Learning Log - My Learning Journey

Today I learned you can drag and drop colors in QGIS in the symbology options. I've been using this program for over a year and a half. Still learning neat tricks. Is it possible I've heard this before and forgotten? Yes. But now it will (likely) stick. I was watching the Map Academy's - Get OpenStreetMap data into QGIS, fast! video. While I'm not sure I'll use the titular feature in my work, it was fun to pick up a new shortcut.

Today I watched Map Academy's video - Explore and think BEFORE you map! while waiting for some ✨magical computer processing✨ to happen. It was a great reminder of the importance of exploring, verifying, and handling data. Identifying outliers, verifying coordinates, exploring the attributes, and making sure things look right before spending time mapping the data. It's always good to be reminded of foundational skills for data, and whether you are using geospatial data or not

There are many times when growth isn't really recognized until you stop and reflect on the past week, month, or even year. To me it is exciting when you can see your own growth in real time, doing something you once wouldn’t have known or thought to do. I've had a a few of those moments recently, and I wanted to share. I was creating a provider footprint map, and something didn't look right. When I investigated further, I was missing entire layers of data! Something didn't ge