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Extract Roads in QGIS: 6 Methods and One Trap

Start with QuickOSM. Where OSM is thin, five more ways to get roads out of imagery, and the line-or-surface choice that decides all of them.
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Map Tree Canopy in QGIS: 6 Methods, Free and Paid

For multispectral imagery, threshold NDVI in the raster calculator, then polygonize. Six methods, what each one needs, and what a canopy layer costs.
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Turn a Satellite Image into a Site Plan in QGIS

Load imagery in QGIS, draw a zone, and get a georeferenced four-class site plan back in under a minute. The manual route, the AI route, and where each breaks.
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How to share your QGIS models easily

Discover 5 ways to share your QGIS models: from the paper plane method to plugin integration !
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How to Redesign a Street in QGIS: 5 Methods

Five ways to show a street rebuilt, from hand-drawn vector layers to a generated aerial view. Only one gives back a picture that stays on the map.
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How to Simulate a Flood in QGIS: 5 Methods

From the official hazard map to a generated aerial view of the water. Which method gives a number, which gives a picture, why an elevation model changes both.
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[Blog] Take your QGIS projects to the web: Now with map themes and JS customizations

Mergin Maps simplifies QGIS project sharing with automated webmaps. Recent updates include support for layer trees, map themes, custom JavaScript integrations, a redesigned full-screen interface, and the ability to embed interactive maps directly into websites.
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Convert Raster to Vector in QGIS: 5 Methods

For a classified raster, use Raster > Conversion > Polygonize. Here are the five methods, the fix for staircase edges, and what to do with a photograph.
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What Is a Building Footprint? Definition and Area

A building footprint is the ground area a building covers, measured at its outer walls. What counts, how to calculate it, how it differs from floor area.
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QGIS User Conference 2026 – Laax

Oslandia will be attending the 2026 QGIS User Conference, which is taking place this year 5-6 October in Laax, Switzerland ⬇

⏯ Workshop QGIS Expressions: From Labels to Geometry Generators (by Benoit de Mezzo | Monday, October 5, 11:30 AM)
⏯ Deploying QGIS in large IT systems – best practices (by Vincent Picavet | Monday, October 5, 2:30 PM)
⏯ Mental health and OpenSource, tough topic for engineers (by Vincent Picavet | Monday, October 5, 4:00 PM)
⏯ From Users to Contributors: Rethinking Participation in QGIS (by Jean Felder | Monday, October 5, 4:30 PM)

🌎 The QGIS User Conference is an annual event that brings together users and developers of the QGIS open-source geographic information system (GIS). The conference offers an opportunity to discover the latest developments in QGIS, share real-world experiences, and network with the global QGIS community across administrations, industry, academia, and beyond.

The event is organized by OPENGIS.ch, the Swiss QGIS user group with support from the QGIS project.

💙 With a team of QGIS contributors and “core committers,” Oslandia is committed, as a “pure player,” to improving the core of QGIS and fixing bugs. The team is looking forward to participating in these events to engage with the international community 😊

Information and Registration ➡ https://uc2026.qgis.org/

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