QGIS for Hydrological Applications
07-03, 14:00–14:30 (Europe/Tallinn), GEOCAT (301)

Hydrological analysis is a common task in environmental and geospatial applications. However, many users of QGIS encounter challenges when they want to perform stream and catchment delineation or morphometric analysis of streams and catchments using various processing provider plugins. These plugins, such as PCRaster, SAGA, GRASS and WhiteboxTools, offer different algorithms and methods for hydrological analysis, but they also require different installation procedures and have different limitations and assumptions. In this presentation, we will review the main features and drawbacks of these plugins, and provide practical tips and examples on how to use them effectively in QGIS. We will also compare the results of different algorithms and discuss the implications for hydrological analysis workflows. By the end of this presentation, you will have a better understanding of the available tools and techniques for stream and catchment delineation in QGIS, and how to choose the most suitable ones for your projects.

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Hans van der Kwast, Associate Professor of Open Science and Digital Innovation at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education has more than 20 years of experience with GIS and Remote Sensing in education and projects, offering consultancy, training and coaching in open source GIS. He is an active member in the QGIS community, a QGIS certified trainer, OSGeo charter member and board member of the Dutch QGIS User Group. Hans established the GIS OpenCourseWare platform for sharing free course materials on QGIS, Python, Google Earth Engine and much more. The PCRaster Tools plugin for QGIS that he’s developed has been downloaded more than 40k times. Hans is also a co-author of the book QGIS for Hydrological Applications and has a YouTube Channel with more than 25k subscribers.

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