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Index
Index
1 Preamble 1
2 Foreword 3
3 Conventions 5
3.1 GUI Conventions . 5
3.2 Text or Keyboard Conventions 6
3.3 Platform-specific instructions 6
4 Features 7
4.1 View data. 7
4.2 Explore data and compose maps. 7
4.3 Create, edit, manage and export data . 8
4.4 Analyze data . 8
4.5 Publish maps on the Internet . 8
4.6 Extend QGIS functionality through
plugins . 8
4.7 Python Console 9
4.8 Known Issues . 9
5 What’s new in QGIS 3.4 11
6 Getting Started 13
6.1 Installing QGIS 13
6.2 Starting and stopping QGIS . 14
6.3 Sample Session: Loading raster and
vector layers 15
6.4 Introducing QGIS projects 15
6.5 Generating output 17
7 QGIS GUI 19
7.1 Menu Bar. 20
7.2 Panels and Toolbars . 29
7.3 Map View30
7.4 3D Map View . 31
7.5 Status Bar. 33
8 QGIS Configuration 35
8.1 Options 35
8.2 Working with User Profiles . 53
8.3 Project Properties . 55
8.4 Customization 61
8.5 Keyboard shortcuts 62
8.6 Running QGIS with advanced settings 62
9 Working with Projections 67
9.1 Overview of Projection Support. 67
9.2 Global Projection Specification. 67
9.3 Define On The Fly (OTF) CRS
Transformation . 69
9.4 Coordinate Reference System Selector . 69
9.5 Custom Coordinate Reference System 70
9.6 Default datum transformations 70
10 General Tools 73
10.1 Context help . 73
10.2 Panels . 73
10.3 Nesting Projects . 82
10.4 Working with the map canvas 83
10.5 Interacting with features . 93
10.6 Save and Share Layer Properties. 99
10.7 Storing values in Variables 102
10.8 Authentication 102
10.9 Common widgets . 104
11 Managing Data Source 111
11.1 Opening Data . 111
11.2 Creating Layers . 128
11.3 Exploring Data Formats and Fields . 139
12 Working with Vector Data 147
12.1 The Symbol Library . 147
12.2 The Vector Properties Dialog 159
12.3 Expressions226
12.4 Working with the Attribute Table245
12.5 Editing 266
13 Working with Raster Data 291
13.1 Raster Properties Dialog . 291
13.2 Raster Analysis 302
14 Working with Mesh Data 307
14.1 Working with Mesh Data . 307
15 Laying out the maps 317
15.1 Overview of the Print Layout 317
15.2 Layout Items . 331
15.3 Creating an Output 363
15.4 Creating a Report . 370
16 Working with OGC Data 389
16.1 QGIS as OGC Data Client 389
16.2 QGIS as OGC Data Server 398
17 Working with GPS Data 439
17.1 GPS Plugin439
17.2 Live GPS tracking 443
18 Authentication System 449
18.1 Authentication System Overview449
18.2 User Authentication Workflows. 458
18.3 Security Considerations . 469
19 GRASS GIS Integration 473
19.1 Demo dataset . 473
19.2 Loading GRASS raster and vector layers 473
19.3 Importing data into a GRASS
LOCATION via drag and drop . 474
19.4 Managing GRASS data in QGIS Browser 474
19.5 GRASS Options . 474
19.6 Starting the GRASS plugin . 474
19.7 Opening GRASS mapset . 475
19.8 GRASS LOCATION and MAPSET . 475
19.9 Importing data into a GRASS
LOCATION . 475
19.10 The GRASS vector data model. 478
19.11 Creating a new GRASS vector layer . 478
19.12 Digitizing and editing a GRASS
vector layer 479
19.13 The GRASS region tool . 481
19.14 The GRASS Toolbox . 481
20 QGIS processing framework 491
20.1 Introduction . 491
20.2 Configuring the Processing
Framework . 491
20.3 The Toolbox . 494
20.4 The history manager . 502
20.5 The graphical modeler 503
20.6 The batch processing interface 509
20.7 Using processing algorithms from
the console . 511
20.8 Writing new Processing algorithms
as Python scripts
519
20.9 Configuring external applications524
21 Plugins 531
21.1 QGIS Python console 531
21.2 QGIS Plugins . 534
21.3 Using QGIS Core Plugins 540
21.4 Coordinate Capture Plugin 540
21.5 DB Manager Plugin . 541
21.6 eVis Plugin543
21.7 Geometry Checker Plugin 552
21.8 Georeferencer Plugin . 556
21.9 MetaSearch Catalog Client 561
21.10 Offline Editing Plugin 567
21.11 Topology Checker Plugin 567
22 Help and Support 571
22.1 Mailing lists . 571
22.2 IRC 572
22.3 BugTracker572
22.4 Blog . 572
22.5 Plugins 573
22.6 Wiki . 573
23 Contributors 575
23.1 Authors 575
23.2 Translators 576
24 Appendix 579
24.1 GNU General Public License 579
24.2 GNU Free Documentation License . 582
25 Literature and Web References 589
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