Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Introduction

In this introductory course on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), fields of application and possible uses of GIS are presented. An overview of different GIS software, tools and data formats is provided, pointing out the differences between them and when to use one over another.

  • What is a GIS?
  • Different categories of GIS
  • Fields of application
  • Basic principles of spatial analysis
  • Design and structure of a GIS software
  • Overview of software (QGIS, ArcGIS, gvSIG, OpenJUMP, etc.)Difference between vector and raster
  • Overview of file formats (Shapefile, GeoPackage, KML, GPX, GeoJSON, GML, GeoTIFF, etc.)
  • GIS literature
  • Duration 1 day
  • Cost (plus VAT.) 379 €
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Prerequisites
  • basic knowledge of computers
Materials
  • certificate
  • exercices and training data
  • extensive scripts, materials and links
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