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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)

What this learning path covers

Module 1, Learning QGIS, Third edition, covers important features that enable us to create great maps. Then, we will cover labeling using examples of labeling point locations as well as creating more advanced road labels with road shield graphics. We will also cover how to tweak labels manually. We will get to know the print composer and how to use it to create printable maps and map books. Finally, we will cover solutions to present your maps on the Web.

Module 2, QGIS Blueprints, will demonstrate visualization and analytical techniques to explore relationships between place and time and between places themselves. You will work with demographic data from a census for election purposes through a timeline controlled animation.

Module 3, QGIS 2 Cookbook, deals with converting data into the formats you need for analysis, including vector to and from raster, transitioning through different types of vectors, and cutting your data to just the important areas. It also shows you how to take QGIS beyond the out-of-the-box features with plugins, customization, and add-on tools.