Kurt Menke – författare

Explore the latest Long Term Release (LTR) of QGIS with Discover QGIS 3.x, a comprehensive up-to-date workbook built for both the classroom and professionals looking to build their skills.

Designed to take advantage of the latest QGIS features, this book will guide you in improving your maps and analyses.

The second edition is an update of the original title, using QGIS 3.24+. It contains 31 chapters covering an Introduction to Geospatial Technology, Spatial Analysis, Data Management, Cartography and Advanced Data Visualization. All 31 chapters have been updated with new figures of each GUI, more thorough descriptions and new QGIS features and workflows.

The second edition includes:

Seven brand new chapters:

Raster Data AnalysisField Data CollectionUsing the Style Manager & Working with Legend Patch ShapesAutomating Print Layouts with Templates and AtlasesWorking with Labels and AnnotationAnimating Temporal Data with the Temporal ControllerWorking with Point Cloud Data

Another seven chapters with major updates including new tasks. 

Updated appendices covering:

Coordinate reference systemsKeyboard shortcutsPopular pluginsGetting involved

The book is a complete resource and includes:

Lab exercisesChallenge exercisesDiscussion questionsAll data and solution files

Now updated - learn even more GIS skills for catchment hydrology and water management with QGIS!

This second edition workbook introduces hydrological topics to professionals in the water sector using state of the art functionality in QGIS. The book is also useful as a beginner's course in GIS concepts, using in a problem-based learning approach.

Designed to take advantage of the latest QGIS features, this book will guide you in improving your maps and analysis.

The second edition adds the following new features:

Covers QGIS 3.22 and higher, with 10% more pagesImproved and shorter workflowsRaster Attribute Tables are introducedPCRaster Tools plugin for stream and catchment delineationFlow direction styling with arrows and 3D visualizationCreate pie charts based on layer colors with the Data Plotly pluginUsing and creating legend patch shapesEasier elevation gradient legends using new functionalityUse of dynamic text in the Print Layout