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March Webinar: Two Lightning Talks
Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
Category: ILGISA Events

Join us for our webinar this month featuring two lightning talk presentations:

Census Downloader: An Automated Solution for Integrating Census and TIGER Data

Presented by: Amer Islam

Software Developer at CCRPC, Open Source GIS Enthusiast

Abstract:

This demonstration introduces Census Downloader, a custom CCRPC plugin designed to streamline the integration of U.S. Census Bureau and TIGER data. Built on Python and leveraging QGIS's robust plugin architecture, it automates the complex process of downloading, processing, and combining demographic and geographic datasets into unified layers. Through an intuitive graphical interface, users can seamlessly merge Census demographic data with TIGER boundary files, eliminating manual data manipulation. The plugin handles all necessary transformations, projections, and data matching, ensuring consistent and reliable outputs ready for immediate analysis.
 
This presentation will demonstrate the practical applications of Census Downloader in real-world scenarios, showcasing its potential to enhance workflows across urban planning, demographics research, and geographic analysis.

 

Selection and Map Extent Trickery in QGIS

Presented by: Sylvia Angelova

GIS Cadastral Tech. Kendall County, IL

Abstract:

Inspired by a request from the City of Yorkville to make quick location maps, this project got us thinking: how can we construct the map to provide a desired layout with the least amount of clicks possible?
 
Especially since the clients were moving from ArcGIS Pro to QGIS (myself included), it was useful to introduce them to QGIS in a user friendly way. Particularly, with the previous project in Pro, they would simply select the polygon they needed to show in map and switch to layout, pan the map, and export.
 
This was easier said than done in QGIS. Some tinkering was required to have the selection tool behave in the same way as Pro. In addition, an expression applied to the map extent in the layout made this project an easier adaptation to the wonders of QGIS. In this lightning talk, I will present how this was accomplished.

 

Date: Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
Time: 12:00pm

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