QGIS in Fieldwork

Presented by
Tatiana Perry

Transcript

1. QGIS in Fieldwork Tatiana Perry
2. Reasons for switching • ArcMap can be difficult to navigate • Save money • Introduce new technology
3. Difficulties • Introducing new programs ◦ Qgis and PostGIS • Making sure the same data can be collected • And that data can be easily manipulated later
4. Data to Collect Housing Conditions • Point Data Street Width • Line Drainage • Point • Line General Point • Point Land Use • Polygon Curb and Gutter • Line
5. KEEP IT SIMPLE!!!
6. Steps Make an empty database Create shapefiles to load into PostGIS. Make classes Create custom symbology Start collecting data!
7. That’s It! Questions??? Install Qgis- http://www.qgis.org/en/site/ Install Postgres- http://www.postgresql.org/download/ Install PostGIS- http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ Boundless to get the whole opengeo suite: http://boundlessgeo.com/ @tatianajperry tatianaj.com The Austin Open Source GIS User Group http://www.meetup.com/atx-osg/