Index

A

• ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project)
  • reference / Exploring spatiotemporal vector data using Time Manager
• animations
  • creating, Time Manager used / Creating animations using Time Manager, How to do it…
• Atlas
  • used, for creating map series / Creating a map series using Atlas, How to do it…, There's more…
• attribute table
  • cleaning up / Cleaning up the attribute table, How to do it…, There's more…

B

• backtrace creation
  • reference link / See also
• BaseMaps
  • loading, with QuickMapServices plugin / Loading BaseMaps with the QuickMapServices plugin, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • loading, with OpenLayers plugin / Loading BaseMaps with the OpenLayers plugin, How to do it…, How it works…
• batch conversion
  • performing, on set of files / Batch format conversion, How to do it…, There's more…
• batch processing
  • used, for automating multiple route computation / Automating multiple route computation using batch processing, How to do it…
• batch reprojection
  • about / Batch reprojection
  • performing / Batch reprojection, How to do it…
• bugs
  • hunting for / Hunting for bugs, How to do it…
  • backtrace, creating under Linux / Creating a backtrace under Linux
  • debug output, capturing with DebugView / Capturing debug output with DebugView under Windows
  • reporting / Reporting bugs, How to do it…
  • Search page, reference link / How to do it…

C

• Catalog Service for the Web (CSW)
  • about / Getting ready, Searching CSW
  • searching / Searching CSW, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• cell sizes
  • dealing with / There's more…
• Coordinate Reference System (CRS) / How to do it…, Defining custom projections
• custom projections
  • defining / Defining custom projections, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• custom SVG graphics
  • creating / Creating custom SVG graphics, How to do it…, How it works…, See also

D

• dasymetric mapping
  • about / Dasymetric mapping
  • performing / Dasymetric mapping, How to do it…, How it works…
• data
  • importing, from text files / Importing data from text files, How to do it…, How it works…
• data, in PostGIS database
  • points, converting to lines or polygons / Converting points to lines to polygons and back – PostGIS
  • points, converting to lines / Converting points to lines
  • lines, converting to polygons / Converting lines to polygons
  • lines or polygons, converting to points / Converting lines or polygons to points, How it works…
• data, in Spatialite database
  • points, converting to lines or polygons / Converting points to lines to polygons and back – SpatiaLite
  • points, converting to lines / Points to lines
  • lines, converting to polygons / Lines to polygons
• data-defined labels
  • configuring / Configuring data-defined labels, How to do it…
  • moving / Example: moving and rotating a label, How it works…
  • rotating / Example: moving and rotating a label, How it works…
• data sources
  • describing / Describing data sources, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…, See also
• dateline
  • working near / Working near the dateline, How to do it…, How it works…
  • reference link / How it works…
• DateTime strings
  • building / Building DateTime strings, How to do it…, There's more…
• DebugView
  • download link / Capturing debug output with DebugView under Windows
• density heatmaps
  • estimating / Estimating density heatmaps, How it works…
• Digital Elevation Models (DEM) / Introduction
• Dijkstra's algorithm
  • reference link / See also
• DWG files
  • opening / Opening DWG files
• DXF/DWG files
  • importing / Importing DXF/DWG files, How it works…

E

• elevation data
  • preparing / Preparing elevation data, There's more…
• extents
  • setting, mask used / Setting extents with masks, How to do it…
  • analysis to given area, restricting / Restricting analysis to a given area
  • superfluous no-data values, removing / Removing superfluous no-data values
  • masking, with vector mask / Masking using a vector mask
• external tools
  • using / Using external tools
  • GPSBabel / GPSBabel
  • spatialite-gui / spatialite-gui
  • pgAdmin / pgAdmin, How it works…

F

• feature blending modes
  • about / Understanding the feature and layer blending modes, How to do it…
  • layer blending modes, differences / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
• File Geodatabases (GDB)
  • about / Opening File Geodatabases with the OpenFileGDB driver
  • opening, with OpenFileGDB driver / Opening File Geodatabases with the OpenFileGDB driver, How to do it…, There's more…
• Firebug / Getting ready

G

• GDAL
  • using / Using GDAL, How to do it…, There's more…
  • reference link / See also
• GDAL/OGR information pages
  • reference link / See also
• GDAL WMS Cache options
  • reference link / See also
• GenParms
  • reference link / How to do it…
• geographic information system (GIS)
  • about / Introduction
• Geopackages
  • about / Using Geopackages
  • using / Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
  • reference link / See also
• GeoServer
  • managing, from QGIS / Managing GeoServer from QGIS, How to do it…, There's more…
  • remote style, editing / Editing a remote style
  • support, for multiple formats / Support for multiple formats
• Geoserver demo website
  • reference link / How to do it…, There's more…
• Geoserver Explorer plugin
  • reference link / There's more…
• GeoServer web interface
  • reference link / How to do it…
• geospatial data
  • searching, on computer / Finding geospatial data on your computer, How to do it…
• geotagged photos
  • viewing / Viewing geotagged photos, How to do it…, Going a little further, How it works…, There's more…
  • reference / There's more…
• get-pip.py file
  • download link / How to do it…
• GetCapabilities
  • reference link / There's more…
• GetCapabilties
  • reference link / How to do it…
• Google Charts Javascript API
  • reference / How it works...
• graphical modeler
  • used, for automating analysis tasks / Automating analysis tasks using the graphical modeler, How to do it…, How it works…
  • reference link / See also
• Graph Theory / Introduction
• GRASS topology tools
  • about / GRASS Topology tools, How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • reference link / See also
• graticules
  • about / Making pretty graticules in any projection
  • creating / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • advantages / There's more…
  • creating, in printed maps / Making useful graticules in printed maps, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• Ground Control Point (GCP) / How to do it…

H

• hillshade layer
  • calculating / Calculating a hillshade layer, How to do it…, There's more…
  • used, for enhancing map view / Enhancing your map view with a hillshade layer
• hydrology
  • analyzing / Analyzing hydrology, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • workflow / How it works…

I

• Inkscape
  • reference link / Getting ready
• interpolation
  • about / Estimating values based on samples
• Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW) / How it works…

K

• Keyhole Markup Language (KML) format / How to do it…
• KML/KMZ files
  • importing / Importing KML/KMZ files, How to do it…

L

• LANDSAT data
  • reference link / See also
• LASTools binaries
  • reference link / Getting ready
• layer
  • reprojecting / Reprojecting a layer, How to do it…
• layer blending modes
  • about / Understanding the feature and layer blending modes, How to do it…
  • feature blending modes, differences / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
• layer data
  • joining / Joining layer data, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• LiDAR data
  • preparing / Preparing LiDAR data, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• links (edges) / Introduction
• Lizmap
  • reference link / See also

M

• maps
  • reference link / Getting ready
• map series
  • creating, Atlas used / Creating a map series using Atlas, How to do it…, There's more…
• Mapserver demo website
  • reference link / Getting ready, How to do it…
• mask
  • used, for setting extents / Setting extents with masks, How to do it…
• mbtiles usage
  • reference link / See also
• multiple route computation
  • automating, batch processing used / Automating multiple route computation using batch processing, How to do it…
• multispectral layers
  • visualizing / Visualizing multispectral layers, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…

N

• NetCDF Browser plugin
  • about / The NetCDF Browser plugin
• NetCDF file
  • opening / Opening a NetCDF file, There's more…
• network (graph) / Introduction
• network analysis library
  • reference link / See also
• network data
  • obtaining, from OpenStreetMap (OSM) / Getting network data from the OSM, How it works…
• nodes (vertices) / Introduction
• Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • about / Calculating NDVI
  • calculating / Getting ready, How it works…, There's more…
  • bands, extracting / Extracting bands
• null values
  • handling / Handling null values, How to do it…, How it works…
  • null value rendering, controlling / Controlling the rendering of null values
• numeric value distribution
  • exploring, in column / Exploring numeric value distribution in a column, How it works...

O

• OGC
  • reference link / See also
• one-way streets
  • routing, Road graph plugin used / Routing with one-way streets in the Road graph plugin, How to do it…, How it works…
  • reference link / How it works…
• OpenCycleMap.org
  • reference link / How to do it…
• OpenFileGDB driver
  • used, for opening File Geodatabases (GDB) / Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
• OpenGeo Geoserver Demo site
  • reference link / Getting ready
• OpenLayers 3
  • reference link / See also
• OpenLayers plugin
  • BaseMaps, loading with / Loading BaseMaps with the OpenLayers plugin, How to do it…, How it works…
  • about / Getting ready
• OpenStreetMap (OSM)
  • network data, obtaining / Getting network data from the OSM, How to do it…, How it works…
  • data extract, reference link / Getting ready
• OpenStreetMap data tiles
  • reference link / See also
• optimum sites
  • selecting / Selecting optimum sites, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• OSGeo-Live
  • reference link / Getting ready
• osgeo4w
  • reference link / There's more…
• OSGeo account
  • creating, URL / Getting ready
• OSGeo User ID
  • reference link / See also
• osm2po
  • download link / Getting ready

P

• Package Index
  • reference link / How it works…
• pgRouting
  • about / Introduction
  • routing network, creating / Creating a routing network for pgRouting, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, See also
  • reference link / Creating a routing network for pgRouting
  • results, visualizing, in QGIS / Visualizing the pgRouting results in QGIS, How to do it…, How it works…
• pgRouting algorithms
  • reference link / See also
• pgRoutingLayer plugin
  • using / Using the pgRoutingLayer plugin for convenience, How to do it…, How it works…
• photos
  • geotagging / Geotagging photos, How to do it…, How it works…
• pip documentation
  • download link / How to do it…
• plugins
  • adding, with Python dependencies / Adding plugins with Python dependencies, How to do it…, There's more…
• point layer, to route script
  • reference link / Getting ready
• points
  • matching, to nearest line / Matching points to the nearest line, How to do it…
• point sequences
  • routing / Routing point sequences, How it works…, See also
  • reference link / See also
• PostGIS
  • about / Loading vector layers into PostGIS
  • vector data, loading into / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • views, creating in / Creating views in PostGIS, How to do it…, There's more…
  • installation, reference link / Creating a routing network for pgRouting
  • reference link / The PostGIS Topology Editor plugin
• PostGIS topology
  • reference link / See also
• PostGIS Topology Editor plugin
  • about / The PostGIS Topology Editor plugin, How to do it…, How it works…
• print composer method
  • advantages / There's more…
• printed maps
  • graticules, creating / Making useful graticules in printed maps, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• Processing algorithms
  • about / Writing Processing algorithms
  • writing / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…, See also
• Proj4 style projection
  • reference link / There's more…
• Pygraticule
  • reference link / See also
• Python
  • reference link / Getting ready, See also
• Python console
  • using / Using the Python console, How to do it…, How it works…, See also
• Python dependencies
  • used, for adding plugins / Adding plugins with Python dependencies, How to do it…, There's more…

Q

• QGIS
  • user guide, reference link / How to do it…
  • pgRouting results, visualizing / Visualizing the pgRouting results in QGIS, How to do it…, How it works…
  • GeoServer, managing from / Managing GeoServer from QGIS, How to do it…, How it works…
  • reference link / See also, Releasing your plugin, Getting ready
  • about / Introduction
• QGIS API documentation
  • reference link / See also
• QGIS Application project
  • reference link / How to do it…
• QGIS browser
  • using, for locating spatial data / Finding geospatial data on your computer, How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • layers, adding with Layer menu / Adding layers with the Layer menu
  • folder, adding to Favorites / Adding a folder to Favorites
  • nonfile data sources / Nonfile data sources
• QGIS bugtracker
  • reference link / How to do it…, See also
• QGIS GitHub repository
  • reference link / See also
• QGIS network analysis library
  • used, for calculating shortest path / Calculating the shortest paths with the QGIS network analysis library, How to do it…, How it works…, See also
• QGIS plugin manager
  • reference link / See also
• QGIS plugins
  • writing / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • creating, with complex UI elements / Creating plugins with more complex UI elements
  • documenting / Documenting you plugin
  • releasing / Releasing your plugin
• QGIS raster calculator
  • reference link / See also
• QGIS server
  • used, for serving web maps / Serving web maps with the QGIS server, How to do it…, There's more…
  • reference link / Getting ready, See also
• QGIS Web Client
  • reference link / See also
• QgsGraphAnalyzer.dijkstra()
  • reference link / How it works…
• QgsGraphBuilder
  • reference link / How it works…
• QgsLineVectorLayerDirector
  • reference link / How it works…
• QSpatiaLite plugin
  • about / Using the QspatiaLite plugin
  • using / Using the QspatiaLite plugin, How to do it…, How it works…
  • reference link / See also
• QuickMapServices plugin
  • BaseMaps, loading with / Loading BaseMaps with the QuickMapServices plugin, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • about / Getting ready

R

• raster calculator
  • using / Using the raster calculator, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• raster layer
  • saving / Saving a raster layer, How to do it…, How it works…
• raster layers
  • sampling / Sampling a raster layer, How to do it…, How it works…
  • raster-vector data transfer operations / Other raster-vector data transfer operations
  • values, modifying / Modifying and reclassifying values in raster layers, How to do it…, How it works…
  • values, reclassifying / Modifying and reclassifying values in raster layers, How to do it…, How it works…
  • classes of equal amplitude, reclassifying / Reclassifying into classes of equal amplitude
  • classes of equal area, reclassifying / Reclassifying into classes of equal area, See also
  • supervised classification, performing / Performing supervised classification of raster layers, How to do it…, How it works…, See also
• raster overviews (pyramids)
  • creating / Creating raster overviews (pyramids), How to do it…, There's more…
• rasters
  • georeferencing / Georeferencing rasters, How to do it…, There's more…, See also
  • cropping / Cropping rasters, Getting ready, How it works…, There's more…
  • converting, to vectors / Converting rasters to vectors, Getting ready, How it works…, There's more…
• regional statistics
  • calculating / Calculating regional statistics, How to do it…, How it works…
• relations
  • configuring / Configuring relations, How to do it…
• RMSE (Root Mean Square Error / There's more…
• Road graph plugin
  • about / Introduction
  • used, for calculating shortest path / Calculating the shortest paths using the Road graph plugin, How to do it…
  • used, for routing shortest path / Routing with one-way streets in the Road graph plugin, How to do it…, How it works…
• routing network
  • creating / Creating a simple routing network, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • creating, for pgRouting / Creating a routing network for pgRouting, How to do it…
• routing tools
  • Road graph plugin / Introduction
  • pgRouting / Introduction
• Rule-based Rendering
  • using / Using Rule Based Rendering, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…

S

• scale-dependent rendering
  • about / Scale-dependent rendering, How to do it…, There's more…, See also
  • goal / How it works…
  • using / There's more…
• Script Runner plugin
  • reference link / There's more…
• shortest path
  • calculating, Road graph plugin used / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • calculating, QGIS network analysis library used / Calculating the shortest paths with the QGIS network analysis library, How to do it…, How it works…
• slope
  • calculating / Calculating a slope, How to do it…, There's more…, Calculating the slope
  • ratio, used for elevation values / Using a ratio for elevation values
  • algorithms / Other slope algorithms
• SourcePole
  • reference link / Getting ready
• spatial indexes
  • about / Creating spatial indexes, There's more…
  • creating / Creating spatial indexes, Getting ready, How it works…
• Spatialite
  • about / Loading vector layers into SpatiaLite
  • vector layers, loading into / Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…, See also
  • views, creating / Creating views in SpatiaLite, How to do it…, How it works…
• Spatial Reference System (SRS) / Defining custom projections
• spatial SQL functions
  • reference link / See also
• spatiotemporal vector data
  • exploring, Time Manager used / Exploring spatiotemporal vector data using Time Manager, How to do it…
• Sphinx
  • reference link / Documenting you plugin
• Style Layer Descriptors (SLD) / There's more…
• Style menu
  • reference link / Enhancing your map view with a hillshade layer
• styles
  • saving / Saving and loading styles, How to do it…
  • loading / Saving and loading styles, How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • vector symbology / How it works…
  • raster symbology / How it works…
• supervised classification, of raster layers
  • performing / Performing supervised classification of raster layers, How to do it…, How it works…, See also

T

• tables
  • joining, in databases / Joining tables in databases, There's more…
• Tile Index pattern
  • reference link / How to do it…
• Tile Map Service (TMS)
  • about / Getting ready
• time-dependent styles
  • designing / Designing time-dependent styles, How to do it…, How it works…
• Time Manager
  • used, for creating animations / Creating animations using Time Manager, How to do it…
• topographic index
  • calculating / Calculating a topographic index, How to do it…, How it works…
• Topology Checker plugin
  • about / The Topology Checker plugin, How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • rules, reference link / See also
• transparencies
  • about / Handling transparencies
  • handling / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• Triangulated Irregular Networks (TINs) / There's more…

U

• unique values
  • listing, in column / Listing unique values in a column, How to do it…, How it works…
• USGS classic map projections
  • reference link / See also

V

• values, based on samples
  • estimating / Estimating values based on samples, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• vector data
  • loading, into PostGIS / Loading vector layers into PostGIS, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• vector layer
  • saving / Saving a vector layer, How to do it…, How it works…
  • export operation, fine-tuning / Fine-tuning the export operation
  • opening / Opening the layer after creating it
  • loading, into Spatialite / Loading vector layers into SpatiaLite, How to do it…, How it works…, See also
• vector layers
  • georeferencing / Georeferencing vector layers, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
• vectors
  • clipping / Clipping vectors, How to do it…, How it works…
  • extracting / Extracting vectors, How to do it…, How it works…
  • converting, to rasters / Converting vectors to rasters, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• vector topology
  • reference link / See also
• vector types, QGIS
  • points, converting to lines or polygons / Converting points to lines to polygons and back – QGIS, Converting points to lines (or polygons)
  • lines, converting to polygons / Converting lines to polygons
  • polygons, converting to lines / Converting polygons to lines
  • polygons or lines, converting to points / Converting polygons or lines to points
• views
  • creating, in Spatialite / Creating views in SpatiaLite, How to do it…, How it works…
  • creating, in PostGIS / Creating views in PostGIS, How to do it…, There's more…
• virtual rasters (catalogs)
  • building / Building virtual rasters (catalogs), How it works…, There's more…

W

• web clients
  • hooking up / Hooking up web clients, How to do it…, There's more…
• Web Coverage Service (WCS)
  • about / Getting ready, Using WCS
  • using / Using WCS, How to do it…, There's more…
• Web Feature Service, Transactional (WFS-T)
  • about / Getting ready, Using WFS and WFS-T
  • using / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• Web Feature Services (WFS)
  • about / Getting ready, Using WFS and WFS-T
  • using / Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
• web maps
  • serving, with QGIS server / Serving web maps with the QGIS server, How to do it…, There's more…
• Web Map Services (WMS)
  • about / Getting ready, Using WMS and WMS Tiles, How to do it…, There's more…
• Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)
  • about / Getting ready, There's more…
• web services
  • using / Using web services, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
• Well-Known Text (WKT) / How it works…
• Well-Known Text (WKT) format / There's more…
• WMS capabilities
  • reference link / See also
• WMS Tiles
  • using / Using WMS and WMS Tiles, How to do it…, There's more…
• working offline / Working offline, How to do it…, How it works…
• writable-view
  • reference / See also