QGIS and GRASS GIS Course - Beginner Level

Highlight the importance and utility of a Geographic Information System (GIS), its integration and applicability in a variety of professional sectors.
General overview about the basic skills needed in QGIS and GRASS GIS handling and essential concepts used by a GIS system.
Learn about GIS key tools in an appropriate and professional way, usage of vector and raster data information in order to develop complex spatial analysis.
Find about all possible difficulties which you may encounter in the execution of GIS projects, and their solutions through practical exercises.
Gain experience in data preparation, layout development, map creation and high quality products delivery.

This course is aimed at students and professionals related to engineering, architecture, biology, geography, geology and environmental sciences interested in the applications of geographic information systems in their professional activities.

No prior experience with GIS is required. The course starts from the very beginning. However, you will need basic IT skills and a computer with internet connection to be able to undertake this course.

GISCI accredited and acknowledged Courses.
CPD points and a graduation certificate will be provided (the number of CPD points depends of the course and the course duration).

Once we receive your request, we will send you the details about the registration procedure and payment options. After the payment is confirmed, all the other details regarding the start of the course will be emailed. We are also available for any other inquiry.

Geographic Informational Systems (GIS) are rapidly spreading and becoming an essential tool in many work fields including, engineering, environment, geography, geology and mining, emerging sciences, geomarketing. From all open source GIS software products, QGIS is the best due to, its large online support community, which always favor up to date status, continuous development of new capabilities, easy integration with other open source packages, improved performance with each release.

No, the training course starts from the very beginning. You do not need any previous QGIS knowledge.

QGIS it is a free, open source software that can be downloaded from the official website (http://www.qgis.org/en/site/). It is very simple to get and install it on your computer. However, in each course we have included a help manual that is come in handy if you want to download and install QGIS on your local machine.