Here is an easy way to download Google Maps orthophoto data on your computer using QGIS. First of all, you need to open QGIS and install the QuickMapServices plugin. Go to Plugins > Manage and Install Plugins > In the Search option type QuickMapServices. 2. Go to Web > QuickMapService > Search QMS and type [...]
Nowadays, with the help of a 3D printer, it has become very easy to print 3D geographic features captured by a Digital Elevation Model. To be able to do that, a raster export to STL (standard triangle language) format is mandatory. This can be realized with the help of QGIS software and its DEMto3D plugin. [...]
In this post we are going to learn how to merge massive amounts of raster files automatically using PyQGIS. […]
In this tutorial we will learn how to download, pre-process and manage satellite imagery. All this using the open source software QGIS and the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin (SCP). […]
QNEAT3 is a QGIS plugin integrated in the QGIS3 Processing Framework. […]
Remember that in a previous post we managed to download some free open source data from OpenStreetMap. We downloaded the roads network around Ciudad Real, Spain. […]
COVID-19 or corona virus is having a tremendous impact on the everyday lives of lots of people around the world. With entire countries in lockdown and others with severe restrictions on free movement the impact the pandemic is having on the economy is worth of mention too. […]
Now, you can create a 3D map easily in QGIS. For this exercise we will use a Digital Elevation Model, a hillshade and a Sentinel-2 satellite image. All of them clipped by the same limit. […]
Digital maps serve as effective tools when it comes to managing emergency situations like epidemics. […]
Sometimes when you find yourself in need for some spatial data like, roads, buildings, waterways, etc. you can check the OpenStreetMap Database. […]
