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QGIS 2 Cookbook

You're reading from   QGIS 2 Cookbook Become a QGIS power user and master QGIS data management, visualization, and spatial analysis techniques

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Published in Apr 2016
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ISBN-13 9781783984961
Length 390 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mandel Mandel
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Alex Mandel is a geospatial scientist who has a PhD in geography and more than 12 years of experience in applying GIS to a variety of projects. He has also taught courses on GIS, geospatial programming, and Geoweb.
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Victor is a GIS developer. He is the creator and main developer of the QGIS Processing Framework. Victor is the author of “Sistemas de Información Geográfica” a free book about fundamentals of GIS. I would like to thank my co-authors, and everyone else in the QGIS community.
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Anita Graser is a spatial data scientist, open source GIS advocate, and author with a background in geographic information science. She is currently working with the Center for Mobility Systems at the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna and teaching QGIS classes at UNIGIS Salzburg. She serves on the QGIS project steering committee. and has published several books about QGIS. Furthermore, she develops tools, such as the Time Manager plugin for QGIS. You can follow her on Twitter @underdarkGIS.
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QGIS 2 Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Data Input and Output FREE CHAPTER 2. Data Management 3. Common Data Preprocessing Steps 4. Data Exploration 5. Classic Vector Analysis 6. Network Analysis 7. Raster Analysis I 8. Raster Analysis II 9. QGIS and the Web 10. Cartography Tips 11. Extending QGIS 12. Up and Coming Index

Chapter 1. Data Input and Output

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • 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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Alex Mandel is a geospatial scientist who has a PhD in geography and more than 12 years of experience in applying GIS to a variety of projects. He has also taught courses on GIS, geospatial programming, and Geoweb.
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Olaya Ferrero
Victor is a GIS developer. He is the creator and main developer of the QGIS Processing Framework. Victor is the author of “Sistemas de Información Geográfica” a free book about fundamentals of GIS. I would like to thank my co-authors, and everyone else in the QGIS community.
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Anita Graser
Anita Graser is a spatial data scientist, open source GIS advocate, and author with a background in geographic information science. She is currently working with the Center for Mobility Systems at the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna and teaching QGIS classes at UNIGIS Salzburg. She serves on the QGIS project steering committee. and has published several books about QGIS. Furthermore, she develops tools, such as the Time Manager plugin for QGIS. You can follow her on Twitter @underdarkGIS.
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