QGIS by example : leverage the power of QGIS in real-world applications to become a powerful user in cartography and GIS analysis /

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Author / Creator:Bruy, Alexander, author.
Imprint:Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Community experience distilled
Community experience distilled.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12482012
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Varying Form of Title:Leverage the power of QGIS in real-world applications to become a powerful user in cartography and GIS analysis
Quantum geographic information systems by example
Leverage the power of quantum geographic information systems in real-world applications to become a powerful user in cartography and geographic information systems analysis
Other authors / contributors:Svidzinska, Daria, author.
ISBN:9781782175131
178217513X
178217513X
1782174672
9781782174677
Notes:Includes index.
Online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed July 16, 2015).
Summary:Chapter 4: Publishing the Map Online; Registering for the QGIS Cloud service; The QGIS Cloud plugin; Creating a database; Publishing map; General settings; WMS settings; WFS settings; Viewing your map in QGIS and a browser; Working with a map from a browser; Working with a map in QGIS; Deleting unused maps; Deleting layers with DB Manager; Deleting databases from the QGIS Cloud plugin; Deleting maps from the web interface; Summary; Chapter 5: Answering Questions with Density Analysis; Density analysis and heatmaps; Creating heat maps with the Heatmap plugin
If you are a beginner or an intermediate GIS user, this book is for you. It is ideal for practitioners, data analysts, and application developers who have very little or no familiarity with geospatial data and software.
Other form:Print version: Bruy, Alexander. QGIS by example : leverage the power of QGIS in real-world applications to become a powerful user in cartography and GIS analysis. Birmingham, England ; Mumbai, [India] : Packt Publishing, ©2015 ix, 296 pages Community experience distilled. 9781782174677

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505 0 |a Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Handling Your Data; Installing QGIS; GUI elements and customization; Extending functionality through plugins; Managing plugins; Loading data into QGIS; Loading shapefiles; Loading rasters; Loading data from the Personal GeoDatabase; Importing CSV files; Loading GPS data; Getting OpenStreetMap data; Dealing with projections; Data source projection; Project projection; Loading layers to a spatial database; Summary; Chapter 2: Visualizing and Styling the Data 
505 8 |a Loading layers from the spatial databaseGrouping and reordering layers; Developing your own styles; Developing styles for vector layers; Styling a layer with the Single Symbol renderer; Styling a layer with the Categorized renderer; Styling a layer with the Graduated renderer; Styling a layer with the Rule-based renderer; Styling a layer with the Point displacement renderer; Styling a layer with the Inverted polygons renderer; Styling a layer with the Heatmap renderer; Layer rendering; Developing styles for raster layers; Adding labels; Labeling a point layer; Labeling a line layer 
505 8 |a Labeling a polygon layerAdvanced labeling; Managing styles; Using several styles for the same layer; Adding base maps; The OpenLayers plugin; Adding WMS/WMTS layers; Adding TMS layers; Summary; Chapter 3: Presenting Data on a Print Map; Print composer; The initial setup -- page format and other essentials; Adding and customizing a map; Adding and customizing a legend; Other map items; Scale bar; North arrow; Other items; Working with multiple maps and overviews; Combining several maps within a single print composer; Working with map overviews; Creating atlases; Managing print composers 
505 8 |a Detecting the ""hottest"" regionsLooking for distribution patterns with contour lines; Mapping density with a hexagonal grid; Creating a hexagonal grid; Counting points in grid cells; Removing redundant data; Summary; Chapter 6: Answering Questions with Visibility Analysis; The basics of visibility analysis; Step 1 -- converting a buildings' vector layer to raster; Step 2 -- combining the DEM and buildings layers; Step 3 -- defining observation points; Creating an empty vector layer; Populating a layer with points; Providing points with height values; Step 4 -- creating viewshed coverages 
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