Difference between revisions of "Creating Thematic Maps Using the Cartographic Composer in GRASS GIS"
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==Introduction== |
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The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce the Cartographic Composer in GRASS GIS and use the Cartographic Composer to create 2 thematic maps. The maps will then be recreated in QGIS to determine differences in the visual aspects of the final map products. |
The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce the Cartographic Composer in GRASS GIS and use the Cartographic Composer to create 2 thematic maps. The maps will then be recreated in QGIS to determine differences in the visual aspects of the final map products. |
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| − | The data used for this tutorial is open data, which is available from the City of Ottawa |
+ | The data used for this tutorial is open data, which is available from the City of Ottawa and Scholars GeoPortal. |
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| + | Link to Open Ottawa data:https://open.ottawa.ca/ |
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| + | Link to Scholars GeoPortal: http://geo2.scholarsportal.info/ |
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Link to GRASS GIS website, where you can download the program: https://grass.osgeo.org/download/ |
Link to GRASS GIS website, where you can download the program: https://grass.osgeo.org/download/ |
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Revision as of 18:19, 6 December 2020
Introduction
The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce the Cartographic Composer in GRASS GIS and use the Cartographic Composer to create 2 thematic maps. The maps will then be recreated in QGIS to determine differences in the visual aspects of the final map products. The data used for this tutorial is open data, which is available from the City of Ottawa and Scholars GeoPortal.
Link to Open Ottawa data:https://open.ottawa.ca/
Link to Scholars GeoPortal: http://geo2.scholarsportal.info/
Link to GRASS GIS website, where you can download the program: https://grass.osgeo.org/download/
Link to QGIS website, where you can download the program: https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html
GRASS GIS and QGIS are both available for Windows, Linux and MacOS. This tutorial will be performed using the Oracle Virtual Machine running the Linux operating system.
