QGIS User Guide¶

Preamble
Conventions
Foreword
- Introduction To GIS
Features
- View data
- Explore data and compose maps
- Create, edit, manage and export data
- Analyse data
- Publish maps on the Internet
- Extend QGIS functionality through plugins
- What’s new in the version 1.8
Getting Started
- Installation
- Sample Data
- Sample Session
- Starting and Stopping QGIS
- Command Line Options
- Projects
- Output
QGIS GUI
- Menu Bar
- Toolbar
- Map Legend
- Map View
- Status Bar
General Tools
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Context help
- Rendering
- Measuring
- Decorations
- Annotation Tools
- Spatial Bookmarks
- Nesting Projects
QGIS Configuration
- Panels and Toolbars
- Project Properties
- Options
- Customization
Working with Projections
- Overview of Projection Support
- Specifying a Projection
- Define On The Fly (OTF) Reprojection
- Custom Coordinate Reference System
QGIS Browser
Working with Vector Data
- Supported Data Formats
- The Vector Properties Dialog
- Editing
- Query Builder
- Field Calculator
Working with Raster Data
- Working with Raster Data
- Raster Properties Dialog
- Raster Calculator
Working with OGC Data
- Working with OGC Data
- QGIS Server
Working with GPS Data
- GPS Plugin
- Live GPS tracking
GRASS GIS Integration
- Starting the GRASS plugin
- Loading GRASS raster and vector layers
- GRASS LOCATION and MAPSET
- Importing data into a GRASS LOCATION
- The GRASS vector data model
- Creating a new GRASS vector layer
- Digitizing and editing a GRASS vector layer
- The GRASS region tool
- The GRASS toolbox
OpenStreetMap
- The OpenStreetMap project
- QGIS - OSM Connection
- Installation
- Basic user interface
- Loading OSM data
- Viewing OSM data
- Editing basic OSM data
- Editing relations
- Downloading OSM data
- Uploading OSM data
- Saving OSM data
- Import OSM data
SEXTANTE
- Introduction
- The SEXTANTE toolbox
- The SEXTANTE graphical modeler
- The SEXTANTE batch processing interface
- Using SEXTANTE from the console
- The SEXTANTE history manager
- Configuring external applications
Print Composer
- Open a new Print Composer Template
- Using Print Composer
- Adding a current QGIS map canvas to the Print Composer
- Adding other elements to the Print Composer
- Navigation tools
- Revert and Restore tools
- Add Basic shape and Arrow
- Add attribute table values
- Raise, lower and align elements
- Creating Output
- Saving and loading a print composer layout
Plugins
- QGIS Plugins
- Using QGIS Core Plugins
- Coordinate Capture Plugin
- DB Manager Plugin
- Delimited Text Plugin
- Diagram Overlay Plugin
- Dxf2Shp Converter Plugin
- eVis Plugin
- fTools Plugin
- GDAL Tools Plugin
- Georeferencer Plugin
- Interpolation Plugin
- MapServer Export Plugin
- Offline Editing Plugin
- Oracle GeoRaster Plugin
- Raster Terrain Analysis Plugin
- Heatmap Plugin
- Road Graph Plugin
- Spatial Query Plugin
- SPIT Plugin
- SQL Anywhere Plugin
- Zonal Statistics Plugin
Help and Support
- Mailing lists
- IRC
- BugTracker
- Blog
- Plugins
- Wiki
Appendix
- GNU General Public License
- GNU Free Documentation License
Literature and Web References