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For exercise you can use shapefile from DIVA GIS

Please download Laos or Philippnes administration border from DIVA GIS under thisfollowing linkhttp://www.diva-gis.org/gdata

Starting Quantum GIS

Open the QGIS program

Click Pluginsand click Fetch Phyton Plugins. It requires internet connection.

Please install this following Plugins

Session 1: Introduction to QGIS

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Getting Familiar with QGIS

Setting up the Project Properties

1. Click Setting in the Menu and click Project Properties.2. Change the Selection color into yellow and the Background color into white3. Set the Layer units into Meters4. Change the Coordinate Reference System into WGS 84 / UTM zone 48N (EPSG:32648)

Adding vector layer to the Map

1. Select buttonAdd Vector Layer2. Select file F:\GIS LESSON\Exercise 1\DIVA GIS\LAO_adm\LAO_adm2.shp

Open Attributes Table from a Map

1. Right click on Layer LAO_adm2and click Open Attribute Tableor click this icon2. Now please understand what the information inside the Attribute Table3. Select some rows in the Attributes Table and now see where they are in the Map by

clicking (Zoom to Selection).

4. The selected rows are marked in yellow color in the Map.

Layers MAP

Tools

Menu

NOTE:

Shapeis a file which contains geographical objects (polygons, lines and points).

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Query Attributes directly from the Map

1. Click identify feature2. Select an object from a Map and see where it is in your Attribute Table

Modify the Mapsview

1. Right click on Layer LAO_adm2and click Properties2. Change the color of the Map3. Put Label to your Map4.

Look at General what kind of coordinate system you use

Changing the sight of the Map

1. Zoom in with or scroll up your mouse2. Zoom out with or scroll down your mouse3. Move selection with4. Show complete Map again5. Zoom to particular Layer6. Back to the last View

Overlay different Map

1. Select buttonAdd Vector Layer2. Select file F:\GIS LESSON\Exercise 1\DIVA GIS\LAO_wat\LAO_water_lines_dcw.shp3. Now please open the road map as well in F:\GIS LESSON\Exercise 1\DIVA GIS\LAO_rds\

LAO_roads.shp

NOTE:

Attributesis a properties which are attributed to the objects of a map (Theme).

Attributes are organized in tables with each table row representing an individual

object.

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Make a Layout

1. Click File on Menu and click New Print Composer2. Click Add New Map and then create a box on the View3. Change the orientation into Portrait. Click Composition4. In the Menu click Layout.5. Now please add Label, add Legend, Scale bar to your Map.

End of Session 1: Introduction to QGIS

PLEASE SAVE YOUR PROJECT