GIS TRAINING

QGIS 3.6 first steps

 Raster layers : Adding a raster
Open high resolution satellite image (raster layer) (QGIS)
Layer Coordinate Reference System (CRS)
Display the layer CRS : Atlantis is in UTM zone 56N
 Vector layers : Adding a layer
Open Protected areas layer (vector layer) (QGIS)
 Vector layers : Symbology
Edit layer properties
• In symbology, change the symbol layer to outline simple line and set the color
 Vector layers : Adding a layer
Open Place Names vector layer and edit its properties (symbology)
• Change the color
 Vector layers : Labels
Edit layer properties of Place names (Label)

• Select Single labels

• Choose Label with
Name
• Set the text font
and color

• Apply
• See result
 Vector layers : Labels
Edit layer properties (Label) – Cont.

• Select Buffer
• Tick draw text buffer
• Set the buffer color
• Apply and see result
 Vector layers : Labels
Edit layer properties (Label) – Cont.

• Select Placement
• Offset from point
• Select quadrant
• Set offset

•Apply and see result

QGIS : Layers
 Print layout : Adding items
Create a new Print Layout
• Import the map (1), north arrow (2), title (3), legend (4) and create a scale bar (5)

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 Print layout : Scalebar
• You can adapt the number of segments, map units and size
 Print layout : North arrow
• Select the picture from Search directories
• Or you can import any existing image by selecting the corresponding file [...]
 Print layout : Exporting image
• You can export the resulting composition as image
• Prefer .PNG or .JPG format to .BMP
• You can import the image into Word, Powerpoint etc...
Bubble maps : Fish biomass
 RFID : Querying
Query data from database (RFID)
RFID : Exporting results
Copy query result (RFID) into Excel

Select all by clicking on top left

corner of result grid and press CTRL-C
to copy to clipboard
Data preparation with MS Excel
Create a pivot table from query result (Excel)
Data preparation : Pivot table
Create a pivot table from query result (Excel)
Data preparation : Pivot table
Set pivot table field settings (Excel)
Data preparation with MS Excel
Copy pivot table in a new spreadsheet (Excel)
Data preparation with MS Excel
Save spreadsheet as text tab delimited file (Excel)

Save As
Text (tab delimited)
(*.txt)

Add delimited text layer

 Delimited text layer : Adding layer
Import layer (tab delimited file)

• Check the delimiter

• Check the X and Y fields
• Check the CRS (ESPG:4326)
• Check the sample data
Fish biomass : Survey stations
 Fish biomass : Bubble map
• Edit layer properties (right-click / Properties)
• Change Color, Size and Advanced/Size scale field
 Fish biomass : Size assistant
• Select the total of biomass (Biom_Sum)
• Update and adapt range of values and output as desired
Fish biomass
 Diagrams: Creating pie charts
• Open layer properties
• Go to Diagrams tab
• Select attributes
 Diagrams : Scaling pie charts
• Select scaled size
• Set size attribute, max value and size
• Apply
 Pie charts : Other settings
• Choose settings for placement and legend
Species composition (biomass)
Species composition (biomass)
 Thematic maps : layer attributes
• Add geomorphological classification (vector layer)
• Display Attribute Table and look for L4_Attrib values
 Thematic maps : Categorized
• Open the layer properties and select categorized from the symbology tab
• Select the L4_Attrib column and click classify. Change colors if needed.
 Project : Categorized
Set project CRS to UTM (zone 56N for Atlantis)
 Polygon properties
Obtaining polygon area and attributes

• Select the Identify

Features icon
• Choose a polygon
• Read area from
derived properties
 Polygon attributes
Obtaining area by L4 Attribute
• From the attribute table you can select all attributes CTRL-A then CTRL-C to copy all
attributes including the Shape_Area.
 Polygon attributes
Obtaining area by L4 Attribute
• Paste into Excel and create a pivot table