![\"Dufourkarte](\"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dufourkarte_extent.png\")
<\/a><\/div>How to add a Swisstopo layer in QGIS?<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>In QGIS, you can add all the layers from the federal geoportal (map.geo.admin.ch) to your project. This tutorial shows you how.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Continue Reading How to add a Swisstopo layer in QGIS?<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bsp_Ruti.png\")
<\/a><\/div>How to create a map layout?<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>You need a map for a paper or a presentation? This QGIS tutorial shows you how to create a layout for your map with a title, a legend, a north arrow, a scale etc., which you can export as image or PDF.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Continue Reading How to create a map layout?<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chi_map.png\")
<\/a><\/div>Comparing two sets of point data (III)<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>When we count points of two data sets per cell, we can compare their densities. Generating Chi expectation surfaces allows us to compare actual with expected densities.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Continue Reading Comparing two sets of point data (III)<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hexagonal_binning.png\")
<\/a><\/div>Working with point data (II)<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>This is part II of the point data tutorial for QGIS. It teaches you how to create a grid to calculate a density surface, that is to count the points per grid cell. <\/p>\n<\/div>
Continue Reading Working with point data (II)<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Header.png\")
<\/a><\/div>Selecting point data in QGIS (I)<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>Let\u2019s assume: You have imported point data into QGIS and want to analyse it further. This short tutorial shows you step by step how you can filter your dataset based on an attribute or on the spatial location.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Continue Reading Selecting point data in QGIS (I)<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/header.png\")
<\/a><\/div>How to start a new project in QGIS?\u00a0<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>You have spatial data and know what you want to analyse, but how do you start? This short tutorial gets you started and guides you step by step through a project setup. <\/p>\n<\/div>
Continue Reading How to start a new project in QGIS?\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\nMinor Spatial Data Science<\/strong>
UZH will launch a new minor in Spatial Data Science (30 ECTS) as of fall 2025. You’ll find more information here<\/a>.
Infrastructure<\/strong>
– Request access to\u00a0ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro\u00a0with your UZH account<\/a> (fill in the form in the link and you will get notified once your access has been set up. If you work or study at GIUZ<\/a>, you can go to uzh.maps.arcgis.com<\/a> and simply log in with your UZH short name and password.)<\/p>\n\n\n\nData<\/strong>
Topographic Raster and Vector Maps, Digital Elevation Models and Orthophotos<\/a> (by GeoVITe, open to all students and researchers at UZH, login via Switch edu-ID)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOpen Data Switzerland <\/strong>
This is small selection of open data for Switzerland which you can use to practice:
– Open Data Z\u00fcrich (by Stadt Z\u00fcrich)<\/a>
– Swiss Open Government Data (by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, FSO)<\/a>
– Open Data Collection, curated by S. Graf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSome global open data sources<\/strong>
– Overpass turbo, a web-based data filtering tool for OpenStreetMap<\/a>
– World Bank<\/a>
– UNESCO<\/a>
– SprachGIS (in German, “Language GIS”) on regionalsprache.de<\/a>
– OGD Portal Germany<\/a>
– OGD Portal Austria<\/a>
– OGD Portal EU<\/a>
– OGD Portal UK<\/a>
– OGD Portal USA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nMaps<\/strong>
– Kartenportal.CH: specialist portal for maps from libraries and archives in Switzerland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nLibraries\/Code<\/strong>
– Python library Irchel Geoparser<\/em><\/strong> to extract toponyms (place names) out of text(s) and georeference them (by Diego Gomes, developper of the Irchel Geoparser)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nExternal Tutorials<\/strong>\u00a0and other support material<\/strong>\u00a0for QGIS<\/strong>
– QGIS Beginner Tutorials in our Blog: How to start a new project in QGIS?\u00a0<\/a>, Selecting point data in QGIS<\/a>, Working with point data (II)<\/a> etc.
– QGIS Cheatsheet (by openschoolmaps.ch)<\/a>
– QGIS Training Material (by qgis.org, in various languages)<\/a>
– QGIS Basics Wiki (by Daniel Ursprung)<\/a>
– QGIS courses at Coursera<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nExternal Tutorials and other support material for ArcGIS Online<\/strong>
– ArcGIS R Bridge Tutorial<\/a> (by Stefan Graf from ESRI Switzerland)
– ArcGIS Online for Beginners | Learning Plan (esri.com)<\/a>
– Essential ArcGIS Online skills | 10 tutorials (esri.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here you’ll find tutorials. Scroll down for more information on data and infrastructure. Tutorials Minor Spatial Data ScienceUZH will launch a new minor in Spatial Data Science (30 ECTS) asContinue reading “Data, Tutorials and Infrastructure”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-974","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2052,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974\/revisions\/2052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In QGIS, you can add all the layers from the federal geoportal (map.geo.admin.ch) to your project. This tutorial shows you how.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Continue Reading How to add a Swisstopo layer in QGIS?<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n You need a map for a paper or a presentation? This QGIS tutorial shows you how to create a layout for your map with a title, a legend, a north arrow, a scale etc., which you can export as image or PDF.<\/p>\n<\/div> Continue Reading How to create a map layout?<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n When we count points of two data sets per cell, we can compare their densities. Generating Chi expectation surfaces allows us to compare actual with expected densities.<\/p>\n<\/div> Continue Reading Comparing two sets of point data (III)<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n This is part II of the point data tutorial for QGIS. It teaches you how to create a grid to calculate a density surface, that is to count the points per grid cell. <\/p>\n<\/div> Continue Reading Working with point data (II)<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n Let\u2019s assume: You have imported point data into QGIS and want to analyse it further. This short tutorial shows you step by step how you can filter your dataset based on an attribute or on the spatial location.<\/p>\n<\/div> Continue Reading Selecting point data in QGIS (I)<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n You have spatial data and know what you want to analyse, but how do you start? This short tutorial gets you started and guides you step by step through a project setup. <\/p>\n<\/div> Continue Reading How to start a new project in QGIS?\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n Minor Spatial Data Science<\/strong> Data<\/strong> Open Data Switzerland <\/strong> Some global open data sources<\/strong> Maps<\/strong> Libraries\/Code<\/strong> External Tutorials<\/strong>\u00a0and other support material<\/strong>\u00a0for QGIS<\/strong> External Tutorials and other support material for ArcGIS Online<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here you’ll find tutorials. Scroll down for more information on data and infrastructure. Tutorials Minor Spatial Data ScienceUZH will launch a new minor in Spatial Data Science (30 ECTS) asContinue reading “Data, Tutorials and Infrastructure”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-974","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2052,"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974\/revisions\/2052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/div>How to create a map layout?<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>Comparing two sets of point data (III)<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>Working with point data (II)<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>Selecting point data in QGIS (I)<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>How to start a new project in QGIS?\u00a0<\/a><\/h2><\/header><\/div>
UZH will launch a new minor in Spatial Data Science (30 ECTS) as of fall 2025. You’ll find more information here<\/a>.
Infrastructure<\/strong>
– Request access to\u00a0ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro\u00a0with your UZH account<\/a> (fill in the form in the link and you will get notified once your access has been set up. If you work or study at GIUZ<\/a>, you can go to uzh.maps.arcgis.com<\/a> and simply log in with your UZH short name and password.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Topographic Raster and Vector Maps, Digital Elevation Models and Orthophotos<\/a> (by GeoVITe, open to all students and researchers at UZH, login via Switch edu-ID)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is small selection of open data for Switzerland which you can use to practice:
– Open Data Z\u00fcrich (by Stadt Z\u00fcrich)<\/a>
– Swiss Open Government Data (by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, FSO)<\/a>
– Open Data Collection, curated by S. Graf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Overpass turbo, a web-based data filtering tool for OpenStreetMap<\/a>
– World Bank<\/a>
– UNESCO<\/a>
– SprachGIS (in German, “Language GIS”) on regionalsprache.de<\/a>
– OGD Portal Germany<\/a>
– OGD Portal Austria<\/a>
– OGD Portal EU<\/a>
– OGD Portal UK<\/a>
– OGD Portal USA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Kartenportal.CH: specialist portal for maps from libraries and archives in Switzerland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Python library Irchel Geoparser<\/em><\/strong> to extract toponyms (place names) out of text(s) and georeference them (by Diego Gomes, developper of the Irchel Geoparser)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
– QGIS Beginner Tutorials in our Blog: How to start a new project in QGIS?\u00a0<\/a>, Selecting point data in QGIS<\/a>, Working with point data (II)<\/a> etc.
– QGIS Cheatsheet (by openschoolmaps.ch)<\/a>
– QGIS Training Material (by qgis.org, in various languages)<\/a>
– QGIS Basics Wiki (by Daniel Ursprung)<\/a>
– QGIS courses at Coursera<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
– ArcGIS R Bridge Tutorial<\/a> (by Stefan Graf from ESRI Switzerland)
– ArcGIS Online for Beginners | Learning Plan (esri.com)<\/a>
– Essential ArcGIS Online skills | 10 tutorials (esri.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n