- Course Highlights
Gain the skills and credentials to kickstart a successful career and learn from the experts with this step-by-step training course. This QGIS Cartography Masterclass has been specially designed to help learners gain a good command of QGIS Cartography, providing them with a solid foundation of knowledge to become a qualified professional.
Through this QGIS Cartography Masterclass, you will gain both practical and theoretical understanding of QGIS Cartography that will increase your employability in this field, help you stand out from the competition and boost your earning potential in no time.
Not only that, but this training includes up-to-date knowledge and techniques that will ensure you have the most in-demand skills to rise to the top of the industry. This qualification is fully accredited, broken down into several manageable modules, ideal for aspiring professionals.
Course Curriculum
Course Curriculum
| Section 01: Introduction | |||
| Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Section 02: Labels | |||
| Labeling Basics | 00:03:00 | ||
| Labeling – Text Properties | 00:02:00 | ||
| Label Formatting | 00:06:00 | ||
| Label Buffers | 00:04:00 | ||
| Labels – Backgrounds | 00:03:00 | ||
| Label Shadows | 00:03:00 | ||
| Labeling Callouts (Leader Lines) | 00:03:00 | ||
| Labels – Placement | 00:04:00 | ||
| Labels – Rendering | 00:05:00 | ||
| Labeling Over Orthos | 00:06:00 | ||
| Fine Tuning Labels | 00:03:00 | ||
| Section 03: Symbology | |||
| Styling Single Points Lines and Polygons | 00:11:00 | ||
| Styling Categorical Data | 00:08:00 | ||
| Styling Graduated Data | 00:04:00 | ||
| Shapeburst Fills | 00:03:00 | ||
| Texture Fills | 00:04:00 | ||
| Inverted Polygons | 00:03:00 | ||
| Advanced Lines | 00:08:00 | ||
| Section 04: Base Layers | |||
| XYZ Tile Basemaps | 00:04:00 | ||
| Getting Data from the OSM Website | 00:07:00 | ||
| Getting Basemaps from the QuickMapServices Plugins | 00:05:00 | ||
| Getting OSM Data with Overpass Turbo | 00:06:00 | ||
| Rule Based Symbology | 00:10:00 | ||
| Rule Based Labeling | 00:03:00 | ||
| Bringing in Mapbox Baselayers (an Introduction) | 00:13:00 | ||
| Natural Earth Data | 00:07:00 | ||
| Section 05: Project Setup | |||
| Setting Up a Page Layout | 00:14:00 | ||
| Layout Templates | 00:05:00 | ||
| Creating Map Grids (Lat & Long Graticules) | 00:08:00 | ||
| Inset or Overview Maps | 00:05:00 | ||
| Global Overview Maps | 00:05:00 | ||
| Adding a Legend | 00:07:00 | ||
| Adding Text to a Layout | 00:03:00 | ||
| Adding Images | 00:05:00 | ||
| Section 06: Water Styling | |||
| Coastal Glow Effect | 00:03:00 | ||
| Concentric Water Lines (Equally Spaced) | 00:05:00 | ||
| Concentric Water Lines (Variably Spaced) | 00:08:00 | ||
| Half Tone Coastal Fill Pattern | 00:06:00 | ||
| Section 07: Land Styling | |||
| Getting DEMs from USDA/NRCS | 00:08:00 | ||
| Creating Contour Lines from DEMs (in Feet and Meters) | 00:11:00 | ||
| Labeling Contour Lines | 00:06:00 | ||
| Drop Shadowing Polygon Features | 00:03:00 | ||
| Section 08: Resources | |||
| Resources | 00:00:00 | ||
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