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QGIS Quick Start Guide

Author Andrew Cutts
Release Date: 2019/01/01
ISBN: 9781789341157
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Book Description

Step through loading GIS data, creating GIS data, styling GIS and making maps with QGIS following a simple narrative that will allow you to build confidence as you progress.

Key Features

  • Work with GIS data, a step by step guide from creation to making a map
  • Perform geoprocessing tasks and automate them using model builder
  • Explore a range of features in QGIS 3.4, discover the power behind open source desktop GIS

Book Description

QGIS is a user friendly, open source geographic information system (GIS). The popularity of open source GIS and QGIS, in particular, has been growing rapidly over the last few years. This book is designed to help beginners learn about all the tools required to use QGIS 3.4.

This book will provide you with clear, step-by-step instructions to help you apply your GIS knowledge to QGIS. You begin with an overview of QGIS 3.4 and its installation. You will learn how to load existing spatial data and create vector data from scratch. You will then be creating styles and labels for maps. The final two chapters demonstrate the Processing toolbox and include a brief investigation on how to extend QGIS.

Throughout this book, we will be using the GeoPackage format, and we will also discuss how QGIS can support many different types of data.

Finally, you will learn where to get help and how to become engaged with the GIS community.

What you will learn

  • Use existing data to interact with the canvas via zoom/pan/selection
  • Create vector data and a GeoPackage and build a simple project around it
  • Style data, both vector and raster data, using the Layer Styling Panel
  • Design, label, save, and export maps using the data you have created
  • Analyze spatial queries using the Processing toolbox
  • Expand QGIS with the help of plugins, model builder, and the command line

Who this book is for

If you know the basic functions and processes of GIS, and want to learn to use QGIS to analyze geospatial data and create rich mapping applications, then this is the book for you.

Table of Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright and Credits
    1. QGIS Quick Start Guide
  3. Dedication
  4. About Packt
    1. Why subscribe?
    2. Packt.com
  5. Contributors
    1. About the author
    2. About the reviewer
    3. Packt is searching for authors like you
  6. Preface
    1. Who this book is for
    2. What this book covers
    3. To get the most out of this book
      1. Download the example code files
      2. Download the color images
      3. Conventions used
    4. Get in touch
      1. Reviews
  7. Getting Started with QGIS 3
    1. Installing QGIS
      1. Installing on Windows
      2. OSGeo4W installer
        1. Latest release
        2. Advanced installer
        3. Updating via OSGeo4W
      3. Installing on Ubuntu
    2. Using QGIS
      1. Toolbar and panel overview
        1. Panels
        2. Toolbars
        3. Customizing
      2. The main toolbars
    3. Summary
  8. Loading Data
    1. GIS data
      1. Loading data
      2. GeoPackage
    2. Interacting with the data
      1. Identifying data
      2. Data selection
      3. Measuring distance and area
        1. Projections
        2. Saving data
      4. Saving your project
    3. Summary
  9. Creating Data
    1. Creating data
    2. Creating a GeoPackage
    3. Digitizing data
      1. Creating points
      2. Creating line data
      3. Creating polygons
        1. Scratch layers
          1. Saving data to Shapefiles
    4. Raster data
      1. Creating a raster dataset
    5. Summary
  10. Styling Data
    1. Layer Styling Panel
    2. Styling vector data
      1. Styling polygon data
      2. Styling line data – rivers layer
      3. Styling points – Airports layer
        1. A word on data management
    3. Styling raster data
      1. The Raster Toolbar
    4. Saving styles
    5. Summary
  11. Creating Maps
    1. Labeling
      1. Manually moving labels
    2. Making a map in QGIS
    3. Creating an Atlas
    4. Creating a web map
    5. Summary
  12. Spatial Processing
    1. The Processing Toolbox
      1. What regions intersect pipelines?
      2. What buildings and settlements are within 15,000 feet of the pipeline?
      3. What is the distribution landcover types inside the buffered pipeline?
    2. Raster analysis
      1. Converting into vectors
    3. Summary
  13. Expanding QGIS 3
    1. Model builder
    2. Plugins in QGIS
      1. Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin
    3. Using the Python command line
      1. Loading a layer
      2. Inspecting the layer
        1. Scripts
        2. Loading raster data
        3. Buffer script
    4. Summary
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