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TrainingWorkshop
GIS Applications to Research
An introduction to free, open-source GIS tools for field research.
- Type
- Training
- Status
- Workshop
- Where
- For researchers and field teams
- Field
- Capacity building
Overview
The programme
A workshop that introduces researchers and field teams to GIS, and to free, open-source tools they can start using the same day.
What it covers
What it covers
- 1
What GIS is, and how it developed.
- 2
Collecting field data with GPS Essentials: waypoints, tracks and point data.
- 3
Displaying field data on Google Maps.
- 4
Making publication-quality maps with QGIS.
Impact
What it delivers
Field-ready
Participants collect and map their own data.
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