

Make the fill of the states be completely transparent we only need the state borders to be showing. (Unfortunately QGIS does not support rasters saved in a GDB so those need to be exported in ArcMap.) Now click open we only need the statesp010g vector file, select that and click “OK”. Browse to the “statesp010g.gdb” file you extracted and click “Select Folder”. In the dialog box choose the “Directory” Source type then choose “OpenFileGDB” as the type. Open “Layer > Add Layer > Add Vector Layer…” Problem is it is saved in the Esri Geodatabase format. Now we want to add some data from ArcMap. qgs file in your project folder that is similar to the. Let’s save the project now that we have something in it.

** You need to add credit at the bottom right (Right Click “Stamen Terrain” Layer > Properties > Check “Place credit on the bottom right corner” **ĭialog box for QGIS Import Geodatabes Vector file
#Quickmap services plugin qgis license#
** I used Esri Terrain in the video but Stamen Terrain Background looks much better and is open source under the CreativeCommons 3.0 license ** For this lab let’s just use the Stamen Terrain Background basemap. There are hundreds of options and you can explore that on your own time. Open “Web > QuickMapServices > Search QMS” A new Panel should open called “SearchQMS.” QuickMapServices provides a few open source map services by default but the power is in the Search.
#Quickmap services plugin qgis install#
QGIS Install Quick Map Services plugin Add Basemap This should add a new secondary menu to the “Web” menu called QuickMapServices. Search for QuickMapServices, select it, and click “Install plugin” This is where you can manage all the plugins installed on your computer. Open “Plugins > Manage and Install Plugins” from the main menu. To start things off we are going to jump right in and add a feature to QGIS using the plugin repository.

Screen Cast Playlist Finished Map Install Plugin (QuickMapServices) For a great read on what you might be missing if you only use ArcGIS checkout QGIS Features I long for while using ArcGIS. The QGIS UI Reference Image can be used to get yourself situated if you are familiar with the ArcMap for Desktop UI.įor an interesting read on the differences between ArcGIS and QGIS checkout 27 Differences Between ArcGIS and QGIS. It has all of the features one needs in a GIS and many more can be added simply using the community hosted plugin repository. Welcome to QGIS! Quantum GIS (now just known as QGIS) is a cross-platform, free, and open source GIS application. Download your own copy of QGIS from (works on Windows, MacOS X, and Linux) Overview of the Interface
