QGIS Shortcuts
I want to… |
Example: |
Function is: |
Find features within a certain distance. |
Find all houses within a floodplain. |
Vector Selection: Extract by distance Vector Geometry: Buffer + Vector Selection: Extract by location |
Find the features closest to… |
Find the nearest school to each census tract. |
Vector Analysis: Distance to nearest hub Vector Analysis: Shortest line between features |
Find all features of a certain type. |
Get only single family homes. |
Vector Selection: Extract by attribute |
Find features smaller/larger than… |
Find parks larger than 5 acres. |
Vector Selection: Extract by expression |
Combine features based on a variable. |
Combine industrial and commercial zones. |
Vector General: Join attributes by… [multiple options] |
Remove boundaries between features. |
Merge Washington and Oregon into one location. |
Vector Geometry: Dissolve |
Get statistics for my data. |
Find the average house price separated by race. |
Vector Analysis: Statistics by categories |
Count points in an area. |
Count all the trees on a city map. |
Vector Analysis: Count points in polygon |
Calculate density from a raster picture. |
Find the percent forest coverage of an area based on aerial photograph. |
Raster Analysis: Zonal Statistics + Raster Analysis: Fill NoData Cells [to set zeroes] |
Change the CRS. |
My points show up in the ocean! |
Vector General: Reproject Layer |