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Quantum GIS Essentials Part 1 Course Outline |
Exercise 1 - Getting Started with QGIS
- Overview of QGIS
- Exploring a map using navigation tools
- Understanding projections
Exercise 2 - Creating a new project from scratch
- About GIS data formats (shapefiles, geodatabases, etc)
- Adding data from different sources to the map
- Controlling layers in the map (renaming and ordering layers)
- Saving map projects
Exercise 3 - Attribute Information & Measurements
- Identifying feature attributes
- Searching for features based on attributes
- Selecting features from the layer attribute table
- Zooming to selected features
- Measuring features
Exercise 4 - Data Capture Techniques
- Initial digitising
- Reshaping a polygon
- Copying from existing layers
- Cutting a hole in a polygon
- Dividing a polygon
Exercise 5 - Symbolising Features
- Symbolising points, lines and polygons
- Symbolising features by category
- Using pre-defined colour schemes
- Altering transparency of a lyer
- Using style files
Exercise 6 - Labelling Features
- Creating labels from the layer properties dialogue
- Altering label properties
- Changing visible scale range
Exercise 7 - Select by Location
- Creating a selection based on spatial location
- Exporting selected features
Exercise 8 - Select by Attributes
- Writing queries based on attributes
- Writing queries searching for multiple criteria
- Difference between AND & OR in queries
- Combining location and attribute queries
Exercise 9 - Editing data
- Simple editing of shapefiles
Exercise 10 - Printing and working with layouts
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