Plugins in QGIS
This workshop is meant to extend basic knowledge of QGIS by exploring common plugins. Familiarity of the QGIS is therefore a prerequisite. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to use plugins to
- Access dynamic basemaps hosted on web servers
- Query and download Open Street Map (OSM) data
- Geocode address data from a spreadsheet, and
- Create an interactive webmap from a QGIS project (see below for example)
Before the Workshop!!
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Review our Introduction to Mapmaking with QGIS Please note that the fundamental skills and concepts pertaining to spatial data, map types, and the QGIS interface will not be covered during this workshop. Therefore, prior to the workshop date, please review our Introduction to Mapmaking with QGIS. Familiarity with the QGIS interface is prerequisite for this workshop.
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Make sure you’ve downloaded QGIS QGIS can be downloaded from qgis.org’s Downloads page. In most cases, you’ll want to download and install the Long term release instead of the latest release - currently QGIS 3.40.4 ‘Bratislava’. This will give you most of the functionality you’ll need without encountering the software bugs of newly released versions. See here for further guidance.
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Download and unzip the workshop data folder below. Download it to a folder on your physical computer, such as Desktop or Downloads, not OneDrive.
GIS Resources at UBC:
- UBC Library’s guide for finding and working with GIS resources: guides.library.ubc.ca/gis
- UBC’s GIS Slack (create your own channel or lurk!): ubcgis.slack.com
- Archive of all Research Commons workshops
- Research Commons Events Calender
- Contact UBC Library’s Geospatial team:
library.gis@ubc.ca - Schedule a 1:1 consult with the geospatial team here
This workshop was authored by Lily Demet and reviewed by Alex Alisauskas.
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