Qgis Plugins

1)MMQGIS

MMQGIS is a set of Python plugins for manipulating vector map layers in Quantum GIS: CSV input/output/join, geocoding, geometry conversion, buffering, hub analysis, simplification, column modification, and simple animation. MMQGIS provides an alternative to the Processing toolbox, with verbose progress reporting, an intuitive user interface, direct shapefile/CSV-file access, and some additional capabilities missing from other plugin sets.

2)HCMGIS

HCMGIS – Basemaps, Download OpenData, Batch Converter, VN-2000 Projections, Geometry Processing and Field Calculation Utilities

  • Basemaps: Add global basemaps from Google, Carto, ESRI, OSM Stamen, etc;- Batch Converter: Batch convert CSV to Point Shapefiles and other GIS formats (including OSM pbf, GeoPackage) in a folder and its subfolders;- Download OpenData: Download Open Data from OSM Geofabrik, GADM, Microsoft Building Footprints, HCMGIS OpenData, Open Development Mekong, World Food Programme, Standford University, etc;- Vn-2000 Projections: Lookup EPSG Code for Vn-2000/ TM3 Projection for all Provinces in Vietnam;- Spatial Processing: Create Skeleton/Medial Axis/ Centerline for road/ river networks and similar linear structures, create Centerline in Polygons’ gaps (E.g building blocks), finding closest/ farthest pair of Points, Largest Empty Circle of a Point set; – Attribute Calculation: merge/ split data fields, Vietnamese Font Converter: Unicode <-> TCVN3 <-> Vni-Windows, UPPER CASE, lower case.;

3)QuickMapServices

Easy to add basemaps and geoservices

Easy to use list of services and search for finding datasets and basemaps.

Adding Basemaps from Google and Bing in QGIS

No need to use extra plugins and other stuff, QGIS has a core functionality “XYZ Tiles”.

There is two main way to add Tile server

Manually Enter Urls

Right click XYZ tiles , select “New Connection”

OpenTopoMap

https://tile.opentopomap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

OpenStreetMap

http://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

Google Hybrid

https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=y&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}

Google Satellite

https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=s&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}

Google Road

https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=m&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}

Bing Aerial

http://ecn.t3.tiles.virtualearth.net/tiles/a{q}.jpeg?g=1

Load from Xml file

Download XML file: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ioztelli/Qgis-Tile-Servers/main/Tile%20Servers.xml