The next two chapters are all about using data in QGIS. In Chapter 3, Creating Data, we will look at how we build and edit GIS data. In this chapter, we will start by loading existing data. QGIS supports many GIS data formats. It makes use of the OGR library for vector data and the GDAL library for raster data. By default, QGIS uses the GeoPackage format. As such, we will make this the default format for this book.
These are the topics that will be covered in this chapter:
- Vector, raster, and other data types
- GeoPackage
- Loading data
- Projections
- Creating and saving a project
