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QGIS Training Courses

These courses covers the main functionality of the QGIS  software.  The courses assume no prior knowledge of GIS and are therefore ideal for newcomers to desktop mapping.

One or Two Day QGIS Training Courses

Day One

Course objectives:

    * Become familiar with the QGIS User Interface

    * Understand how to open files and view data

    * Become familiar with QGIS  Layer Control facility

    * Learn how to navigate maps using the various menu and button options for
      zooming and panning

    * Become familiar with the various drawing tools and how to change symbols,
      lines, polygons and text

    * Understand how to label a map and use the label settings to modify
      the appearance of labels

    * Utilise the measuring facility to analyse distances between objects

     * Understand how to use selection tools to analyse maps and data
       as well as perform SQL queries

    * Understand how to create thematic maps from data attributes

    * Be able to create a layout window and print a map

 
Day Two

Course objectives:

    * Understand how to create SQL queries and save the query results

    * Be able to create and save buffers to a new file

    * Understand how to create thematic maps using graduated and chart symbols

    * Understand how to  use plug-ins and extensions

​    * Understand how to import spreadsheet data and connect to databases

    * How to use the  Geocoding functions

    * How to use the snap environment

    * Understand how to edit attribute data

    * Understand how to edit geographic objects