What This Course is About
Who We Are
Important Course Information
Data Download
Folder Organization
Installing QGIS
Chapter 2 Learning Objectives & Skills of Focus
What is GIS?
History of GIS
Transit Planning with GIS
Hands-on: Opening QGIS and Saving a Project
Hands-on: Installing the Maptiler Plugin & Adding a Basemap
Hands-on: Exploring the QGIS Interface
Chapter 3 Learning Objectives & Skills of Focus
Layers and Features
Hands-on: Exploring Geospatial Data
Attribute Data
Scale, Coordinate Systems, and Projections
Hands-on: Geocoding Addresses
Chapter 3 Quiz
Chapter 4 Learning Objectives & Skills of Focus
What Makes a Good Reference Map
Symbology & Labeling Features
Hands-on: Symbolizing Categorical Data
Hands-on: Creating a Basemap & Labeling Features
Supplemental Material: Creating Features and Sharing as a Web Map
Chapter 4 Quiz
Chapter 5 Learning Objectives & Skills of Focus
Relational Databases
Hands-on: Joining Ridership Data to Stops
Thematic Maps
Hands-on: Symbolizing Quantitative Data
Hands-on: Creating and Exporting Static Maps
Share Your Map!
Chapter 5 Quiz
Chapter 6 Learning Objectives & Skills of Focus
Data Sources
Pulling Data from data.census.gov
Hands-on: Processing Census Data
Operators and Basic Queries
Hands-on: Using Queries to Identify Areas with Transit-Supportive Density
Hands-on: Writing Compound Queries and Creating a Transit Potential Index
Geoprocessing Functions
Hands-on: Creating a Complex Thematic Map
Chapter 6 Quiz
