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Hi! Welcome to maptimeLA!!!

Let's make some printed maps!!

to follow along go to - https://bit.ly/2SyIbav


Thanks to

  • LA Counts
    • For hosting
  • California Community Foundation
    • For the noms

So what are we going to do?

  • Introductions
  • Quick exploration of QGIS with some secrets
  • Adventures with data from
    • LACITY and LACOUNTY Open Data Portals
    • LAcounts.org
  • Getting data on QGIS
  • Getting your maps ready to print
  • Get a nice warm printed map for you to take home and share with others.

Can this be done in 2.5 hours? Stay tuned...

QGIS!

A free and Open Source Geographic Information System

 

Q = Quantum

Resources on Install and Training

  1. Layers List / Browser Panel

  2. Toolbars

  3. Map canvas

  4. Status bar

  5. Side Toolbar

QGIS Interface

Yea that's cool, but what if I want maps now....like now now and maybe add some data on top of it?

So let's add some basemaps!

Two ways (but could be more)

  1. Adding plugins like OpenLayers

2. Using a python script for more maps

Adding Plugins

In the menu, select plugins, then

manage and install plugins

Adding Plugins

1. Click on settings

2. Make sure this is checked

Adding Plugins

1. Search for OpenLayers

2. Install plugin

Adding Plugins

1. Find the Installed Plugin

2.Choose a basemap!

Adding Plugins

Your basemap appears in the Layer Manager

A map!

Adding more basemaps using a python script

Adding more basemaps using a python script

Should look like this

Adding more basemaps using a python script

Let's open up a python console to drop code in.

Adding more basemaps using a python script

1. Click the button labeled "Show Editor"

2. Click "Open" to load the python script

Adding more basemaps using a python script

1. Open the XYZ Tiles to show the list and select one

Yay! Ok so I want to add some data, where do I look?

Resources

What can we map?

So let's make a map

Showing city-owned properties in neighborhood councils

Resources

Datasets we need

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