QGIS/C2/Plugins/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to this tutorial on Plugins in QGIS.
00:06	In this tutorial, we will learn to, Enable Core Plugins.
00:13	Install an External Plugin.
00:16	Locate a Plugin on QGIS interface.
00:20	Install QuickMapServices Plugin.
00:23	Download OpenStreetMap data.
00:26	Use QuickOSM Plugin to convert OSM data to shapefile.
00:32	View 3D visualization of a map layer using Qgis2threejs Plugin.
00:39	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04
00:47	QGIS version 2.18
00:51	Mozilla Firefox browser 54.0 and
00:55	A working Internet connection
00:58	To follow this tutorial, you should be familiar with QGIS interface.
01:06	For the prerequisite QGIS tutorials, please visit this website. https://spoken-tutorial.org/
01:12	About plugins,
01:14	QGIS Plugins add useful features to the software.
01:19	They are written by developers and other independent users.
01:24	Plugins option is available on the menu bar on the QGIS interface.
01:30	Plugins have the ability to, insert menu items at various locations on the interface and create new panels and toolbars.
01:42	Here I have opened QGIS interface.
01:46	Click on Plugins on the menu bar.
01:50	From the drop-down, select Manage and Install plugins.
01:55	Plugins dialog-box opens.
01:58	Here you find menus which allow the user to enable/disable, install/uninstall and upgrade plugins.
02:08	You can use the filters on the left panel to find a specific plugin.
02:14	By default All menu is selected.
02:18	Please read the information given on the right-panel.
02:22	Here all the available plugins are listed.
02:25	This includes Core plugins and external plugins.
02:30	Click on the Installed menu from the left panel.
02:34	Read the instructions given on the right panel.
02:38	Click on the check-box or double-click on the name to activate or deactivate the plugin.
02:45	Plugins installed on your QGIS are listed here.
02:50	Some of these plugins are Core plugins installed during QGIS installation.
02:57	In order to use a Core plugin, we need to enable or activate the plugin.
03:03	Let us locate Processing plugin.
03:06	In the search bar type Processing.
03:10	The name appears below the search bar.
03:13	Click on the name of the plugin.
03:16	You will see its details on the right panel.
03:20	Processing plugin is a Core plugin.
03:23	Click on the check-box next to the plugin name, to enable or activate the plugin.
03:30	Close the Plugins dialog-box.
03:33	Processing plugin is now enabled on the menu bar.
03:37	Again open the Plugins dialog-box.
03:41	Clear the search bar and type, Spatial Query.
03:46	The name of the plugin appears below the search bar.
03:50	This plugin is already enabled.
03:54	Click on the name of the plugin.
03:57	This is Core plugin which is installed during QGIS installation.
04:03	Core plugins can only be enabled or disabled.
04:08	They cannot be uninstalled from QGIS.
04:12	Hence the buttons are not highlighted here.
04:16	In the plugin description, the Category is Vector.
04:20	Which means we can find this plugin in the Vector menu once it is enabled. Close the dialog-box.
04:29	Spatial Query tool is available in the Vector menu and also as tool on the tool bar.
04:37	Let us now install an external plugin.
04:40	Again open Plugins dialog-box. Clear the search bar.
04:46	Click on Not installed menu from the left panel.
04:50	The list of all available plugins that are not installed are shown here.
04:56	Let us now install QuickMapServices plugin.
05:00	In the search box at the top of the Plugins dialog-box, type QuickMapServices.
05:07	In the search results below click on QuickMapServices plugin.
05:13	QuickMapServices plugin has a collection of easy to add basemaps.
05:19	Click on Install plugin button at the bottom-right corner.
05:24	Wait for the installation to complete. Close the Plugins dialog-box.
05:30	Click on Web menu on the menu bar.
05:34	You will see the newly installed QuickMapServices plugin in the drop-down.
05:40	Click on QuickMapServices.
05:43	A sub-menu opens with options like Landsat, NASA, OSM, etc.
05:51	OSM is the acronym for Open Street Map.
05:55	From the sub-menu, click on OSM Standard.
05:59	Open Street Map of the world will be loaded on the canvas.
06:05	It represents physical features on the ground for example roads, buildings, etc.
06:13	Scroll the center mouse button to zoom in to Mumbai area.
06:19	Zoom again in the Thane region.
06:23	Click on Current CRS button on the status bar.
06:28	In the CRS selector, check the check-box for Enable On-The-Fly CRS transformation option.
06:36	From the Coordinate Reference system select WGS 84 EPSG 4326.
06:45	Click on OK button to close the box.
06:49	To download the map, click on Vector menu.
06:53	From the drop-down, click on OpenStreetMap option. From the sub-menu select Download Data.
07:03	Download OpenStreetMap data dialog-box opens.
07:08	Extent from map canvas is selected by default. Leave it as such.
07:15	Click on the button with 3 dots next to Output file field.
07:20	A dialog-box opens, type the filename as Thane.osm .
07:28	Select a suitable location.
07:31	I will select Desktop. Click on Save button.
07:36	In the Download OpenStreetMap data dialog-box, click on OK button.
07:42	On the status bar you can see the progress of the download and file size.
07:49	After the download is complete, successful download message will be displayed. Click on OK button.
07:58	Close Download OpenStreet Map dialog-box.
08:02	The OSM file you have downloaded is only a data file.
08:07	To convert this data into a shapefile, you need a plugin called QuickOSM.
08:14	This plugin will help import OSM data into QGIS.
08:20	Back on the QGIS interface.
08:23	Click on the plugins menu.
08:26	Select Manage and Install Plugins. Plugins window opens.
08:33	In the search box under Not installed menu type QuickOSM.
08:39	In the search results below, click on QuickOSM.
08:44	Click on Install plugin button at the bottom- right corner to install it.
08:50	Wait for the installation to complete. Click on Close button.
08:57	Click on Vector menu on the menu bar.
09:01	Click on QuickOSM. From the sub-menu, click on QuickOSM.
09:09	QuickOSM dialog-box opens.
09:13	Click on OSM file option from the left panel.
09:17	In OSM file, click on browse and navigate to the Thane.osm file. Click on Open button.
09:27	Click on check boxes for Points, Lines, Multilinestrings, Multipolygons if not already checked.
09:37	In QuickOSM dialog-box, click on Open button.
09:42	The process may take some time.
09:45	When the process is complete the status bar shows 100 percent.
09:50	Close the QuickOSM dialog-box.
09:54	OSM data is loaded on canvas.
09:58	Notice that layers are added in the Layers Panel.
10:03	Now we will create three dimensional visualization of vector layers.
10:09	Click on the menu item Plugins.
10:12	Select Manage and Install Plugins. Plugins window opens.
10:19	In the search box at the top of the Plugins dialog-box, type Qgis2threejs.
10:26	Click on Qgis2threejs.
10:30	In the right panel, description of Qgis2threejs is given.
10:36	Click on Install plugin button in the bottom right corner to install it.
10:42	Wait for the installation to complete. Click on Close button.
10:48	Qgis2threejs Plugin tool can be seen on the toolbar.
10:54	The plugin can also be found under Web menu on the menu bar.
10:59	In the Layers Panel, hide the Point, Lines and Multilinestrings layers.
11:06	Uncheck the check-boxes next to Lines, Points, Multilinestrings layers.
11:14	Only Multipolygons layer in visible on canvas.
11:19	Click on Qgis2threejs from toolbar.
11:24	Qgis2threejs dialog box opens.
11:29	In the dialog-box, click the check-box next to OSMFile in the Polygon section.
11:36	Click on Browse button next to Output HTML file path text box.
11:42	Output filename dialog-box opens. Let us name the file as Buildings.
11:50	Select a suitable location to save the file.
11:54	I will choose Desktop.
11:57	Click on Save button at the bottom-right corner of the dialog-box.
12:03	In the Qgis2threejs dialog box, file path appears in the text box. Click on Run button.
12:13	Wait till the process is complete, as shown on the status bar at the bottom.
12:19	Buildings html file opens in a new browser window.
12:24	Zoom in to see three dimensional buildings.
12:29	Back on the QGIS canvas.
12:33	Open Plugins dialog-box again.
12:36	Click on Settings menu from the left panel.
12:40	Under this menu you can use the following options. 1. Check for updates, 2. Show also experimental plugins, 3. Show also deprecated plugins.
12:52	Here we also have buttons to add external author repositories.
12:58	Demonstration on how to build a new plugin will be covered in the upcoming tutorials. Close the dialog-box.
13:08	Let's summarize
13:10	In this tutorial we have learnt to, Enable Core Plugins, Install an External Plugin, Locate a Plugin on QGIS interface, Install QuickMapServices Plugin.
13:27	Download OpenStreetMap data
13:30	Use QuickOSM Plugin to convert OSM data to shapefile.
13:35	View 3D visualization of a map layer using Qgis2threejs Plugin.
13:41	As an assignment, Create three dimensional buildings map for Bangalore area.
13:47	Use OpenStreetMap data zoomed in to Bangalore area.
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14:31	This tutorial is contributed by Vaishnavi Honap from College of Engineering Pune, Snehalatha Kaliappan and Himanshi Karwanji from IIT Bombay. Thank you for joining.

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