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Summary of Fall 2018 Videos

Week 1

  • Setting up the workspace
  • Basic map setup in QGIS
  • Open SpatiaLite database
  • From QGIS to Illustrator
  • Finishing the map in QGIS

Week 2

  • Download OSM data
  • Create a geopackage
  • Create and use geopackages – simplified
  • Comparing four projects – Assignment
  • Cropping data to an area

Week 3

  • Assignment review – Creating a heat map
  • Simple data scrape
  • Overview of data in geopackage
  • Adding road icons in QGIS

Week 4

  • Importing geotagged photos
  • Adding callouts and vertices
  • Locator map and inset
  • Choropleth and graduated circles

Recent Posts

  • PostGIS with MAPublisher and QGIS
  • Thoughts on creating a map style sheet
  • Converting a divided highway to a single stroke in Illustrator
  • Erie Canal multi-panel map series – project file structure
  • Adding mile markers as symbols
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