← Methods 3

In-class Exercises

Part 1: Project Projections

  1. Download this class's data.
  2. Open the file ne_10m_admin_0_countries in QGIS.
  3. Go to Project > Properties > CRS.
  4. Find and select North_America_Albers_Equal_Area_Conic.
  5. Press OK.

Part 2: CSV Layer Projections

  1. Open the city_council_districts in QGIS.
  2. Open the NYPD Motor Vehicle Collisions CSV in QGIS.
  3. Open the 7 Major Felony Incidents CSV in QGIS.

Part 3: Categorized maps

  1. Open the NYPD Motor Vehicle Collisions CSV in QGIS if it's not already open.
  2. Style using a Categorized style on the column BOROUGH.
  3. Style using a Categorized style on the column CONTRIBUTING FACTOR VEHICLE 1.

Part 4: Choropleth maps

  1. Open the shapefiles 311_noise_complaints_summer_2018 and city_council_districts in QGIS.
  2. Count the number of noise complaints in each council district.
  3. Style the resulting layer with a Graduated style on the column containing the counts.