The training course’s objective is to provide key skills to work with Quantum GIS software. Objectives are to give a global view and understanding of what a GIS is and what it is useful and to introduce to manipulation and processing of geographic data with the free QGIS software.

At the end of this training session, you will be able to:

• Understand basics of the geographical information
• Manage GIS data using QGIS Display
• GIS data on maps and realize layout using QGIS print composer
• Organize vector and raster data in QGIS
• Integrate external data using joins
• Realize spatial and attribute selections using SQL query
• Learn to create and modify vector data, respect topology
• Perform geoprocessing (clip, intersection, union...)
• Georeferencing data

Paul Bolstad& XanEdu, GIS Fundamentals (6th Ed.) - ISBN: 978-1-50669-587-7