GWN Technologies - MERIT Training Drones & Mapping with QGIS

Download and Install You can download Google Earth Pro directly from their download page: https://support.google.com/earth/answer/168344?hl=en The first thing you need to do is to select Tool > Options and modify the default settings for the following dialog menus. First is the 3D View. Normally you can leave everything as per the default setting, but set Units of Measurement to Meters, Kilometers (metric).  You also have an option to have your cursor coordinates display geographic units in decimal degrees or degrees, minutes, seconds, decimal degrees is recommended. Also the cursor location can be displayed in UTM coordinates as well. Normally UTM coordinates is set as default. Other menu settings that you can use is View > Grid which turns on the UTM grid. You can also set to view the scale and overview map. Another option you have is the Layer Sidebar  and where you can turn on Borders and Labels, Roads, etc. Projections Core ge...

Download and Installation Download QGIS version 2.18. Do not install version 3 because it does not support all the plugins written for version 2 which you will need. Menu bar Tool bar Panels Map view Status bar For a more detailed list of the QGIS GUI functions see the link below: https://docs.qgis.org/2.18/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/qgis_gui.html Install key plugins DB Manager Gdal Tools GEarth View Georeferencer GDAL Lat Lon Tools OpenLayers Plugin OSMDownloader Raster Terrain Analysis plugin Spatial Query plugin XyTools QGIS Project Properties CRS - Coordinate Reference System When you work with a GIS application like QGIS or ArcGIS one of the most important parameter you need is to decide on the CRS of your project on QGIS.  You would normally work in a projected coordinate like UTM WGS84 in the zone your project is in. Note: if you add Google Earth web map with OpenLayersPlugin your project CRS will be automat...

1.0 Introduction This tutorial has been prepared as a short course focusing on the core on the job needs of the local government officials working at the aimags and sums in Mongolia responsible for mining monitoring and environmental and land use management. It does not focus on academic development. The FOSS4G GeoAcademy is introduced and users are encouraged to review and complete it if they would like certification. We will be using open source and free applications that are needed for the course. Only the key functions and processes needed will be demonstrated. Users are encouraged to review the applications other functions in more detail with the links provided. 2.0 Academic - FOSS4G GeoAcademy The FOSS4G GeoAcademy course for GIS is based on QGIS, GRASS and Inkscape. We recommend training for aimags and sums to follow this cirriculum for consistency and online support. If possible the material will be translated into Mongolian. http://spatialquerylab.com/fo...