Installing QGIS 2.0 and Adding Layers

In this lesson you will install QGIS software, download geospatial files like shapefiles and GeoTIFFs, and create a map out of a number of vector and raster layers. Quantum or QGIS is an open source alternative to the industry leader, ArcGIS from ESRI. QGIS is multiplatform, which means it runs on W...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jim Clifford, Josh MacFadyen, Daniel Macfarlane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editorial Board of the Programming Historian 2013-12-01
Series:The Programming Historian
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/qgis-layers