Part 1 covers installing QGIS and then goes through some definitions and theory of geospatial basics. I also discuss finding geospatial data, some of the licenses and Terms of Use attached to data found online, and a few common file formats that are used.
A full tutorial for beginners that are interested in learning about QGIS, mapping, and geospatial data.
Introduction This week my boss asked me to gather and produce some LIDAR layers for the island that his family has a cabin on, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to show the workflow for processing compressed LAS point cloud data. You can download all of the files used in this tutorial by cloning this repository. Included in the repo are the JSON pipelines, the LAS tiles I used, and some scripts to run some of the steps I cover below....