> Objective

• This section shows an overview of the user interface  

• The students will learn how to navigate within the map canvas  

• The students will learn how to add and delete toolbars  

• The students will learn how to get back the layers and browser panel in case they lost them 

> Index / Table of Contents

• Introduction  

• Tutorial(s)  

• QGIS installation  

> Summary and Highlights

Introduction 

The following tutorials give an overview of the QGIS interface and explain how to change some settings. 

Tutorial(s) 

• User Interface basics   TOI-pedia: “Overview of QGIS interface”  Language(s): English  Chapters: layers list, map canvas, browser panel, toolbars, side toolbar, status bar, locator bar  http://wiki.bk.tudelft.nl/toi-pedia/Overview_of_QGIS_interface  

• User Interface basics   QGIS Training manual: “2.1. An Overview of the Interface”  Language(s): English  Chapters: try yourself: the basics (the layers list, the browser panel, toolbars, the map canvas, the status bar, the side toolbar, the locator bar), try yourself 1, try yourself 2, what’s next   https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/training_manual/basic_map/overview.html  

• Tools to navigate within the Map Canvas (pan, zoom, map scale)   QGIS Training manual: “2.3. Navigating the Map Canvas”  Language(s): English  Chapters: follow along: basic navigation tools, in conclusion  https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/training_manual/basic_map/mapviewnavigation.html  

• Add and delete toolbars   Mariëlle Geers-Plasmans (Geojuffie): “T04 werkbalken”  Language(s): Dutch  Time: 1min 36s   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnRkCL8tdAQ&t  

• Get the layers and browser panel back   Hans van der Kwast: “Oops! I lost my layers and browser panel in QGIS, what now?”  Language(s): English  Time: 45s   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xopLcgyG_a4\ 

• How to set the output file name as the layer name    Hans van der Kwast: “Set Processing Toolbox to output file names as layer names”  Language(s): English  Time: 1min 16s   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEwtcTPCs2o 

• Introduction to user interface and plugins   Erik Meerburg (3D geoinformation research group): “Urbanism GIS Course 2: QGIS Settings and Plugins”  Language(s): English  Time: 11min 26s   Chapters: intro (start-0:53), user interface (0:52-6:34), plugins (6:34-end)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pbqcLEwJE4  

• Setting up QGIS after installation  Erik Meerburg (Geogoeroe): “QGIS inrichten voor Nederlands gebruik”  Language(s): Dutch  Time: 9min 40s  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W-608yX6_4 

• Setting up QGIS after installation (setting up QGIS in Dutch)   Erik Meerburg (Geogoeroe): “QGIS inrichten voor Nederlands gebruik”  Language(s): Dutch  Time: 9min 48s   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g56lZ1UMYw  

> QGIS Installation

Do you still need to install QGIS? The QGIS installation and update section explains how to install QGIS on Windows and macOS. 

Useful Links 

QGIS Training Manual

QGIS User Guide

GIS OpenCourseWare

TOI-pedia

Mariëlle Geers-Plasmans (Geojuffie) YouTube channel 

Hans van der Kwast YouTube channel 

Erik Meerburg (3D geoinformation research group) YouTube channel 

Erik Meerburg (Geogoeroe) YouTube channel 

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