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Setup
Installing QGIS
Organizing Your Files
Installing and Removing Plugins
Adding a Basemap with QuickMapServices
Overview of the Interface
Getting oriented
Let’s talk about CRS…
Processing Data
Importing Data
GPX Files
Spreadsheet with latitude and longitude data (decimal degrees, dms)
LiDAR Data
Importing Polylines and Polygons
Joining Points Together
Tracing in QGIS
Georeferencing Raster Images
Some Preliminaries
Procedure
Joining External Data
- Importing Data
- Importing Polylines and Polygons
- Joining Points Together
- Tracing in QGIS
- Georeferencing Raster Images
- Joining External Data
Layout and Appearance
Changing Symbols Based on Fields
Coloring
Marker Lines
Adding Labels
Adding Buffers
Analyses
Area Calculations
Topographic Lines ↔ DEM
Topographic Lines to DEM
DEM to Topographic Lines
Least Cost Path
Viewsheds
Cluster Analyses
DBSCAN
K-means
Preparing Maps for Publication
Adding a Map
Adjusting the Zoom and Position of the Map Data
Adding Scale Bar and North Arrow
Scale Bar
North Arrow
Adding a Legend
- Adding a Map
- Adjusting the Zoom and Position of the Map Data
- Adding Scale Bar and North Arrow
- Adding a Legend
Additional Resources
Consider taking a look through these links for more information.