QGIS Tutorial: Land Use Aggregation on a 2×2 km Grid

Applied Spatial Analysis – Week 2

Author

Your Course / Lab Name

Published

February 10, 2026

1 🎯 Learning objectives

After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:

Load and inspect vector datasets in QGIS
Create a custom 2×2 km analysis grid
Aggregate land-use categories per grid cell
Export results for further analysis or mapping

2 🧰 Prerequisites

Software & skills

QGIS 3.40 LTR installed
Basic familiarity with the QGIS interface (layers panel, attribute table)

3 📁 Data & setup

Download the following datasets:

CORINE Land Cover (CLC 2018) – vector
Administrative boundary of your study area

Place all files in a single project folder:

```text project/ ├── data/ │ ├── clc_2018.gpkg │ └── boundary.gpkg └── qgis/ └── analysis.qgz

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## 🎯 Learning objectives

After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:

-   Load and inspect vector datasets in QGIS\
-   Create a custom 2×2 km analysis grid\
-   Aggregate land-use categories per grid cell\
-   Export results for further analysis or mapping

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## 🧰 Prerequisites

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### Software & skills

-   **QGIS 3.40 LTR** installed\
-   Basic familiarity with the QGIS interface (layers panel, attribute table)
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## 📁 Data & setup

Download the following datasets:

-   **CORINE Land Cover (CLC 2018)** – vector\
-   **Administrative boundary** of your study area

Place all files in a single project folder:

\`\`\`text project/ ├── data/ │ ├── clc_2018.gpkg │ └── boundary.gpkg └── qgis/ └── analysis.qgz