QGIS/C4/Interpolation/English-timed
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| Time | Narration |
| 00:01 | Welcome to this tutorial on Interpolation Methods in QGIS. |
| 00:07 | In this tutorial, we will learn about Interpolation methods. |
| 00:12 | Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) and
Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) |
| 00:18 | Here I am using
Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04 |
| 00:24 | QGIS version 2.18 |
| 00:28 | To follow this tutorial you should be familiar with QGIS interface. |
| 00:34 | For the prerequisite tutorials in this series, please visit this website. |
| 00:40 | Data files required for this tutorial are provided in the Code files link. |
| 00:46 | Please download and extract the contents of the folder. |
| 00:51 | I have saved this folder on the Desktop.
Double-click on the folder to open it. |
| 00:59 | Locate Air Stations.shp in the extracted folder. |
| 01:04 | This file shows meteorological stations located in Maharashtra. |
| 01:10 | Interpolation is a method to create continuous surface from discrete points. |
| 01:17 | Two methods of interpolation are available in QGIS. |
| 01:22 | Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) and Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) |
| 01:28 | Interpolation Plugin is used to create interpolated raster from Point layer. |
| 01:35 | Open the QGIS interface. |
| 01:38 | Here I have opened the QGIS interface. |
| 01:43 | Enable the interpolation plugin using Plugins menu as shown here. |
| 01:49 | Check the check-box for Interpolation plugin.
Close the dialog-box. |
| 01:56 | Open the Raster menu. |
| 01:59 | Interpolation option is now added in the Raster menu. |
| 02:04 | Click on Add Vector Layer tool. Add vector layer dialog-box opens. |
| 02:11 | Click on Browse button and navigate to Code files folder.
Here we will select two files. |
| 02:20 | Select AirStations.shp file. |
| 02:24 | Hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard and click on MH_Districts.shp. |
| 02:32 | Click on the Open button. |
| 02:35 | Click on Open button on the Add vector layer dialog-box. |
| 02:40 | On the canvas we see map of Maharashtra state. |
| 02:45 | Locations of Air stations in each district are shown as point features. |
| 02:52 | Let us label these point features. |
| 02:56 | Right click on the Air Stations layer. |
| 03:00 | Click on Properties option to open Layer Properties dialog box. |
| 03:06 | Select the Labels option located on the left panel. |
| 03:11 | Click on the drop-down located at the top. |
| 03:15 | Select Show labels for this layer from the drop-down. |
| 03:20 | In the Label with drop-down, select Air underscore Pollut.
Scroll down. |
| 03:28 | Here you will find various options to modify the label style. |
| 03:33 | Choose the required style and click on OK button. |
| 03:38 | On the canvas, points with the labels will be displayed. |
| 03:43 | Open the attribute table for Air Stations dot shp layer. |
| 03:49 | In the attribute table Nitrogen Oxides levels for every station is given. |
| 03:57 | We will interpolate Air Stations layer by the Nox attribute. |
| 04:03 | Here we will use IDW method for interpolation.
Close the attribute table. |
| 04:11 | Inverse Distance Weighting method gives weights to sample points. |
| 04:17 | It is used for interpolating data such as temperature, rainfall, population etc. |
| 04:26 | Back to the QGIS interface. |
| 04:29 | Click on the Raster menu. |
| 04:32 | Click on the interpolation plugin. |
| 04:35 | Interpolation plugin dialog-box opens. |
| 04:39 | In the Input section,
Select Air Stations as option as the Vector layers. |
| 04:46 | Here, by default, Air Stations layer is already selected. |
| 04:52 | Select Interpolation attribute as NOx. |
| 04:57 | Click on the Add Button. |
| 05:00 | This will add Air Stations dot shp layer with Nitrogen Oxide attribute. |
| 05:06 | Select Points in the Typedrop-down.
Here Points is selected by default. |
| 05:14 | Go to the Output section. |
| 05:17 | Select Interpolation method as Inverse Distance Weighting.
Leave all the settings as default. |
| 05:26 | Click on the three dots button next to Output file. |
| 05:30 | Save the output as an IDW underscore Stations in the desired folder.
I will save it on Desktop. |
| 05:40 | Check, Add result to project if it is unchecked. |
| 05:45 | Click on OK button. |
| 05:47 | The map with black and white areas will be displayed on the screen. |
| 05:53 | White areas represent high levels of Nitrogen Oxides. |
| 05:58 | Black areas represent low levels of Nitrogen Oxides. |
| 06:03 | For more clarity, we will change the symbology of the layer. |
| 06:08 | Open Layer properties for the IDW layer. |
| 06:13 | From the left panel, click on the Style option. |
| 06:17 | Select Render type as Single band Pseudocolor. |
| 06:22 | Select Discrete from Interpolation drop-down. |
| 06:26 | Choose Spectral from color drop-down. Check the Invert check-box. |
| 06:33 | Click on the Classify button. |
| 06:36 | Leave all other settings as default. |
| 06:40 | Click on Apply and OK button. |
| 06:44 | Map with areas in Spectral colors is displayed on the canvas. |
| 06:50 | The red colored areas have high concentration of Nitrogen Oxides. |
| 06:56 | Blue areas have least concentration of Nitrogen Oxides. |
| 07:01 | Save the project using Save tool from the tool bar. |
| 07:06 | Give an appropriate name. Choose a convenient location. |
| 07:12 | Click on Save button. |
| 07:15 | Let us now learn about the Triangulated Irregular Network interpolation method. |
| 07:22 | TIN is used to create a surface formed by triangles. |
| 07:28 | This is based on nearest neighbor point information. |
| 07:33 | TIN method is commonly used for elevation data. |
| 07:38 | Open a new QGIS window.
Click on New tool on the tool bar. |
| 07:45 | Use the Add Vector Layer tool to load Points dot shp layer. |
| 07:52 | Open Attribute table of Points layer. |
| 07:56 | Notice the Elevation data for each point feature. |
| 08:01 | Close the Attribute table. |
| 08:04 | Again open Interpolation window from Raster menu. |
| 08:09 | In the Input section, select Points layer in the Vector layers drop-down.
Select elevation as Interpolation attribute. |
| 08:20 | Click on Add button.
This will add Points layer with elevation attribute for interpolating. |
| 08:28 | Points in Type drop-down is chosen automatically.
Leave it as such. |
| 08:34 | In the Output section, select Triangular interpolation as Interpolation method. |
| 08:41 | Save the output file as TIN-Stations and click on OK button. |
| 08:49 | Map showing triangulated interpolation appears on the canvas. |
| 08:54 | Change the symbology for this layer. |
| 08:58 | Follow the same steps as we did for IDW layer. |
| 09:12 | The map is now displayed in Spectral colors.
Areas in red represent high elevation. |
| 09:21 | Areas in blue represent low elevation. |
| 09:25 | Save the maps using the Save tool on the toolbar. |
| 09:30 | Let us summarize,
In this tutorial we have learnt about two methods of Interpolation. |
| 09:37 | Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) and Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) |
| 09:43 | For the assignment,
Create IDW interpolated map for Air Stations layer with SO2 attribute. |
| 09:52 | Your map should look as shown here. |
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