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Learn geographic information systems (GIS) with QGIS
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Learn geographic information systems (GIS) with QGIS

learn how to use open source GIS software to manage spatial information
Created byArthur Lembo
Last updated 10/2016
English
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What you'll learn

  • Understand the basic features that a GIS offers
  • Articulate the difference between raster and vector data sources
  • Utilize QGIS to perform raster, vector, and database manipulation

Course content

4 sections • 14 lectures • 2h 41m total length

  • Welcome to the course5:23

    This lecture introduces you to the course, and also contains a link for all the material you will need.  Simply download the .zip file and open it into a directory.  

  • Overview of the project, file, edit, and view menus16:41
  • Overview of the plug-in menu13:03

    Explore QGIS plug-ins, open-source community tools that enhance vector and raster workflows, import World Bank data, and run spatial queries to create rich maps.

  • Overview of the vector menu19:17
  • Overview of the raster menu15:32

    Use the raster menu to load and merge USGS layers, analyze with interpolation, slope, hill shade, ruggedness, and the raster calculator, and convert between raster and vector for contour outputs.

Requirements

  • Students should be comfortable with using computers
  • Students should have a basic understanding of what a GIS is
  • Students should download QGIS from the qgis website

Description

Are you interested in gaining skills in the growing field of geographic information science?  Are you already a GIS professional but want to learn how to use a powerful free and open source GIS product?  If so, this course is for you.  

In this course, I'm going to teach you how to use Quantum GIS (better known as QGIS) to perform GIS tasks to solve spatial problems.  Working alongside me you will be introduced to the QGIS interface, and you will then engage in real-world projects to use QGIS for solving vector, raster, and database problems.  And for those of you looking to learn how to present cartographically aesthetic map products, I'm going to show you how to use the QGIS Composer applications.

Finally, after being introduced to the basics of QGIS, working on some real world problems, and making your final maps, I will show you how to put your spatial data on the Internet for the world to see.

I've been teaching GIS for over 20 years, and while I can't come to your house and teach you, these videos are the best way to have me work along side you.  So, find a comfortable place to hide away, and after a weekend with these materials, you'll be able to successfully use QGIS within a professional setting.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for students who want to learn what a GIS is, and how it can be used to solve spatial problems.
  • This course is also for GIS professionals who know how to use other GIS software, but want to learn how to use QGIS

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