GIS at UCD and on the Web: QGIS

UCD Library GIS Guide

About QGIS

QGIS is the leading Free and Open Source Desktop GIS. It allows you to collect, store, manage, visualize, export, analyse and map spatial data. The QGIS project is under very active development by an enthusiastic and engaged developer community with good mechanisms for help via stack exchange, mailing lists and (optionally) through a global network of commercial support providers.

Install QGIS

Install QGIS Version 3.10.4 LTR (Long Term Release)

Download QGIS for your platform here:

https://qgis.org

QGIS is available on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

The long-term repositories currently offer QGIS 3.10.4 'A Coruña'.

Full instructions for downloading QGIS are available here:

https://qgis.org

There is an old version of QGIS (2.18) available on the UCD IT Services AppsAnywhere service. However, this version is now described as being at End of Life (EOL).

This short YouTube from Digital Geography explains how to install QGIS on a MAC and deal with any issues you might encounter

Free Open Source GIS Module - Learning about GIS and How to Use QGIS

This GIS module is part of a collaborative project funded by Irish Aid, led by Dr Christine Bonnin (UCD Geography), Dr Nguyen Thi Minh Tien (Hanoi University) and Dr Truong Tuyet (Thai Nguyen University) through the Vietnam Ireland Bilateral Education Exchange (VIBE) programme.

The aim of the project is to support capacity building to address the critical global challenge of climate change through Ireland-Vietnam university linkages between the three partnering universities: UCD, Hanoi University and Thai Nguyen University.

This online, free open source QGIS module was created as part of this collaboration. It is based on and incorporates case studies and examples form the Vietnam context and is currently being used by the partner universities to support climate change and sustainable development education and research.

Module content creators:
Dave O'Mahony (MSc Geospatial Data Analysis)
Assoc Prof. Ainhoa Gonzalez (UCD Geography)
Dr Eoin O'Mahony

You are welcome to use this content to help you learn how to use QGIS, but PLEASE NOTE we cannot mark or grade any work completed, or provide any type of certificates.

Before You Start the Module
Please read this one page document carefully and note the details in it to make sure you follow them as they are crucial for the successful completion of this module.
GIS Module Programme
This document lists the content and gives the order in which the module runs.

The folders with lectures and datasets are arranged in this way, and this is the order to use them in:

Lectures 1-4 (these are available as PPT Slides or as a set of Narrated PPTs in MP4 format)

Part 1 (This is the 2nd folder in the QGIS Module. It contains the PDF which describes how to Install QGIS Software)

Week 3 to Week 11

Additional Links (Hyperlinks used in lectures & additional GIS related links which may be of interest)

Click on this link to download the QGIS Module containing PowerPoints, Lessons, Datasets, etc

Using MapGenie in QGIS

Some Ordnance Survey Ireland mapping series are available via a Web Map Service. A WMS is a standard protocol developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium for serving georeferenced map images over the internet. You will need a list of MapGenie links and username and password to use this service which allows you view Ordnance Survey maps in QGIS.

To request username / password details please submit this online request form. This service is only available for UCD staff and students.

The instructions in the PDF below are provided by OSi.

Guide to Adding OSi MapGenie Maps to QGIS
This OSi document is intended to show users how to use MapGenie in QGIS 3.10.6 (A Coruña) using examples.
Map Series Available in MapGenie
This short document provides an image from each OSi map series together with a brief description of its scale and co-ordinate system.

To Add an Image from WMS (Web Map Service)
This information from the AutoDesk Knowledge Centre explains how to import an image, e.g. a raster map such as those in MapGenie, into AutoCAD Map or AutoCAD Civil.