Mastering QGIS.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menke, Kurt.

Contributor:

Smith, Richard.

Pirelli, Luigi.

Van Hoesen, John.

Series:

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If you are a GIS professional, a consultant, a student, or perhaps a fast learner who wants to go beyond the basics of QGIS, then this book is for you. It will prepare you to realize the full potential of QGIS.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: A Refreshing Look at QGIS; QGIS download and installation; Installing QGIS on Windows; Installing QGIS on Mac OS X; Installing QGIS on Ubuntu Linux; Installing QGIS only; Installing QGIS and other FOSSGIS Packages; Tour of QGIS; QGIS Desktop; QGIS Browser; Loading data; Loading vector data; Loading raster data; Loading databases; Web services; Working with coordinate reference systems; Working with tables; Table joins; Editing data; Snapping

Styling vector dataStyling raster data; Contrast enhancement; Blending modes; Composing maps; Adding functionality with plugins; Summary; Chapter 2: Creating Spatial Databases; Fundamental database concepts; Database tables; Table relationships; Structured Query Language; Creating a spatial database; Importing data into a SpatiaLite database; Importing KML into SpatiaLite; Importing a shapefile into SpatiaLite; Importing tables into SpatiaLite; Exporting tables out of SpatiaLite as a shapefile; Managing tables; Creating a new table; Renaming a table; Editing table properties; Deleting a table

Emptying a tableCreating queries and views; Creating a SQL query; Creating a spatial view; Dropping a spatial view; Summary; Chapter 3: Styling Raster and Vector Data; Choosing and managing colors; Always available color picker components; Changeable panels in color picker; Color Ramp; Color wheel; Color swatches; Color sampler; Managing color ramps; Managing the QGIS color ramp collection; Renaming a color ramp; Removing a color ramp; Exporting a color ramp; Importing a color ramp; Adding a color ramp; Editing a color ramp; Styling single band rasters; Paletted raster band rendering

Singleband gray raster band renderingSingleband pseudocolor raster band rendering; Styling multiband rasters; Creating a raster composite; Raster color rendering; Raster resampling; Styling vectors; Single-symbol vector styling; Categorized vector styling; Graduated vector styling; Rule-based vector styling; Point-displacement vector styling; Inverted polygons vector styling; Vector layer rendering; Using diagrams to display thematic data; Parameters common to all diagram types; Diagram size parameters; Diagram position parameters; Adding attributes to diagrams; Creating a pie chart diagram

Creating a text chart diagramCreating a histogram chart diagram; Saving, loading, and setting default styles; Saving a style; Loading a style; Setting and restoring a default style; Summary; Chapter 4: Preparing Vector Data for Processing; Merging shapefiles; Creating spatial indices; Checking for geometry errors; Converting vector geometries; Creating polygon centroids; Converting polygons to lines and lines to polygons; Creating polygons surrounding individual points; Extracting nodes from lines and polygons; Simplifying and densifying features

Converting between multipart and singlepart features

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-78439-006-2