Introduction to QGIS

Description:

Outline

Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you the tools to make use of free and open-source software, and techniques from the cutting-edge new discipline of social data science.

This course will introduce attendees to QGIS, an open piece of software used for handling, visualising, exploring and analysing geographic information.

Course objectives

The goals of this one day workshop are:

• Introduce QGIS as a powerful (and free) GIS tool.

• How to load in data and perform preliminary visual explorations.

• How to handle and manipulate spatial data.

• How to create aesthetically beautiful (but accurate and useful) maps according to fundamental data visualisation principles.

• How to engage critically with maps and your own data.

• There will be an opportunity for attendees to use their own data during the day.

Attendees will engage with fundamental principles common to all GIS research but also learn applied skills within QGIS, including how to load, handle, manipulate, visualise and explore spatial data.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge of GIS or QGIS is required.

Cost:

£120/£60

Website and registration:

https://www.cmi.manchester.ac.uk/study/short/introductory/introduction-to-qgis

Region:

North West

Keywords:

Spatial Data Analysis, Geographical Information System (GIS)

Related publications and presentations:

Spatial Data Analysis
Geographical Information System (GIS)

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