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QGIS 2 Cookbook

By : Mandel, Olaya Ferrero, Anita Graser
Book Image

QGIS 2 Cookbook

By: Mandel, Olaya Ferrero, Anita Graser

Overview of this book

QGIS is a user-friendly, cross-platform desktop geographic information system used to make maps and analyze spatial data. QGIS allows users to understand, question, interpret, and visualize spatial data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps. This book is a collection of simple to advanced techniques that are needed in everyday geospatial work, and shows how to accomplish them with QGIS. You will begin by understanding the different types of data management techniques, as well as how data exploration works. You will then learn how to perform classic vector and raster analysis with QGIS, apart from creating time-based visualizations. Finally, you will learn how to create interactive and visually appealing maps with custom cartography. By the end of this book, you will have all the necessary knowledge to handle spatial data management, exploration, and visualization tasks in QGIS.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
13
Index

Chapter 1. Data Input and Output

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Finding geospatial data on your computer
  • Describing data sources
  • Importing data from text files
  • Importing KML/KMZ files
  • Importing DXF/DWG files
  • Opening a NetCDF file
  • Saving a vector layer
  • Saving a raster layer
  • Reprojecting a layer
  • Batch format conversion
  • Batch reprojection
  • Loading vector layers into SpatiaLite
  • Loading vector layers into PostGIS