This workshop is about digitizing features from a georeferenced map, which is the second step in creating a GIS map file of the embedded geographic data in a paper map for the purpose of research and analysis. This tutorial follows our tutorial on georeferencing, so if you have not completed that step, check out the…
This workshop is about Georeferencing, which is the first step in our Introduction to GIS series. GIS means “Geographic Information System.” Georeferencing is a very technical activity but we are going to focus on the practical elements that will allow you complete the georeferencing task on a scanned image of a map. Georeferencing, in the…
Tool Description: QGIS is an open source geographic information systems platform that allows users to create maps, edit layers, process and analyze, and share content. As an open source tool, it boasts a large and active user community and 2000+ plugins.