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QGIS:Becoming a GIS Power User

By : Ben Mearns, Alex Mandel, Alexander Bruy, Anita Graser, Víctor Olaya Ferrero
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QGIS:Becoming a GIS Power User

By: Ben Mearns, Alex Mandel, Alexander Bruy, Anita Graser, Víctor Olaya Ferrero

Overview of this book

The first module Learning QGIS, Third edition covers the installation and configuration of QGIS. You’ll become a master in data creation and editing, and creating great maps. By the end of this module, you’ll be able to extend QGIS with Python, getting in-depth with developing custom tools for the Processing Toolbox. The second module QGIS Blueprints gives you an overview of the application types and the technical aspects along with few examples from the digital humanities. After estimating unknown values using interpolation methods and demonstrating visualization and analytical techniques, the module ends by creating an editable and data-rich map for the discovery of community information. The third module QGIS 2 Cookbook covers data input and output with special instructions for trickier formats. Later, we dive into exploring data, data management, and preprocessing steps to cut your data to just the important areas. At the end of this module, you will dive into the methods for analyzing routes and networks, and learn how to take QGIS beyond the out-of-the-box features with plug-ins, customization, and add-on tools. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: ? Learning QGIS, Third Edition by Anita Graser ? QGIS Blueprints by Ben Mearns ? QGIS 2 Cookbook by Alex Mandel, Víctor Olaya Ferrero, Anita Graser, Alexander Bruy
Table of Contents (6 chapters)

Chapter 12. Up and Coming

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Preparing LiDAR data
  • Opening File Geodatabases with the OpenFileGDB driver
  • Using Geopackages
  • The PostGIS Topology Editor plugin
  • The Topology Checker plugin
  • GRASS Topology tools
  • Hunting for bugs
  • Reporting bugs

Introduction

The software landscape is constantly changing and QGIS is no exception. There are new features added weekly, and a huge, growing library of plugins. This chapter highlights some of the newer features at the time of writing. These are features that we think will be around for some time due to their usefulness. Keep in mind, however, that they are still in development and can easily change at any moment; hopefully, this is for the better. Included in this chapter are the handling of some more recent and additional formats that were not covered earlier, such as LIDAR, File Geodatabases, and Geopackages. Also included are several recipes on topology usage, editing, and fixing. Finally, there are...