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QGIS 2 Cookbook

QGIS 2 Cookbook

By : Mandel, Olaya Ferrero, Anita Graser
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QGIS 2 Cookbook

QGIS 2 Cookbook

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By: Mandel, Olaya Ferrero, Anita Graser

Overview of this book

QGIS is a user-friendly, cross-platform desktop geographic information system used to make maps and analyze spatial data. QGIS allows users to understand, question, interpret, and visualize spatial data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps. This book is a collection of simple to advanced techniques that are needed in everyday geospatial work, and shows how to accomplish them with QGIS. You will begin by understanding the different types of data management techniques, as well as how data exploration works. You will then learn how to perform classic vector and raster analysis with QGIS, apart from creating time-based visualizations. Finally, you will learn how to create interactive and visually appealing maps with custom cartography. By the end of this book, you will have all the necessary knowledge to handle spatial data management, exploration, and visualization tasks in QGIS.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Free Chapter
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1. Data Input and Output
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1. Data Input and Output
Introduction
Finding geospatial data on your computer
Describing data sources
Importing data from text files
Importing KML/KMZ files
Importing DXF/DWG files
Opening a NetCDF file
Saving a vector layer
Saving a raster layer
Reprojecting a layer
Batch format conversion
Batch reprojection
Loading vector layers into SpatiaLite
Loading vector layers into PostGIS
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2. Data Management
2. Data Management
Introduction
Joining layer data
Cleaning up the attribute table
Configuring relations
Joining tables in databases
Creating views in SpatiaLite
Creating views in PostGIS
Creating spatial indexes
Georeferencing rasters
Georeferencing vector layers
Creating raster overviews (pyramids)
Building virtual rasters (catalogs)
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3. Common Data Preprocessing Steps
3. Common Data Preprocessing Steps
Introduction
Converting points to lines to polygons and back – QGIS
Converting points to lines to polygons and back – SpatiaLite
Converting points to lines to polygons and back – PostGIS
Cropping rasters
Clipping vectors
Extracting vectors
Converting rasters to vectors
Converting vectors to rasters
Building DateTime strings
Geotagging photos
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4. Data Exploration
4. Data Exploration
Introduction
Listing unique values in a column
Exploring numeric value distribution in a column
Exploring spatiotemporal vector data using Time Manager
Creating animations using Time Manager
Designing time-dependent styles
Loading BaseMaps with the QuickMapServices plugin
Loading BaseMaps with the OpenLayers plugin
Viewing geotagged photos
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5. Classic Vector Analysis
5. Classic Vector Analysis
Introduction
Selecting optimum sites
Dasymetric mapping
Calculating regional statistics
Estimating density heatmaps
Estimating values based on samples
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6. Network Analysis
6. Network Analysis
Introduction
Creating a simple routing network
Calculating the shortest paths using the Road graph plugin
Routing with one-way streets in the Road graph plugin
Calculating the shortest paths with the QGIS network analysis library
Routing point sequences
Automating multiple route computation using batch processing
Matching points to the nearest line
Creating a routing network for pgRouting
Visualizing the pgRouting results in QGIS
Using the pgRoutingLayer plugin for convenience
Getting network data from the OSM
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7. Raster Analysis I
7. Raster Analysis I
Introduction
Using the raster calculator
Preparing elevation data
Calculating a slope
Calculating a hillshade layer
Analyzing hydrology
Calculating a topographic index
Automating analysis tasks using the graphical modeler
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8. Raster Analysis II
8. Raster Analysis II
Introduction
Calculating NDVI
Handling null values
Setting extents with masks
Sampling a raster layer
Visualizing multispectral layers
Modifying and reclassifying values in raster layers
Performing supervised classification of raster layers
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9. QGIS and the Web
9. QGIS and the Web
Introduction
Using web services
Using WFS and WFS-T
Searching CSW
Using WMS and WMS Tiles
Using WCS
Using GDAL
Serving web maps with the QGIS server
Scale-dependent rendering
Hooking up web clients
Managing GeoServer from QGIS
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10. Cartography Tips
10. Cartography Tips
Introduction
Using Rule Based Rendering
Handling transparencies
Understanding the feature and layer blending modes
Saving and loading styles
Configuring data-defined labels
Creating custom SVG graphics
Making pretty graticules in any projection
Making useful graticules in printed maps
Creating a map series using Atlas
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11. Extending QGIS
11. Extending QGIS
Introduction
Defining custom projections
Working near the dateline
Working offline
Using the QspatiaLite plugin
Adding plugins with Python dependencies
Using the Python console
Writing Processing algorithms
Writing QGIS plugins
Using external tools
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12. Up and Coming
12. Up and Coming
Introduction
Preparing LiDAR data
Opening File Geodatabases with the OpenFileGDB driver
Using Geopackages
The PostGIS Topology Editor plugin
The Topology Checker plugin
GRASS Topology tools
Hunting for bugs
Reporting bugs
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Index
Index

Opening a NetCDF file

The NetCDF data is a data format, which is designed to be used with array-oriented scientific data, and it is frequently used for climate or ocean data, among others. This recipe shows you how to open a NetCDF file in QGIS.

How to do it…

NetCDF files are raster files, and they can be opened using the Add raster layer menu. Select NGMT NetCDF Grid for CDF as the file format in the file selection dialog that you will see, and select the rx5dayETCCDI_yr_MIROC5_rcp45_r2i1p1_2006-2100.nc file from the example dataset. Click on OK.

How it works…

The proposed NetCDF file contains a single variable, which is opened as a regular raster layer.

There's more…

A NetCDF file can contain contain multiple layers. In this case, QGIS will prompt you to select the one that you want to add from the ones contained in the specified file.

When only one layer is available, it is opened directly, as in the previously described example.

The NetCDF Browser plugin

Another way of opening NetCDF files is using the NetCDF Browser plugin. Select the Manage and install plugins... menu to open the plugin manager. Go to the Not installed section and type netcdf in the search field to filter the list of available plugins. Select the NetCDF Browser plugin and click on Install plugin to install it. Close the plugin manager.

The plugin is now installed, and you can open it by selecting NetCDF Browser in the Plugins menu:

The NetCDF Browser plugin

Select the NetCDF file in the upper field. The other fields will be updated with the content of the selected file. Select a layer from the available ones and click on Add to add the layer to your QGIS project.

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