0-Lyon color_blending_B.qgs: 2.12.0-Lyon curved_area_labels.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen custom_svgs.qgs: 2.12.0-Lyon customized_legend.qgs: 2.11.0-Master electionMN.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen global_connections.qgs: 2.12.1-Lyon google_road_labels.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen google_roads.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen gradient_legend.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen graduated_symbol_sizes.qgs: 2.12.3-Lyon graticules.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen handplaced_labels.qgs: 2.12.0-Lyon highlight_area.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen hillshade.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen infographics_japan.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen layout_basics.qgs: 2.12.0-Lyon map_series.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen multiline_labels_japan.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen overview_maps.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen restricted_labeling.qgs: 2.11.0-Master river_lables.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen scalebars.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen shapeburst_fills_A.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen shapeburst_fills_B.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen small_multiples.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen tanaka.qgs: 2.14.0-Essen text_buffers.qgs: 2.12.0-Lyon typecase_and_letter_spacing.qgs: 2.12.0-Lyon working_with_scale.qgs: 2.12.0-Lyon