Mapping Made Easy: Map Layouting using PyQGIS
summary
Automates map layouting so satellite footprints across the archipelago produce ready-to-send maps overnight, using PyQGIS inside QGIS plus the Jal Library for raster/vector I O. Scripts read layer metadata, reuse templates by Item ID, set scale bars, count ships or flooded polygons, and export/email layouts headless. Works for flood and maritime monitoring where some satellites return every 12 days, and it reduces human error while producing consistent, repeatable maps.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:25Philippine Space Agency role
- 3:36Lazy disaster response workflow
- 7:38Map automation tools
- 8:26PyQGIS for layouting
- 10:59PyQGIS cookbook
- 13:11Workflow automation
- 14:18Demo: map layout from scratch
- 16:30Flood map templates
- 19:46Q&A
- 20:06Satellite image automation
- 21:53Cloud deployment
- 23:42GeoPandas in workflow
- 25:10Closing
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