APIN QGIS Workshop

Date: 21-07-2021

Short workhop on how to use QGIS to visualize data

Basic QGIS Orientation

Orientation on QGIS user interface such as:

1. Menu bar
2. Toolbar
3. Layer panel
4. Processing toolbox

Data management

Make use of QGIS geopackage (.gpkg) to store geo files and project

Data Exploration

Prepare the data using Spreadsheet software, pivoting and proceed to join table operation.

Plugins

Using Spreadsheet plugin to import raw data into QGIS. Installing DataPlotly for simmple charting

Join Table

Join non-spatial data to existing spatial data

Choropleth Map

Play with map style to do choropleth map

Map Theme

Arrange map visual according theme and to be used in QGIS map composer

Masking

Create outer boundary/island effect by dissolve geo processing operation

QGIS Composer Orientation

Basic know how where the buttons are

Map Layouting

Arranging map and follow map theme and adding map legend, compass and scale bar

DataPlotly

Using DataPlotly to create nice bar chart

Data Aggregate

Sum total data depend on layer and filed data