TERMINOLOGY

Words you should know about

LAYER
A SINGLE MAP LAYER IN QGIS

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SHAPEFILE
A GEOGRAPHIC DATA FILE FORMAT

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GEOPACKAGE
ANOTHER GEOGRAPHIC DATA FILE FORMAT

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 GEOJSON, KML,
GEOTIF, AND MORE
EVEN MORE GEOGRAPHIC DATA FILE FORMATS

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 CRS
COORDINATE REFERENCE SYSTEM
(KIND OF LIKE A MAP PROJECTION)

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 FIELD
A COLUMN IN AN ATTRIBUTE TABLE
(JUST LIKE A COLUMN IN AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET)

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 QGIS 3.x
What? It just means any version of QGIS 3 - like QGIS
3.10, QGIS 3.16, QGIS 3.24 and so on

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 PLUGIN
A TOOL THAT ADDS EXTRA FUNCTIONALITY TO QGIS,
INSTALLED VERY QUICKLY VIA THE PLUGINS MENU

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 VECTOR
ANY LAYER MADE UP OF POINTS, LINES OR POLYGONS

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RASTER
ANY LAYER MADE UP OF LITTLE PIXELS

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 ALASDAIR
THAT’S ME - BUT FEEL FREE TO CALL ME ALY, JUST LIKE MY
FRIENDS DO :)

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REMEMBER TO
SAVE YOUR WORK
REGULARLY DURING
THIS COURSE
And that’s
all I have to
say about
that
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