MBDS

Software

QGIS Application: (https://qgis.org/en/site/) click the 'Download Now' button and then for your OS download the 3.4.x version of the software for the workshop. This will get you the most stable version of QGIS.

Windows users

Select the standalone installer for 3.4.x (not the OSGeo link!)

Mac users

There are requirements for having a certain version of Python installed (3.6) - follow the steps listed in the installer for this prior to installing QGIS.

Files

Download the .zip files from above - GettingStarted.zip -projectData.zip files.

Please know that there is no warranty of accuracy for the data provided! It is a mixture of some very old data with new data. With the exception of the Iowa Border and the Iowa Counties data layers, do NOT use this data for a real project!