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Some Hints and Tips<br />

Set your project projection to EPSG:32733 (UTM Zone 33 South), and save / convert all of your<br />

datasets into this projection.<br />

The DEM is provided in LO19 - which is not a commonly used projection outside of South Africa<br />

and does not have an EPSG authority code. When converting that layer to UTM33S, make sure<br />

to specify the source CRS explicitly by selecting it from the user defined CRS list.<br />

Use % for slope steepness.<br />

When dealing with large datasets, first remove any features you don't need and clip the dataset<br />

to your AOI.<br />

The rasterise tool needs at least one numerical attribute before it will run - use the calculator tool<br />

on your table to create a new column and populate it appropriately.<br />

When dissolving features, look for the 'dissolve all' option in the drop down list.<br />

When working with rasters, e.g. your rainfall dataset, resample them to a common area and<br />

pixel dimensions for optimal results.<br />

Create a mask layer (1 inside the mask, nodata outside the mask) and multiply your rasters by<br />

the mask to remove any irrelevant data from the dataset.<br />

If you get stuck, try to approach the problem from a different angle - t<strong>here</strong> is usually more than<br />

one way to do it.<br />

Sometimes things take a little while to compute, just be patient.

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