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Table of Contents
Learning QGIS 2.0
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
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
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 ā an example of an airport style
Creating line styles ā an example of river or road styles
Creating polygon styles ā an example of a landmass style
Loading background maps
Summary
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
Summary
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
Summary
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
Summary
Index
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First published: September 2013
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Anita Graser studied at FH Wr. Neustadt, Austria, where she graduated with a Masterās degree in Geomatics in 2010. During her studies, she acquired hands-on experience in the fields of geomarketing and transportation research. Since 2007, Anita has been working as a geographic information systems (GIS) expert with the Dynamic Transportation Systems group at the Austrian Institute of Technology, where she focuses on analyzing and visualizing spatio-temporal data and research project management. Anita is an OSGeo Charter member and QGIS team member. She has been working with GIS since 2005, and is writing a popular blog on open source GIS at anitagraser.com.
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Werner Macho completed his Masterās degree at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria. There he spent a long period of time as a scientist working on a range of topics. Currently, he is completing his second Masterās degree in GIS Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria, while working at linfiniti.com in Swellendam, South Africa. Werner has been working with QGIS since 2007, when he searched for an open source GIS tool to aid in his w...
