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QGIS Training: Workshop: Buffers & Clips
This guide supports QGIS learners at Michigan State University
Instructional Materials
Workshop: Choropleth
Workshop: Buffers & Clips
Workshop: Georeferencing
Adding Points w/.CSV
Finding GIS Data
Common Problems
Adding Basemaps to QGIS 3.0
Introduction: Downloading and installing software and files
Important Links:
Download and install QGIS on your computer or laptop (Windows or Mac)
Download the data bundle to your computer and unzip it
Exercise 1
Exercise 1 Steps:
Open shapefiles
Zoom
Arrange in order
Change the colors including no fill
Identify
Save project
Exercise 2: Using Layer Attributes
What is a shapefile?
Attribute Table
Labeling
Select from table
Select from map
Part 3: Changing layers
Select by intersection-save as new layer
Select by query-save as new layer
Exercise 4: Drawing buffers
Draw 10-mile buffers around each cell phone tower.
Exercise 5: Creating a layout for print or export
Add the map
Adjust the zoom
Add title
Add legend
Add north arrow
Add scale bar
Print
Export
GIS Team
AmandaTickner
GIS Librarian
atickner@msu.edu
517-884-9432
Kathleen Weessies
Geosciences Librarian
Head, Map Library
weessie2@msu.edu
517-884-0849
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