QGIS For Beginners

QGIS is a free and open-source cross-platform desktop geographic information system application that supports viewing, editing, printing, and analysis of geospatial data.  QGIS is a popular open-source GIS with advanced capabilities. This course contains a series of tutorials and tips that show you how to use it to tackle common GIS problems. You may use these tutorials as a self-paced course to learn the software thoroughly. However, each section is fairly independent, so those familiar with QGIS can jump into any section.

Since QGIS is free software and anyone can use it, I have brought a new course that will help beginners in learning the basics of QGIS. In this tutorial of QGIS For Beginners, the students will learn the followings:

1. Basic of QGIS

• Downloading and Installing QGIS
• Menu Bar, Tool Bar, Map Legend
• Map view, Status Bar,
• Adding Vector Layer
• Adding CSV
• Navigating the map

2. Plugins in QGIS

• Plugin Installation
• QUICK OSM Plugin
• Using Plugin
• Adding Base Map Layer

3. Working with vector data

• Vector Data
• Shapefile and attribute data
• Clip, Dissolve, Intersect,
• Union, Difference
• Symbology

4. Working with raster data

• Raster Data
• Raster Clip
• Hillshade
• Slope
• Aspect
• Contour

5. Digitization in QGIS

• Creating a shape file
• Creating a point
• Creating line
• Creating a polygon

6. Georeferencing in QGIS

7. Map Layout in QGIS

• Creating a new print layout
• Title
• Legend
• Exporting maps in different formats

This tutorial is sufficient for those who want to see themself doing the basics of geospatial analysis using QGIS.

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