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Learn QGIS - Fourth Edition

By : Andrew Cutts, Anita Graser

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Learn QGIS

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By: Andrew Cutts, Anita Graser

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Overview of this book

QGIS 3.4 is the first LTR (long term release) of QGIS version 3. This is a giant leap forward for the project with tons of new features and impactful changes. Learn QGIS is fully updated for QGIS 3.4, covering its processing engine update, Python 3 de-facto coding environment, and the GeoPackage format. This book will help you get started on your QGIS journey, guiding you to develop your own processing pathway. You will explore the user interface, loading your data, editing, and then creating data. QGIS often surprises new users with its mapping capabilities; you will discover how easily you can style and create your first map. But that’s not all! In the final part of the book, you’ll learn about spatial analysis and the powerful tools in QGIS, and conclude by looking at Python processing options. By the end of the book, you will have become proficient in geospatial analysis using QGIS and Python.

Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

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Where Do I Start?

Installing QGIS 3.4

Running QGIS for the first time

What is new in QGIS 3

Introducing the QGIS user interface

Finding help and reporting issues

Summary

Data Creation and Editing

Data formats

Loading data

Interacting with data

Vector data

Raster data

Other data

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Visualizing Data

Styling data

Styling raster layers

Saving styles

Styling vector layers

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Creating Great Maps

Communicating with data

Labeling

Creating a map

Loading data

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Spatial Analysis

Processing toolbox

Analyzing raster data

Combining raster and vector data

Advanced vector and raster analysis with processing

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Extending QGIS with Python

Adding functionality using actions

Getting to know the Python console

Creating custom geoprocessing scripts using Python

Developing your first plugin

3D view

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Data formats

QGIS supports many GIS data formats. It makes use of the OGR library for vector data and the GDAL library for raster data.

To see the latest list of OGR vector formats, check out http://www.gdal.org/ogr_formats.html, and to see a list of GDAL raster formats, visit http://www.gdal.org/formats_list.html. If you can't find your format on the list, it is probably not supported in QGIS at this time.

Shapefiles are the most common form of vector data today, and QGIS supports this format. Similarly, GeoTIFF are probably the most common form of raster data, and QGIS also supports these. In this book, we will work with and use these formats, as well as the new GeoPackage format.