QGIS Mapping 101: Making your first categorial map with shapefiles

<p>If you haven&rsquo;t downloaded QGIS go ahead and do that now,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. During my college years I used ArcMap pretty extensively for undergraduate research. Now that I&rsquo;m on my own and don&rsquo;t have that luxury, I was looking for something cheap, or better yet free, to get my mapping skills up to snuff. That&rsquo;s when I stumbled upon QGIS. It is surprisingly similar to ArcMap and I was pleased to see all the features it offers. The user interface is also very nicely laid out, and I couldn&rsquo;t be happier with this open source software. With that, there is a slight learning curve, as there is with everything, but once you get the gist, things are a lot easier. Today, I&rsquo;m hopefully going to help mitigate some of that learning curve for you by making a simple geologic map of North Carolina using data from an assortment of resources. With that, let&rsquo;s begin!</p> <p><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/qgis-mapping-101-importing-shapefiles-categorial-symbology-labeling-cities-simple-tools-5cba8aa2868b"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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