Books

Books : reviews

Kurt Menke.
Discover QGIS 3.x: 2nd edn.
Locate Press. 2022

Explore the latest Long Term Release (LTR) of QGIS with Discover QGIS 3.x Second Edition

A comprehensive up-to-date workbook built for both the classroom and professionals looking to build their skills.

Designed to take advantage of the latest QGIS features, this book will guide you in improving your maps and analyses.

The second edition is an update to the original title, using QGIS 3.24+. It contains 31 chapters covering an introduction to Geospatial Technology, Spatial Analysis, Data Management, Cartography and Advanced Data Visualization. All 31 chapters have been updated with new figures of each GUI, more thorough descriptions and new QGIS features and workflows.

The second edition includes:

Seven brand new chapters:
• Raster Data Analysis
• Field Data Collection
• Using the Style Manager & Working with Legend Patch Shapes
• Automating Print Layouts with Templates and Atlases
• Working with Labels and Annotation
• Animating Temporal Data with the Temporal Controller
• Working with Point Cloud Data

Another seven chapters with major updates including new tasks.

Updated appendices covering:
• Coordinate reference systems
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Popular plugins
• Getting involved

The book is a complete resource and includes:
• Lab exercises
• Challenge exercises
• Discussion questions
• All data and solution files