Learning QGIS 2.0 : use QGIS to create great maps and perform all the geoprocessing tasks you need / Anita Graser ; graphics, Ronak Dhruv.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graser, Anita.

Contributor:

Dhruv, Ronak.

Series:

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographic information systems.

Geospatial data.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (110 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Graser Anita: Anita Graser is a spatial data scientist, open source GIS advocate, and author with a background in geographic information science. She is currently working with the Center for Mobility Systems at the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna and teaching QGIS classes at UNIGIS Salzburg. She serves on the QGIS project steering committee. and has published several books about QGIS. Furthermore, she develops tools, such as the Time Manager plugin for QGIS. You can follow her on Twitter @underdarkGIS.

Summary:

A short book with a lot of hands-on examples to help you learn in a practical way.This book is great for users, developers, and consultants who know the basic functions and processes of a GIS but want to know how to use QGIS to achieve the results they are used to a full-fledged GIS.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Getting Started with QGIS

Installing QGIS

Installing on Windows

Installing on Ubuntu

Running QGIS for the first time

Introducing the QGIS user interface

Summary

Chapter 2: Viewing Spatial Data

Loading vector data from files

Dealing with coordinate reference systems

Loading raster files

Georeferencing raster maps

Loading data from databases

Loading data from web services

Styling raster layers

Styling vector layers

Creating point styles (an example of an airport style)

Creating line styles (an example of river or road styles)

Creating polygon styles (an example of a landmass style)

Loading background maps

Chapter 3: Data Creation and Editing

Creating new vector layers

Working with feature selection tools

Editing vector geometries

Using the measuring tools

Editing attributes

Reprojecting and converting vector and raster data

Joining tabular data

Chapter 4: Spatial Analysis

Clipping rasters

Analyzing elevation / terrain data

Raster calculator

Converting between rasters and vectors

Accessing raster and vector layer statistics

Creating a heatmap from points

Vector geoprocessing with Processing

Identifying features in the proximity of others

Raster sampling at point locations

Mapping density with hexagonal grids

Calculating area shares within a region

Automated geoprocessing with the graphical modeler

Chapter 5: Creating Great Maps

Advanced vector styling

Creating a graduated style with size-scaling

Using categorized styles

Creating a rule-based style for road layers

Labeling

Designing print maps

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 30, 2013).

ISBN:

9781783280001

178328000X

OCLC:

861536174