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QGIS By Example

You're reading from   QGIS By Example Leverage the power of QGIS in real-world applications to become a powerful user in cartography and GIS analysis

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781782174677
Length 316 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Handling Your Data FREE CHAPTER 2. Visualizing and Styling the Data 3. Presenting Data on a Print Map 4. Publishing the Map Online 5. Answering Questions with Density Analysis 6. Answering Questions with Visibility Analysis 7. Answering Questions with Suitability Analysis 8. Automating Analysis with Processing Models 9. Automating Analysis with Processing Scripts 10. Developing a Python Plugin – Select by Radius Index

Chapter 1. Handling Your Data

In this introductory chapter, we will prepare all the necessary tools and data for the visual exploration of spatial phenomena, mapping, and analysis. After getting to know some basics about QGIS as a desktop GIS, you will learn how to install and configure it. Then, we will go through the most common spatial data sources and, in the end, aggregate them into a single spatial database that will be used for styling, mapping, and analysis in the following chapters.

In this chapter, we will go through the following topics:

  • QGIS installation
  • Graphical user interface (GUI), its elements, and its customization
  • Loading various types of spatial data from common sources
  • Projection's basics
  • Assembling data into a single spatial database
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