Learning QGIS 2.0

图书信息

作者	Anita Graser
出版社	Packt Publishing
ISBN	9781783280001
出版时间	2013-09-17
字数	20.3万
分类	进口书,外文原版书,电脑,网络

读书简介

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.

目录

Learning QGIS 2.0

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 – 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

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