More than 10 years ago, when I began my data career as a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) analyst, two do-it-all GIS software stood out. Ten years later, they are still the same two programs. ArcGIS by ERSI is by far the dominant king, which is very easy to use with many features and a great Python library that comes with it. However, it costs money and only works on Windows.
QGIS (Quantum GIS), on the other hand, is the best open source alternative. It ships on most operating systems and has a very active open source community. You won't hurt to commit to either software, but as I got deeper into my programming career, using Windows became more difficult and I generally tried to avoid enterprise software to avoid any administrative procurement work. That's why I'm now turning more towards QGIS.
The following tutorial is shown in QGIS 3.34 Prizren and may differ slightly in previous and future versions.
Keyboard shortcuts
Add a basemap
Create a new layer
Edit a feature
Symbology
Using the toolbox
The field calculator
Add tags
Map themes
Map layout
At the end of this tutorial, you will learn how to make a map like this, which I will use for a forest survey.
There are some commonly used actions by which keyboard shortcuts are implemented that will make your life easier. I'll customize them to make them easier to reach. This may seem unimportant, but trust me, it just optimizes everything when you want to move and…
