Just a little correction for online services - I didn't finish it before I pressed send - you can extract from WFS and ArcGIS Rest Services - you cannot extract from WMS Services - load up online services in your Browser panel by right-mouse-clicking the service type (View/Panel/Browser if it isn't already loaded)
On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 at 10:42, Emma Hain <e...@north-road.com> wrote: > Hi Priyank > > Here are my tips > *Training* > There is so much online stuff for QGIS. Here are some links: > https://www.qgistutorials.com/en/ > https://www.youtube.com/@KlasKarlsson > https://www.youtube.com/@HansvanderKwast > https://www.youtube.com/@geodeltalabs > https://www.youtube.com/@burdGIS > > *Tools* > - Don't forget to use AI to help you as well in this area. > - Also check out possible Plugins to help you. > - Start with QuickMapServices to give you backgrounds e.g google. You will > need to go through the settings to load them in > - QGIS Resource Sharing to find other things such as symbology, scripts & > etc > - OSMDownloader to download OSM data > - Layout Loader to help guide you to select possible map layouts when you > need to print out your results > > - Check out the > *Data* > - don't download a heap of data > - always use the online services (ArcGIS Rest Services) - if these are > available - and extract what you need for each project > - create a geopackage per project and put your datasets in that > - use meaningful names, I also date some of my files, just in case I have > to repeat processes - otherwise you can use versioning > - use the format .gpkg (geopackage) as there are so many functionalities > associated with it that are helpful for complex projects, such as saving > the layers style etc. > - QGIS can use geodatabases, but I would only use them if I am > interchanging between ESRI and QGIS > - ensure you have the right to use the data in your work > - if you are running processes, at the end of each process, you can > collect the parameters by either copying the log (on the lower right hand > part of the Log or click on ctrl+A) or click on the Advanced Tools/Copy as > Json and paste these into the Metadata 'History' section. > > *Folder organisation* > - Generally this is the folder structure I have for geospatial activities: > [image: image.png] > - Always have a WKG (working) folder in your projects that you can put > your tests/trials and any other files that are not your final work - this > means you can control your storage space. > - For the data folder, create category folders and follow the topic > categories here > <https://icsm-au.github.io/metadata-working-group/defs/TopicCategory>. > > *Wildlife GIS* > - If you google QGIS for fauna ecology, you can check out the results > there, you are better to judge what you need. > - I have previously undertaken ecology studies with environmental > scientists and QGIS is brilliant for it, but so versatile that you really > need to be the judge of what you need to do and then google it/find your > mentor/or just go for it and find the right tool to help provide your > outcome > > *Community* > Well you have taken the first step into your QGIS community - congrats. > Try and connect with your regional community as well so you can meet > others face to face. > There are lots of links for QGIS > <https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/usergroups.html>and OSGeo > <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters>(which is the overarching > community for Open Source Geospatial) and think about attending a FOSS4G > event locally or the global one this year in Brazil. > > I hope this helps and good luck for your mapping - Welcome to QGIS! > > Cheers > Em > > On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 at 08:54, Priyank Shah via QGIS-User < > qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > >> Hello, >> I'm a student pursuing my masters in wildlife biology, recently I came >> across the concept of GIS and its applications in Wildlife, so with that >> willingness to learn something new and upskill myself I want to learn QGIS >> and its applications with Wildlife. >> >> That being said I stumbled upon the resources on the QGIS website >> itself but at the beginning only I faced problems with having to download >> shape files, like how and where to download them from and what should be >> the file type for it to function in QGIS. >> >> And Lastly if anyone is knowledgeable or uses QGIS for Wildlife can >> someone tell me which aspects of the software do I need to have more >> emphasis on? >> >> Thank You. >> _______________________________________________ >> QGIS-User mailing list >> QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > > > -- > Emma Hain — Product Manager/Senior GIS Analyst > e...@north-road.com > [image: https://north-road.com] > *North Road* > Cartography • Development • Spatial Analysis > ------------------------------ > *north-road.com* <http://north-road.com> > <https://twitter.com/northroadgeo> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/north-road-studios> > <https://www.facebook.com/North-Road-997236690392419/home> > > -- Emma Hain — Product Manager/Senior GIS Analyst e...@north-road.com [image: https://north-road.com] *North Road* Cartography • Development • Spatial Analysis ------------------------------ *north-road.com* <http://north-road.com> <https://twitter.com/northroadgeo> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/north-road-studios> <https://www.facebook.com/North-Road-997236690392419/home>
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