[Qgis-user] Newbie to GIS and QGIS

[percy langa]

I am also on ubuntu 10.04 LTS on the PPC hardware (powerbook G4). However, I
mainly run QGIS a windows (work) laptop & a Mac OS 10.5 powerbook G4 (for
beta testing purposes).

Percy

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 8:03 AM, percy langa <percylanga at gmail.com> wrote:

> Welcome for the forum! Well, I am also relatively to QGIS, but not new to
> GIS.
>
> Unzip the downloaded file. On QGIS, select the 'Layer' menu, Add Vector
> Layer, Source Type: File, browse to your data folder, choose a shapefile or
> several shapefiles to load.
>
> Alternatively, you can use 'Source Type: Directory' and browse to your data
> folder, click OK. Choose one, several or all layers you wish to load.
>
> Good luck!
> Percy
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Jel Coward <jel at wildmedic.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Briefly - I am new to GIS and to QGIS.  Running on ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
>>
>> Motivation - to be able to generate and manipulate maps (I work with
>> Search and Rescue in BC (by work, I mean, I do it for free :)   - and a
>> desire to understand mapping better.
>>
>>
>> I thought I would start with trying to get QGIS to open/display a map of
>> our local area.
>>
>> I went here
>>
>> http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/**geogratis/en/option/select.do?**
>> id=5460AA9D-54CD-8349-C95E-**1A4D03172FDF&datasets=092j07<http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/option/select.do?id=5460AA9D-54CD-8349-C95E-1A4D03172FDF&datasets=092j07><
>> http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/**geogratis/en/option/select.do?**
>> id=5460AA9D-54CD-8349-C95E-**1A4D03172FDF&datasets=092j07<http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/option/select.do?id=5460AA9D-54CD-8349-C95E-1A4D03172FDF&datasets=092j07>
>> >
>>
>> and downloaded the ESRI shape file - which turns out to be a zip file of a
>> bunch of files.
>>
>> I opened QGIS to a blank project and tried opening all the files via 'add
>> vector layer'
>>
>> I got a list of layers, all checked, on the left and something that might
>> be a map on the right :-)   Indeed I think I recognise some shapes/patterns,
>> but there are no labels for places, and nothing really resembling a usable
>> map.
>>
>>
>> ........now I know that this is my lack of understanding and not a qgis
>> failing.    Can anyone help get me kick-started a little here please?   (or
>> just get me kicked if that fees better :)
>>
>>
>> Many thanks all - and many thanks to the devels and community for
>> producing this great open-source product.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Jel Coward
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Jel
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