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Identifying the CRS of a Feature Layer
Projections & CRS lmeisterlin 6/13/25 Projections & CRS lmeisterlin 6/13/25

Identifying the CRS of a Feature Layer

(QGIS) Finding the coordinate reference system of a feature layer

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Creating Service Areas from an Interactively Chosen Point
Network Analysis lmeisterlin 5/16/25 Network Analysis lmeisterlin 5/16/25

Creating Service Areas from an Interactively Chosen Point

(QGIS) Accessing the Service Area (from point) Tool; Reviewing the tool’s parameters and options; Running the tool with an example and examining results

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Creating Multi-Ring Buffers with a constant distance
Vector Geoprocessing lmeisterlin 5/16/25 Vector Geoprocessing lmeisterlin 5/16/25

Creating Multi-Ring Buffers with a constant distance

(QGIS) Accessing the Multi-ring Buffer (constant distance) tool; Reviewing the tool’s parameters and options; Running the tool with an example and examining the results

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Creating Points from Polygons (Centroids tool)
Vector Geoprocessing lmeisterlin 3/26/25 Vector Geoprocessing lmeisterlin 3/26/25

Creating Points from Polygons (Centroids tool)

(QGIS) Accessing the Centroids tool and reviewing its parameters; Running the tool with an example to create points from polygon features.

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Creating Service Areas from an Input Feature Layer
Network Analysis lmeisterlin 2/15/25 Network Analysis lmeisterlin 2/15/25

Creating Service Areas from an Input Feature Layer

(QGIS) Accessing and using the Service Area (from Layer) tool, with an example and examining its results

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Creating & Comparing Bounding Geometry
Vector Geoprocessing lmeisterlin 2/15/25 Vector Geoprocessing lmeisterlin 2/15/25

Creating & Comparing Bounding Geometry

(QGIS) Comparing and discussing different tools for creating bounding geometry polygons from the Vector Geometry toolset, including Minimum Bounding Geometry, Concave Hull (alpha shapes), and Concave Hull (K-Nearest Neighbors)

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Getting Started and Basic Settings
Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/7/25 Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/7/25

Getting Started and Basic Settings

(QGIS) Launching QGIS; Accessing global and project settings; Creating and saving a new project.

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the QGIS Interface
Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/6/25 Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/6/25

the QGIS Interface

(QGIS) The default mapping interface; Navigating around a map

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Adding and Ordering Layers in a Project
Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/5/25 Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/5/25

Adding and Ordering Layers in a Project

(QGIS) Adding data to a map project; Reordering data layers

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Accessing Feature Attributes
Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/4/25 Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/4/25

Accessing Feature Attributes

(QGIS) Opening Attribute Table; Accessing individual feature attributes interactively

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Making Interactive Measurements
Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/3/25 Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/3/25

Making Interactive Measurements

(QGIS) Enabling snapping; Accessing the Measure tool; Using the Measure tool with example

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Changing the background of a Map Canvas
Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/2/25 Getting Started lmeisterlin 2/2/25

Changing the background of a Map Canvas

(QGIS) Accessing map view properties; Changing the background color of a map.

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Batch Processing (almost) any tool in QGIS
Utilities lmeisterlin 2/1/25 Utilities lmeisterlin 2/1/25

Batch Processing (almost) any tool in QGIS

 (QGIS) Accessing the option to execute a tool as a batch process; the Batch Processing dialogue box

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Print Layouts, Map Surrounds, and Exporting a Map
Getting Started, Set up & Export a Basic Map lmeisterlin 2/1/25 Getting Started, Set up & Export a Basic Map lmeisterlin 2/1/25

Print Layouts, Map Surrounds, and Exporting a Map

(QGIS) Creating and adding elements to a print layout; Exporting a map


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