How do I do that in QGIS?

This section is intended to show how to perform basic GIS operations in QGIS in the most straightforward way. It is modelled after How do I do that in
ArcGIS/Manifold?: illustrating classic GIS tasks. That document illustrated a selection of tasks which were thought to be representative of common
usage in 2004, and was itself derived from a checklist of essential GIS functions that was included in 1988 in A Process for Selecting Geographic
Information Systems.
As well as everyday tasks for managing and presenting spatial data, this section includes common operations which are typically one step in a longer
process of analysis. More in-depth tutorials which detail all the steps to achieve a particular outcome are beyond the scope of this list and belong here.
The use of GIS has changed over time, particularly in regard to data availability and the provision of services via the internet. Feel free therefore to
add appropriate tasks to the list.
A shorter list, reflecting How do I do that in ArcGIS/Manifold?: illustrating classic GIS tasks is found in
QGIS supplement.

HowTos

[Video]

Introduction to Quantum GIS

Dealing with Vector Layer Attributes

Opening vector files

Tutorial: Working with Attribute Table - Basic Queries
Adding a column to an attribute table
Deleting a column from an attribute table
Sorting data in an attribute table
Selecting features based on attributes
Performing Table Joins
Calculating field values - List of Field Calculator Functions
Relating/Joining data files and fields
Multi-Line Labels
[Video] Interactive Label Placement
Tutorial: Styling Vector Data in QGIS - Basics
[Video] Quantum GIS Symbology and Labeling
[Video] Quantum GIS Layer Properties
Using Python to calculate attribute values with 'fieldpyculator'

Creating new point, line and polygon layers

[Video] Creating points from CSV: Working with Delimited Text Layer plugin
Tutorial: Importing Spreadsheets or CSV files to QGIS
Creating a polygon from lines
Digitizing - [Video] Orthogonal Digitizing
Digitizing polygons using Polygonizer plugin
Topological editing
Identifying intersection points
Correcting topological errors - [Video] Vector topology cleaning with QGIS and GRASS
Tutorial: Selecting Vector Features in QGIS
Weeding data
Smoothing lines
Create contours from points
Calculating areas, perimeters and lengths
Table Cross-tabulation
Specify distance buffers
Select by proximity
Find nearest features
Path Optimisation
Defining a drive-time zones
Geocoding addresses - [Video] Geocoding & Reverse Geocoding plus Google Maps
How to generate contours using point data in Quantum GIS
Thiessen polygons (In Spanish)

Opening raster files

[Video] Georeferencing and Vectorization
Tutorial: Georeferencing Topo Sheets, Topo Maps, Satellite Image or Scanned Maps in QGIS
Tutorial: Advanced Georeferencing in QGIS using a Reference Layer
Tutorial: Working with Rasters in QGIS - Mosaicing and Subseting
Tutorial: Basic Raster Analysis and Styling in QGIS
Tutorial: Digitizing Map Data
Geocoding maps from articles
Masking rasters
Resampling raster files
Changing raster values by area
Changing raster values by geographic feature
Create contours from rasters
One Raster Manipulation
Two Raster Manipulation
Raster Neighbourhood fuctions
How to generate contours using raster data in Quantum GIS
Tutorial: Making Heatmaps using QGIS
How to sample raster datasets using points in Quantum GIS
Masking a Raster in QGIS

Dealing with Vector Geometries

Dealing with Rasters

How do I do that in ArcGIS & Manifold - the

Single Band Raster Layer Symbology in QGIS

Raster georeferencing
Tutorial: Region Growing of Raster Pixels
Counting Number of Vertices in a Layer

Spatial Analysis

Creating random points

Creating interpolations
TIN
Kriging

Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) Interpolation

*Kernel density calculation

Vector Geoprocessing - [Video] Quantum GIS Vector Analysis

Vector union
Vector joins
Vector intersection - angles

Tutorial: Spatial Analysis - Points in Polygon

Tutorial: Performing Spatial Queries in QGIS

[Video] Quantum GIS Raster Analysis

Tutorial: Nearest Neighbor Analysis using QGIS

Terrain analysis
Slope analysis
Aspect analysis
Identifying watersheds

Raster Based Terrain Analysis Techniques

[Video]

Projections

Network routing with Roadgraph plugin

Tutorial: Working with Projections in QGIS covers:

Getting Started with CRS and Projections - [Video] Projections in Quantum GIS
Determining a layer's CRS
Reprojecting vector data
Reprojecting raster data - [Video] Reproject rasters with the warp tool

File conversions

Raster to vector conversion

Vector to raster conversion

Map Creation

Creating a printable map

Adding a grid to the map

Tutorial: Making Maps for Print Using QGIS

[Video] Quantum GIS Map Composer

Other

Opening non-spatial files

Creating geo-referenced photos for display in QGIS
Using QGIS Plugins
Tutorial: Using Plugins in Quantum GIS
Tutorial: Setting Up A Working GRASS Environment in QGIS
Tutorial: Using the Quantum GIS Browser
Using Online Data via WMS in Quantum GIS
Working with your PostGIS Layers
Google Maps, Bing, Yahoo or Open Street Map as a background
Connect to a Bluetooth GPS for live tracking - Windows
[Video] Tutorial: Land Cover Classification of Cropland
Tutorial: accuracy assessment of land cover classifications using random points and the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin
[Video] Tutorial: Estimation of Land Surface Temperature with Landsat Thermal Infrared Band
Batch Processing using Processing Framework