Contents
- 1. Course Introduction
- 2. Module: The Interface
- 3. Module: Creating a Basic Map
- 4. Module: Classifying Vector Data
- 5. Module: Creating Maps
- 6. Module: Creating Vector Data
- 7. Module: Vector Analysis
- 8. Module: Rasters
- 9. Module: Completing the Analysis
- 10. Module: Plugins
- 11. Module: Online Resources
- 12. Module: GRASS
- 13. Module: Assessment
- 14. Module: PostgreSQL
- 15. Module: PostGIS
- 16. Appendix: Contributing To This Manual
- 17. Answer Sheet
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- 1. Course Introduction
- 2. Module: The Interface
- 3. Module: Creating a Basic Map
- 1. Lesson: Working with Vector Data
- 2. Lesson: Symbology
- 2.1. Follow along: Changing colors
- 2.2. Try yourself...
- 2.3. Follow along: Changing symbol structure
- 2.4. Try yourself...
- 2.5. Follow along: Scale-based visibility
- 2.6. Follow along: Adding symbol layers
- 2.7. Try yourself...
- 2.8. Follow along: Enabling symbol levels
- 2.9. Try yourself...
- 2.10. Try yourself...
- 2.11. Follow along: Symbol layer types
- 2.12. Follow along: Creating a custom SVG fill
- 2.13. In conclusion
- 2.14. Further reading
- 2.15. What’s next?
- 4. Module: Classifying Vector Data
- 1. Lesson: Attribute Data
- 2. Lesson: The Label Tool
- 2.1. Follow along: Using labels
- 2.2. Follow along: Changing label options
- 2.3. Follow along: Using labels instead of layer symbology
- 2.4. Try yourself... Customize the labels
- 2.5. Follow along: Labeling lines
- 2.6. Follow along: Data defined settings
- 2.7. Try yourself... Using data defined settings
- 2.8. Further possibilities with labeling
- 2.9. In conclusion
- 2.10. What’s next?
- 3. Lesson: Classification
- 5. Module: Creating Maps
- 6. Module: Creating Vector Data
- 1. Lesson: Creating a New Vector Dataset
- 2. Lesson: Feature Topology
- 2.1. Follow along: Snapping
- 2.2. Follow along: Closing the Gaps
- 2.3. Try yourself...
- 2.4. Follow along: Correct topology errors
- 2.5. Follow along: Tool: Simplify Feature
- 2.6. Try yourself... Tool: Add Ring
- 2.7. Try yourself... Tool: Add Part
- 2.8. Try yourself... Tools: Delete Ring and Delete Part
- 2.9. Follow along: Tool: Reshape Features
- 2.10. Try yourself... Tool: Split Features
- 2.11. Try yourself... Tool: Merge Features
- 2.12. In conclusion
- 2.13. What’s next?
- 3. Lesson: Forms
- 3.1. Follow along: Using QGIS’ Form Design Functionality
- 3.2. Try yourself... Using the Form to Edit Values
- 3.3. Follow along: Setting Form Field Types
- 3.4. Try yourself...
- 3.5. Try yourself... Creating Test Data
- 3.6. Follow along: Creating a New Form
- 3.7. Follow along: Associating the Form with Your Layer
- 3.8. In conclusion
- 3.9. Further reading
- 3.10. What’s next?
- 4. Lesson: Actions
- 7. Module: Vector Analysis
- 1. Lesson: Reprojecting and Transforming Data
- 2. Lesson: Vector Analysis
- 2.1. The GIS Process
- 2.2. The problem
- 2.3. The data
- 2.4. Follow along: Start a Project
- 2.5. Follow along: Analyzing the Problem: Farms in Swellendam
- 2.6. Try yourself... find important roads
- 2.7. Try yourself... find high schools
- 2.8. Follow along: Analyzing the Problem: Distances From Schools and Roads
- 2.9. Try yourself... distance from high schools
- 2.10. Follow along: Overlapping Areas
- 2.11. Follow along: Select the Farms
- 2.12. Follow along: Select Farms of the Right Size
- 2.13. Try yourself...
- 2.14. In conclusion
- 2.15. What’s next?
- 3. Lesson: Network Analysis
- 4. Lesson: Spatial Statistics
- 4.1. Follow along: Create a Test Dataset
- 4.2. Follow along: Basic Statistics
- 4.3. Follow along: Compute a Distance Matrix
- 4.4. Follow along: Nearest Neighbor Analysis
- 4.5. Follow along: Mean Coordinates
- 4.6. Follow along: Image Histograms
- 4.7. Follow along: Spatial Interpolation
- 4.8. Try yourself...
- 4.9. Follow along: Installing SEXTANTE
- 4.10. Follow along: Installing SAGA
- 4.11. Follow along: Spatial Point Pattern Analysis
- 4.12. Follow along: Minimum Distance Analysis
- 4.13. In conclusion
- 4.14. What’s next?
- 8. Module: Rasters
- 1. Lesson: Working with Raster Data
- 2. Lesson: Changing Raster Symbology
- 3. Lesson: Terrain Analysis
- 3.1. Follow along: Calculating a Hillshade
- 3.2. Follow along: Using a Hillshade as an Overlay
- 3.3. Follow along: Calculating the Slope
- 3.4. Try yourself... calculating the aspect
- 3.5. Follow along: Using the Raster Calculator
- 3.6. Try yourself...
- 3.7. Follow along: Combining Raster Analysis Results
- 3.8. Follow along: Simplifying the Raster
- 3.9. In conclusion
- 3.10. What’s next?
- 9. Module: Completing the Analysis
- 9.1. Lesson: Raster to Vector Conversion
- 9.2. Lesson: Combining the Analyses
- 9.3. Assignment
- 9.4. Lesson: Supplementary Exercise
- 9.4.1. Problem Statement
- 9.4.2. Solution Outline
- 9.4.3. Setting up the Map
- 9.4.4. Loading Data into the Map
- 9.4.5. Changing the symbology of vector layers
- 9.4.6. Changing the symbology of raster layers
- 9.4.7. Changing the layer order
- 9.4.8. Find the Correct Districts
- 9.4.9. Clip the Rasters
- 9.4.10. Clean up the map
- 9.4.11. Activating the Raster Terrain Analysis plugin
- 9.4.12. Create the hillshade
- 9.4.13. Slope
- 9.4.14. Aspect
- 9.4.15. Reclassifying rasters
- 9.4.16. Setting the style for the reclassified layers
- 9.4.17. Finding rural areas
- 9.4.18. Creating a negative buffer
- 9.4.19. Creating a bounding box vector
- 9.4.20. Clipping a vector layer
- 9.4.21. Rasterizing a vector layer
- 9.4.22. Combining rasters
- 9.4.23. Vectorizing the raster
- 9.4.24. Calculating the area for each polygon
- 9.4.25. Selecting areas of a given size
- 9.4.26. Digitize your house
- 9.4.27. Calculate polygon centroids
- 9.4.28. Calculate which centroid is closest to your house
- 10. Module: Plugins
- 11. Module: Online Resources
- 12. Module: GRASS
- 13. Module: Assessment
- 14. Module: PostgreSQL
- 1. Lesson: Introduction to Databases
- 1.1. What is a Database?
- 1.2. Tables
- 1.3. Columns / Fields
- 1.4. Records
- 1.5. Datatypes
- 1.6. Modelling an Address Database
- 1.7. Database Theory
- 1.8. Normalisation
- 1.9. Indexes
- 1.10. Sequences
- 1.11. Entity Relationship Diagramming
- 1.12. Constraints, Primary Keys and Foreign Keys
- 1.13. Transactions
- 1.14. In conclusion
- 1.15. What’s next?
- 2. Lesson: Implementing the Data Model
- 2.1. Install PostgreSQL
- 2.2. Help
- 2.3. Create a database user
- 2.4. Verify the new account
- 2.5. Create a database
- 2.6. Starting a database shell session
- 2.7. Make Tables in SQL
- 2.8. Create Keys in SQL
- 2.9. Create Indexes in SQL
- 2.10. Dropping Tables in SQL
- 2.11. A word on PG Admin III
- 2.12. In conclusion
- 2.13. What’s next?
- 3. Lesson: Adding Data to the Model
- 4. Lesson: Queries
- 5. Lesson: Views
- 6. Lesson: Rules
- 1. Lesson: Introduction to Databases
- 15. Module: PostGIS
- 1. Lesson: PostGIS Setup
- 2. Lesson: Simple Feature Model
- 3. Lesson: Import and Export
- 4. Lesson: Spatial Queries
- 5. Lesson: Geometry Construction
- 5.1. Creating Linestrings
- 5.2. Creating Polygons
- 5.3. Exercise: Linking Cities to People
- 5.4. Looking at our schema
- 5.5. Access Subobjects
- 5.6. Data Processing
- 5.7. Clipping
- 5.8. Building Geometries from Other Geometries
- 5.9. Geometry Cleaning
- 5.10. Differences between tables
- 5.11. Tablespaces
- 5.12. In conclusion
- 16. Appendix: Contributing To This Manual
- 17. Answer Sheet
- 17.1. Results for Adding Your First Layer
- 17.2. Results for An Overview of the Interface
- 17.3. Results for Working with Vector Data
- 17.4. Results for Symbology
- 17.5. Results for Attribute Data
- 17.6. Results for The Label Tool
- 17.7. Results for Classification
- 17.8. Results for Creating a New Vector Dataset
- 17.9. Results for Vector Analysis
- 17.10. Results for Raster Analysis
- 17.11. Results for Completing the Analysis
- 17.12. Results for WMS
- 17.13. Results for Spatial Queries
- 17.14. Results for Geometry Construction
- 17.15. Results for Simple Feature Model