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title: Downloading Riverscapes Projects using Viewer
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description: Using Viewer for QGIS to download projects from the Riverscapes Data Exchange
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sidebar_label: Downloading Projects
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To open the download dialog:
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1. Click the **Download Project** button in the Riverscapes toolbar.
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2. Or right-click in the project explorer and choose `Download Project from Data Exchange`.
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2. Or right-click in the project explorer pane and choose `Download Project from Data Exchange`.
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## Step 1: Project Selection
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Find a project on the [Riverscapes Data Exchange](https://data.riverscapes.net) and copy either its **Project ID (UUID)** or the **URL** of the project page.
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Find a project on the [Riverscapes Data Exchange](https://data.riverscapes.net) and copy either its **Project ID (UUID)** or the **URL** of the project page. (See [remote projects](qgis-remote-projects##find-and-identify-the-data-exchange-project) for ways to copy the Project ID.)
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1. Paste the ID or URL into the input box.
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2. Click **Verify Project**.

docs/docs/software-help/help-qgis/qgis-remote-projects.mdx

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title: Remote Projects in Riverscapes Viewer for QGIS
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description: Browse and interact with projects in the Data Exchange without local files
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sidebar_label: Remote Projects
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Sometimes you want to browse and interact with projects in the Data Exchange in QGIS, but without downloading those projects as local files. Alternatively, you might want to view a project and would otherwise use the [Web Viewer](/software-help/help-web), but you want to contextualize a project alongside other data that you have on your computer.
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The **Remote Projects** feature (new in version 1.1) makes it possible to connect to a project on the Data Exchange and view any of its layers (raster and vector) using tile services that will stream only the information needed to display what you've selected in the visible area of your map window. This can be useful when you are interested in a small portion of a very large project. Once you have loaded a remote project, if you do need to do further analysis and want the local files, the viewer context menu makes it easy to [**download**](qgis-downloader) the project either in its entirety, or selectively choosing specific layers.
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The **Remote Projects** feature (new in version 1.1) makes it possible to connect to a project on the Data Exchange and view any of its layers (raster and vector) using tile services that will stream only the information needed to display what you've selected in the visible area of your map window. This can be useful when you are interested in a small portion of a very large project. Once you have loaded a remote project, if you do need to do further analysis and want the local files, the viewer context menu makes it easy to [download](qgis-downloader) the project either in its entirety, or selectively choose specific layers.
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## Usage
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### Find and identify the Data Exchange project you want view
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### Find and identify the Data Exchange project
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The first step in viewing a remote project in QGIS to get the project's ID, a 36-character unique identifier for every project assigned by the Data Exchange when a project is uploaded. Unless it was sent to you, the easiest way to do that is to browse the Riverscapes Data Exchange at [data.riverscapes.net](https://data.riverscapes.net) and use the powerful search features. Once you find the project, you can get the Project ID in many ways:
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The first step in viewing a remote project in QGIS is to get the project ID, a 36-character unique identifier for every project assigned by the Data Exchange when a project is uploaded. Unless it was sent to you, the easiest way to do that is to browse the Riverscapes Data Exchange at [data.riverscapes.net](https://data.riverscapes.net) and use the powerful search features. Once you find the project, you can get the Project ID in many ways:
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* on a project page, you can copy the URL. This contains the project ID and the remote projects dialog will parse it from the page URL.
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* on a project page, you can copy the URL. This contains the project ID and the remote projects dialog will parse it from the page URL.
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* on a project page, there is a widget in top right corner to copy the project to clipboard, shown below. Choose `Copy project ID`.
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* on a project page, in the overview tab, the PROJECT ID is displayed, and there is a copy to clipboard button next to it.
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* in project 'cards' shown in search results, the kebob menu has a Copy Project ID to clipboard option.
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* From the Riverscapes Viewer toolbar button, choose Open Remote Project as shown.
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![menu](/images/qviewer/qviewer_menu_remote_project_highlighted_v1.1.1_windows.min.png)
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* Paste the Project id in the dialog
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* Paste the Project ID in the dialog
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![open remote project dialog](/images/qviewer/qviewer_remote_open_dialog_v1.1.1.windows.min.png)
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* A browser window will open to authenticate your account (only once per QGIS session).
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* A browser window will open to authenticate your Riverscapes account (only once per QGIS session).
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* The project will appear in the Riverscapes Viewer Pane, and the default view will open in the map.
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- This is a new feature in version 1.1. Not all features of the viewer for local projects are implemented for remote projects.
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- QGIS can be quite sluggish with web map tiles. Zoom in to reduce the amount of tiles needed.
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- Web map tiles are essentially PNG images served over the internet. You cannot perform analysis on these tiles. They are merely for display. Download the project if you want to work with the data directly, such as filtering or geoprocessing.
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* This is a new feature in version 1.1. Not all features of the viewer for local projects are implemented for remote projects.
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* QGIS can be quite sluggish with web map tiles. Zoom in to reduce the amount of tiles needed.
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* Web map tiles are essentially PNG images served over the internet. You cannot perform analysis on these tiles. They are merely for display. [Download](qgis-downloader) the project if you want to work with the data directly, such as filtering or geoprocessing.
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This feature is only available in Riverscapes Viewer for QGIS. It is not available in the ArcGIS or ArcGIS Pro versions of the Viewer.

docs/docs/software-help/help-qgis/qgis-uploader.mdx

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title: Uploading Projects
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description: Using Viewer for QGIS to Upload Projects into the Riverscapes Data Exchange
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With the Riverscapes Viewer for QGIS you can upload riverscapes projects into the [Riverscapes Data Exchange](https://data.riverscapes.net). This feature is intended for uploading a single riverscapes project at a time. You should use the [Riverscapes Command Line Interface](https://docs.riverscapes.net/products/rscli) (rscli) if your goal is to upload more than a handful of projects. The uploader can be used both to upload a new project, or to make changes to an existing project. It allows selective uploading of specific files.

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