Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

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Posted: 11 May 2015 05:00 PM PDT
Mastering QGIS is designed to bring users who want to go beyond the basics of QGIS to an advanced level of QGIS expertise.  The book provides step-by-step examples covering the areas of database integration, geoprocessing tools, Python scripts, advanced cartography, and custom plugins.    Mastering QGIS is written by Kurt Menke, [...]
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Posted: 11 May 2015 04:44 PM PDT
This section of the free chapter preview of Mastering QGIS looks at working with coordinate systems in QGIS.  Mastering QGIS is designed to bring users who want to go beyond the basics of QGIS to an advanced level of QGIS expertise.  When working with spatial data, it is important that a coordinate reference system (CRS) be assigned [...]
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Posted: 11 May 2015 04:39 PM PDT
This section of the free chapter preview of Mastering QGIS looks at styling vector and raster GIS data in QGIS.  Mastering QGIS is designed to bring users who want to go beyond the basics of QGIS to an advanced level of QGIS expertise.  When you load spatial data layers into QGIS Desktop, they are styled with [...]
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Posted: 11 May 2015 04:31 PM PDT
This section of the free chapter preview of Mastering QGIS looks at using plugins to extend the functionality of QGIS.  Mastering QGIS is designed to bring users who want to go beyond the basics of QGIS to an advanced level of QGIS expertise.  Adding Functionality with Plugins There are so many potential workflows, analysis settings, and [...]
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Posted: 11 May 2015 04:20 PM PDT
This section of the free chapter preview of Mastering QGIS looks at making maps in QGIS.  Mastering QGIS is designed to bring users who want to go beyond the basics of QGIS to an advanced level of QGIS expertise.  With QGIS you can compose maps that can be printed or exported to image and graphics files. To [...]
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Posted: 11 May 2015 04:07 PM PDT
This section of the free chapter preview of Mastering QGIS looks editing in QGIS.  Mastering QGIS is designed to bring users who want to go beyond the basics of QGIS to an advanced level of QGIS expertise.  Vector data layers can be edited within QGIS Desktop. Editing allows you to add, delete and modify features in vector [...]
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Posted: 11 May 2015 04:03 PM PDT
This section of the free chapter preview of Mastering QGIS looks at working with tables in QGIS.  Mastering QGIS is designed to bring users who want to go beyond the basics of QGIS to an advanced level of QGIS expertise.  There are two types of tables you can work with in QGIS, attribute tables, and standalone [...]
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Posted: 11 May 2015 01:57 PM PDT
This section of the free chapter preview of Mastering QGIS covers loading different data types into QGIS desktop.  Mastering QGIS is designed to bring users who want to go beyond the basics of QGIS to an advanced level of QGIS expertise.  Loading data in QGIS One strength, of QGIS is its ability to load a large number [...]
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