Learn GIS - QGIS Full Course for Beginners (New for 2024)

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Get ready to learn QGIS with this complete tutorial covering all aspects of this amazing GIS tool that is free for you to download and use!
0:00 Intro
0:48 Welcome to QGIS
5:01 Installing QGIS
13:51 Finding GIS data
16:59 Adding vector layers
21:30 Adding a basemap
22:48 Saving your map
24:02 Changing projections
25:00 Layer controls
28:01 Symbology
29:04 Categorical styling
31:16 Graduated styling
32:47 Loading a CSV layer
35:36 Changing data types in your data
39:25 Styling points by size
41:39 View the attribute table
42:21 Labeling
43:40 Editing geometries
45:41 Adding new features
48:42 Print layouts
50:34 QGIS Plugins
52:42 Processing toolbox and spatial analysis
55:45 QGIS Model Builder
58:17 Using raster data
59:35 Clipping raster data
61:26 Creating a hillshade from a raster
62:26 Creating contour lines
64:12 Make a shaded relief map
65:54 Using network analysis tools
69:51 Create a web map with QGIS2Web
72:06 Wrap up
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[@kiolehoraceimale9677]

Its a great pleasure to learn from you, Matt. Thanks very much

[@Jarofspam4444]

Thanks man! Looking into a career in environmental science and am in my first year of college and this helps a lot. Exciting and very interesting stuff!

[@sustainablysam]

Many thanks for this helpful tutorial! I'll start messing around with the many layers QGIS has to offer.

[@pel513]

Thanks for this tutorial, it covered a lot 🙌

[@magnusrosenbjerg2045]

You saved my freaking exam bro, thank you, you're a great teacher!

[@MarinatedOliveChunks]

The video was very informative but as this was my first time learning about QGIS, I could not comprehend quite a lot from the rastering. Thanks for the video, it taught me the basics of how to navigate thru the application. Now its my job to practice and understand more!

[@paty11648]

Hey Matt, thank you for sharing this tutorial. You have a 5-star rating from me. Liked and Subscribed

[@guus6541]

Wow great video Matt! You are on fire last weeks!! 👏

[@MattForrest]

Thanks glad you are liking the new videos!

[@shashipal3589]

Thanks for making this video. Please continue Geospatial Data Science Series.

[@worldeditor7]

Fantastic tutorial, thank you :D

[@rizuri789]

Thank you so much for this Sir. I've been subscribed your channel, watch your videos..it's really educating. Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@Shiyaku93]

This is a great intro to the toolkit. Thanks very much!

[@MattForrest]

Glad you like it!

[@nickstaresinic4031]

A highly informative and info-dense presentation, Matt. A very useful intro, stem to stern. Thanks for your initiative. Q: In which format should the Refactored layer be saved/exported? geoJSON, like the other layer files?

[@Archiblog]

1:01:26 Creating a hillshade from a raster 1:02:26 Creating contour lines 1:04:12 Make a shaded relief map 1:05:54 Using network analysis tools 1:09:51 Create a web map with QGIS2Web 1:12:06 Wrap up

[@geoempowerinitiative7390]

Thank you. The perfect video to get stuck into QGIS after spending most of my time using ArcGIS.

[@MattForrest]

Amazing so glad to hear that!!!

[@thewanderess]

Thanks Matt. Really appreciate it. :)

[@MattForrest]

Any time!

[@lushegun]

Thank you! great video! I appreciate this.

[@francismusgrave]

Very useful thanks. A few quick questions - 1: What's your recommended data capture to for iOS & Android phones and tablets? 2: QGIS vs. Google Earth Pro for beginners, what are your thoughts?

[@CADinblack]

Hi Matt. Thanks a lot for your tutorial. I have noticed an issue: I can't click in the last chapters after minute 59:99. "61:26 Creating a hillshade from a raster 62:26 Creating contour lines 64:12 Make a shaded relief map 65:54 Using network analysis tools 69:51 Create a web map with QGIS2Web 72:06 Wrap up" I think you have to chenge the times like this: 1:01:26 Creating a hillshade from a raster 1:02:26 Creating contour lines 1:04:12 Make a shaded relief map 1:05:54 Using network analysis tools 1:09:51 Create a web map with QGIS2Web 1:12:06 Wrap up Thank you!

[@MattForrest]

Okay thanks for the heads up!

[@Archiblog]

1:01:26

[@ozgurdogan2737]

Thanks a lot Mr. Forrest!

[@MattForrest]

Happy to help!

[@MotionEpic]

Perfect! Thanks a lot.

[@MattForrest]

Glad it helped!

[@aliakbaramirkhani3265]

Great content ... wish the best for you sir.

[@MattForrest]

Thank you!

[@arancia9673]

Thanks a lot for this video, it was very precise. As a naturalist I smiled at the squirrel data, fur color can mean a lot.

[@MattForrest]

So glad to hear that and glad the Squirrel reference hit home.

[@marceljunioregondi5594]

Thanks Matt, Good tutorial but it is rather fast paced for novice or beginners on QGIS. Thou, handy feature with youtube is playback speed or play, rewind and ... All in all loved the tutorial.

[@MattForrest]

Amazing thanks! Will keep that in mind for future tutorials.

[@user-jr1vw8gn2i]

Thank you. Please for referral text book we could read for Spatial SQL

[@biancamashavani9987]

Thanks Matt . You helping big time👌 1:08:30

[@MattForrest]

🙌🙌🙌

[@xfd2003]

Wow, just wow!

[@grokom4584]

I would prefer you would post the links to the data sets in the description. your face covers the different data sets so it's hard to follow. I think you forgot to post

[@odhiambocalvince619]

Great ,can i do my projects and later save them in ArcGis online

[@droneviewgis6699]

Wow Matt, I realize you call this a Beginners Course, but it's more Intermediate. Great job!!

[@beeaxolotl]

hi! thank you for the video, how can i change the lenguage?

[@gerrys6265]

Thanks so much for this great Tutorial!...Wondering why you would think most people know what Central Park is...? I hope it is no surprise to you that the world is bigger than New York.

[@MattForrest]

Of course! At least in terms of New York City landmarks that tends to be one of the top ones!

[@AdventureTimeKids01]

can you recommend some books regarding Gis & Rs.

[@ben1172]

I have an issue with refactoring the data. I have a CSV file with my coordinates and some statistical data (mean/ SD etc) which are all just number values. When i try to refactor my mean from text to decimal, it keeps failing to refactor. i want to use the mean values to generate a graduated color scheme similar to the tree stump but because the refactor fails i cant proceed. any help?

[@GrabnarMyers]

Pleaaase answer this someone. Why would you not just start with that thing he did that showed where all the streets and houses were? at 23:50 Why would you start with parks? Could you put in where all the streets and buildings are (the open street maps thing) without anything else first like all the trees and squirrels and random things? I've just been looking for something simple for months and this is still too cryptic for me. Are there any slower-paced tutorials anyone knows of?

[@MattForrest]

Yes you could do that! This is just the order that I chose. Also check out the QGIS website as well.

[@peteryoung3524]

One thing not very clear to me when adding multiple layers to a map: those layers must use the same coordinate system, otherwise QGIS cannot overlap them, right? Like, if you use 2 geojson files of NYC from 2 different data sources, you must insure they have the same origins, same angle, same legend beforehand, the software itself cannot "detect AI-ly" how to overlap two different NYC maps as well as it can? Or do all maps use some same universal coordinate system.

[@MattForrest]

So yes you need to re-project your data to be in one single projection. Once you have a layer in you can just right click it and set the projection to the project projection.

[@LeMicronaut]

For future reference: If layers you're working with seem to disappear from your canvas after a process, or a process doesn't show a layer you want to work with in the parameters window or returns an error, then it's likely because the CRS don't match. You can also use the 'reproject layer' process to batch reproject.

[@muhammad1502]

“this one actually tracks their fur color..?”-jump cut 😂

[@MattForrest]

🤷

[@ifoodieTV]

I cant download QGIS. It keeps on saying. That, I need to REPAIR THE INSTALLATION. When I try to REPAIR it. Like an idiot. It doesnt even repair it. It is very frustrating. I spent an hour and a half trying to download it. But NOPE. And, I had to manually remove it. Because, it gives that option. But, doesnt actually work. OMG. I even tried to download the most stable version 3.34 LTR nope. Seems as I am the only person facing this problem.

[@basantpradhan3809]

I could not find the WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator EPSG:3857. Can you please help?

[@ocholiisrael4632]

Try this. CSR- Predefined Coordinated Reference System Click- Projected Click - Mercator Scroll down you will see: WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator EPSG:3857

[@nirshadnijam2291]

Thank you, Mark Wahlberg for this tutorial.

[@sdsa007]

This is so much more humane than learning all that abstract AI stuff....

[@djblast101]

Man f**k arcGIS lol this is so much more intuitive

[@MattForrest]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kash1454]

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