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Mastering Geospatial Development with QGIS 3.x

You're reading from   Mastering Geospatial Development with QGIS 3.x An in-depth guide to becoming proficient in spatial data analysis using QGIS 3.4 and 3.6 with Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788999892
Length 466 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Luigi Pirelli Luigi Pirelli
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Richard Smith Jr., GISP Richard Smith Jr., GISP
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Kurt Menke, GISP Kurt Menke, GISP
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Kurt Menke, GISP
Shammunul Islam Shammunul Islam
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Shammunul Islam
John Van Hoesen, GISP John Van Hoesen, GISP
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Simon Miles Simon Miles
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction FREE CHAPTER
2. A Refreshing Look at QGIS 3. Section 2: Getting Started
4. Styling Raster and Vector Data 5. Creating Spatial Databases 6. Preparing Vector Data for Processing 7. Preparing Raster Data for Processing 8. Section 3: Diving Deeper
9. Advanced Data Creation and Editing 10. Advanced Data Visualization 11. Section 4: Becoming a Master
12. The Processing Toolbox 13. Automating Workflows with the Graphical Modeler 14. Creating QGIS Plugins with PyQGIS and Problem Solving 15. PyQGIS Scripting 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Composing maps

With QGIS, you can create maps that can be printed or exported to image and graphic files. Prior to version 3, in order to create maps, you used the Print Composer; this has now changed its name to Layouts. To create a new Layout, click on Project | New Print Layouts. Give the new layout a name, click on OK, and the composer window will open. From this point on, you can access the new layout from Project | Layouts.

The composer presents you with a blank sheet of paper upon which you can craft your map. Along the left-hand side, there are a series of tools on the Composer Items toolbar. The lower portion of the toolbar contains buttons for adding map elements to your map. These include the map body, images, text, a legend, a scale bar, graphic shapes, arrows, attribute tables, and HTML frames. Map elements become graphics on the composition canvas. By selecting a...

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