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QGIS Python Programming Cookbook, Second Edition

You're reading from QGIS Python Programming Cookbook, Second Edition Automating geospatial development

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787124837

Length 464 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Eclipse

Concepts

Geospatial Analysis

Author (1):

Joel Lawhead

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Automating QGIS FREE CHAPTER

2. Querying Vector Data

3. Editing Vector Data

4. Using Raster Data

5. Creating Dynamic Maps

6. Composing Static Maps

7. Interacting with the User

8. QGIS Workflows

9. Other Tips and Tricks

Introduction

This chapter explains how to automate QGIS using Python. In addition to setting this up, we will also configure the free Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) along with the PyDev plugin to make writing, editing, and debugging scripts easier. We will also learn the basics of different types of QGIS Python scripts through the PyQGIS API. Finally, we'll examine some core QGIS plugins that significantly extend its capability.

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Authors (1)

Joel Lawhead

Joel Lawhead

Joel Lawhead is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a certified GIS Professional (GISP), and vice president of NVision Solutions, Inc., an award-winning firm specializing in geospatial technology integration and sensor engineering for NASA, FEMA, NOAA, the US Navy, and many other commercial and non-profit organizations. Joel began using Python in 1997 and started combining it with geospatial software development in 2000. He has authored multiple editions of Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python and QGIS Python Programming Cookbook, both from Packt. He is also the developer of the open source Python Shapefile Library (PyShp) and maintains a geospatial technical blog.

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