Learning QGIS - Third Edition

This book is great for users, developers, and consultants who know the basic functions and processes of GIS but want to learn to use QGIS to analyze geospatial data and create rich mapping applications. If you want to take advantage of the latest wide range of functionalities that QGIS offers, then this is the book for you.

The latest guide on using QGIS to create great maps and perform geo-processing tasks with ease

About This Book

Learn how to work with various data and create beautiful maps using this easy-to-follow guide
Give a touch of professionalism to your maps both for functionality and look and feel with the help of this practical guide
A progressive hands-on guide that builds on a geo-spatial data and adds more reactive maps by using geometry tools

What You Will Learn

Install QGIS and get familiar with the user interface
Load vector and raster data from files, databases, and web services
Create, visualize, and edit spatial data
Perform geoprocessing tasks and automate them
Create advanced cartographic outputs
Design great print maps
Expand QGIS using Python

In Detail

This book will teach how to get up and running with QGIS and provides the latest information on implementing QGIS in interactive maps. We start off by installing QGIS 5 and then quickly move on to working with spatial data. Next we'll get to grips with analyzing various data to create insightful maps rastor and vector data. After that, we'll start actually creating maps and presenting these maps online. Finally, we end with extending QGIS with Python.