Open source GIS courses - Training
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Open source GIS courses
Date: | 24.05.2012 00:00 - 26.05.2012 00:00 |
Location details: | - |
Language: | english-language |
lecturers: |
GISMood |
Price: | - |
GISMOOD in cooperation with CSC is organizing introductory open source GIS courses this spring for Finnish academic users. The program consists of a 2-day QGIS course and a 1-day GRASS course. The courses provide extensive hands-on experience with QGIS & GRASS. These intensive courses cover the fundamental topics in understanding and using QGIS & GRASS.
Program
QGIS course (2 days), 23.5-24.5.2012
QGIS is one of the most popular open source GIS desktop software.
QGIS homepage: http://www.qgis.org/
- Getting started with the software (QGIS & GRASS)
- Use of QGIS core plugins
- Handling of data (opening, categorizing, querying, editing & creating vectors)
- Various data analysis and processing operations
- Map visualization and cartographic work from layout to hardcopy export
GRASS course (1 day), 25.5.2012
GRASS is the most feature-rich open source GIS desktop software. It is used for data management, image processing, graphics production, spatial modeling, and visualization of many types of data.
GRASS homepage: http://grass.osgeo.org/
- Practical insight on the QGIS-GRASS plugin
- Utilizing GRASS as a standalone GIS
- Spatial analysis with GRASS