Fauna & Flora and WILDLABS invite you to a free, asynchronous, and four-part e-learning series that will build your confidence using GIS within conservation work. The courses are beginner-friendly and will have you working from fundamental theory up to using spatial analysis and geoprocessing in real-world scenarios.
This is Course 2: Introduction to QGIS. It is suitable for someone completely new to using QGIS but with familiarity of the GIS fundamental theory. (If you don't have GIS fundamental theory, check out Course 1!) This course will also help those who have used QGIS (or another desktop GIS software) in the past but want a refresher on the basics.
Course 2 will cover:
- How to download QGIS
- Becoming familiar with the QGIS interface
- Organising your materials and folders
- Adding data
- Looking at layer properties and changing the symbology
- Creating a print layout and exporting it
PLEASE NOTE:
There is a bug in the way we have converted our courses from our internal platform to access via GitHub, that means sometime the videos in this course won't load. This is a know bug with no current work around, we will keep trying reviewing in hope that we can fix this. In the mean time, please find all the videos in the course via this YouTube playlist.
Lessons Outline
Discussion
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Participants
Below are the WILDLABS members who have enrolled in and completed this course.
Environmental scientist with experience in natural resource management, especially water, wildlife, forestry, and biodiversity conservation.
Wildlife Ecologist and Conservationist
Argentina-based researcher specializing in ecophysiology of insects. I am also co-founder of Tymbachu'i reserve. I am currently working to establish long-term insect monitoring in the Paraná Atlantic Forest.
An ex-Morgan Stanley AI strategist with a background in sustainability and biology, applying his AI/ecology solutions architect skills for conservation projects.
A dedicated and results-oriented Fisheries Data Analyst and Researcher with foundational expertise in Marine Science, Fisheries Biology, and Biological Conservation. Currently pursuing doctoral research focused on leveraging advanced computational techniques and Machine Learning.
Russel M. is a visionary landscape architect and outdoor design expert based in Kenya, with a strong footprint in the East African region. As the founder of Myriad Landscapes, Russel leads projects that merge functionality, sustainability, community and aesthetic excellence.
Further Reading
As an open source software, QGIS has a vast array of free tutorials and guidance materials created and shared by users. Here is just a small selection of additional resources for learning QGIS:
- A gentle introduction to QGIS by QGIS
- Introduction to QGIS by Spatial Thoughts
- Advanced QGIS by Spatial Thoughts
- Beginner to Advanced YouTube tutorial
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