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Recent Posts
Making Professional Maps with QGIS and Inkscape
If you’ve ever wanted to break away from default cartography imposed by GIS programs and become more creative with you maps, this calss is for you! The course is currently available for a promotional price of $10! Access the course through the courses page, or visit https://opensourceoptions.teachable.com.
Develop Python Plugins with QGIS 3
The first OpenSourceOptions course is live! The course is available for a promotional price of $10 through the end of April! Access the course through our courses page, or visit https://opensourceoptions.teachable.com.
Custom Color Ramps with QGIS 3.0
The most recent release of QGIS 3.0 has introduced a lot of great new features. One of these is the ability to easily create and save custom color ramps. This post will walk through how to create and apply a color ramp to raster data. Color ramps can also be easily applied to vector data.
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