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Real-World Workflows

Practical, scenario-based tutorials showing how to use FilterMate for common GIS tasks.

About These Workflows​

Each workflow tutorial is designed to:

  • ✅ Solve a real-world problem faced by GIS professionals
  • ✅ Teach multiple FilterMate features in practical context
  • ✅ Be completed in 10-15 minutes with provided sample data
  • ✅ Include best practices for performance and accuracy

Available Workflows​

🏙️ Urban Planning & Development​

Finding Properties Near Transit

  • Scenario: Identify all residential parcels within 500m of subway stations
  • Skills: Buffer operations, spatial predicates, multi-layer filtering
  • Backend: PostgreSQL (recommended for large parcel datasets)
  • Time: ~10 minutes
  • Difficulty: ⭐⭐ Intermediate

🌳 Environmental Analysis​

Protected Zone Impact Assessment

  • Scenario: Find industrial sites within protected water buffer zones
  • Skills: Geometric filtering, attribute constraints, geometry repair
  • Backend: Spatialite (good for regional datasets)
  • Time: ~15 minutes
  • Difficulty: ⭐⭐⭐ Advanced

🚒 Emergency Services​

Service Coverage Analysis

  • Scenario: Identify areas more than 5km from nearest fire station
  • Skills: Inverse spatial queries, distance calculations, export results
  • Backend: OGR (universal compatibility)
  • Time: ~12 minutes
  • Difficulty: ⭐⭐ Intermediate

🏠 Real Estate Analysis​

Market Filtering & Export

  • Scenario: Filter properties by price, area, and school proximity
  • Skills: Combined attribute + geometric filtering, history management
  • Backend: Multi-backend comparison
  • Time: ~8 minutes
  • Difficulty: ⭐ Beginner

🚗 Transportation Planning​

Road Network Data Preparation

  • Scenario: Export road segments within municipality with specific attributes
  • Skills: Attribute filtering, CRS transformation, batch export
  • Backend: Any (focuses on export features)
  • Time: ~10 minutes
  • Difficulty: ⭐ Beginner

Workflow Structure​

Each tutorial follows a consistent format:

  1. Scenario Overview - The real-world problem
  2. Prerequisites - Required data and setup
  3. Step-by-Step Instructions - Detailed walkthrough with screenshots
  4. Understanding the Results - Interpreting output
  5. Best Practices - Tips for optimization
  6. Common Issues - Troubleshooting guide
  7. Next Steps - Related workflows and advanced techniques

Sample Data​

Most workflows can be completed with OpenStreetMap data:

  • Download from Geofabrik
  • Use QGIS QuickOSM plugin to fetch specific areas
  • Or use your own project data
Getting Sample Data

Install the QuickOSM plugin in QGIS:

  1. Plugins → Manage and Install Plugins
  2. Search "QuickOSM"
  3. Install and restart QGIS
  4. Vector → QuickOSM → Quick Query

Choose Your Learning Path​

New to FilterMate?​

Start with beginner workflows (⭐):

  1. Real Estate Analysis - Simple filtering
  2. Transportation Planning - Export focus

Comfortable with Basics?​

Try intermediate workflows (⭐⭐):

  1. Urban Planning - Spatial operations
  2. Emergency Services - Distance analysis

Ready for Complex Tasks?​

Tackle advanced workflows (⭐⭐⭐):

  1. Environmental Analysis - Multi-criteria filtering

Workflow Goals​

By completing these workflows, you'll learn:

  • 🎯 Efficient filtering - Attribute and geometric techniques
  • 📐 Spatial analysis - Buffers, predicates, distance calculations
  • 🗺️ Multi-layer operations - Working with related datasets
  • 💾 Export strategies - Format selection and CRS transformation
  • ⚡ Performance optimization - Backend selection and tuning
  • 🔧 Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions
  • 📝 History management - Undo/redo and filter favorites

Contributing Workflows​

Have a real-world use case? We'd love to add it!

Submit your workflow:

  1. Open an issue on GitHub
  2. Describe your scenario and data requirements
  3. Include screenshots if possible
  4. We'll help you create a tutorial

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