Often data's not in any kind of GIS format.…CSV, comma separated values, can contain the X and Y,…or latitude and longitude columns.…They can be created as an export from another GIS,…or even from a GPS device.…Let's look at a CSV now.…In Exercise Files, under DATA, CSV,…there's a CSV file called incidents.…We open that up in Excel,…you can see we have file,…reportedtime, occurence, and crimetypes.…
Inside the CSV we also have two columns,…a latitude and a longitude with the x and y values…of where each crime took place.…We can actually use this Excel sheet,…or CSV file inside of QGIS.…Let's close Excel,…don't bother saving, and open up QGIS desktop.…Just to add some context I'm going to add…the ROAD_CENTERLINES to the map first,…before I add my crime incidents.…So now under Layer, Add Delimited Text Layer.…
We'll browse to that same text file we were just looking at,…that incidents.csv, and click open.…Make sure the File format is CSV (comma separated values).…We also have to choose what the X and Y field are.…So the X field is long, or longitude.…
Author
Gordon Luckett
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Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome47s
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1. Understanding and Installing QGIS
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Overview of QGIS features5m 21s
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Installing QGIS1m 30s
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Exploring the QGIS browser3m 43s
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2. Vector Data with QGIS
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Adding shapefiles to QGIS2m 22s
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Adding WFS data to QGIS3m 52s
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3. Raster Data with QGIS
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Adding ECW data3m 51s
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Adding WMS data4m 46s
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Adding DEM data4m 22s
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4. Styling Data
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Working with point layers3m 52s
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Utilizing polyline layers3m 30s
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Exploring polygon layers4m 6s
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Using thematic layers6m 5s
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Working with DEM layers3m 1s
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5. Labeling Features
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Labelling vector data7m 6s
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6. Changing Default Properties
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Exploring project properties8m 46s
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7. Printing with Print Composer
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Adding maps5m
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Adding elements4m 17s
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8. Creating New Data
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Creating new vector data4m 59s
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Adding data from Excel (CSV)2m 50s
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Editing existing data4m 59s
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9. Using Advanced Tools
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10. Using Plugins
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Conclusion
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Next steps38s
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