Prior to the Course

Download QGIS 3.40.7 (current Long Term Release) using the OSGeo4W installer

Download data

📁 Download ZIP: Course materials

For those new to QGIS

Prior to the conference, you can undertake the freely available Introduction to QGIS from Spatial Thoughts.

We will be using the following facets of QGIS, so familiarise yourself with them:

• Load layers
• Navigating around the map
• Status bar information
• Panels: Layers, Browser, Layer Styling, Identify Results, Processsing
• Working with project files
• Attributes toolbar
• Print layout
• Atlas

Workshop Set-up

Create a project file structure

Create this somewhere logical:

Open QGIS

Save the project file to Products and name it ICCB_Koala.qgz

Install Data Services

Load the following XYZ Tiles:
QLD Imagery
https://spatial-img.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/Basemaps/LatestStateProgram_AllUsers/ImageServer/tile/%7Bz%7D/%7By%7D/%7Bx%7D

Load the following ArcGIS REST Server:
QLD
https://spatial-gis.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services

How to load a connection

This works for both the XYZ Tile and the ArcGIS REST Server.

1. In the Browser panel, right mouse click and select New Connection
   
2. Give the Connection a name
3. Enter in links from the website into the URL
4. Click OK