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Intro to QGIS

What to know

Prerequisites

None

About the course

By completing this workshop you will be able to use QGIS to tinker with spatial data, perform analysis to answer interesting questions, and make beautiful maps. Whether you are totally new to GIS, or have experience with other GIS software and would like to transfer those skills to a non-proprietary platform, this workshop is a great place to start.

The workshop will include interactive activities to guide you through essential GIS skills. We will analyze current San Francisco data, and you will discover your inner cartographer by creating maps to communicate your results.

Duration: 4 hours
Location: In-person at the University of San Francisco, Harney Science Center, Geospatial Analysis Lab

What to do

1. Review the course learning objectives

By the end of this workshop you will be able to:

  • Tell a story and solve a problem with a map;
  • Complete basic data acquisition, management and visualization by integrating data from the City Open Data portal and other open source data sources (Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap, etc.).

2. Join the interest list

Fill out our Course Interest form to get a notification email when courses open for enrollment.

This email will include a short Enrollment Form that you will need to fill out to get on the waitlist for that scheduled class. Seats are granted on a first-come, first-served basis so please complete the enrollment form as soon as you can.

Note that filling out the course interest form does NOT guarantee enrollment in any course.

Fill out the course interest form

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