Example group GIS training program based on QGIS

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Duration: 4 working days from 10.00 until 16.00 with lunch break.

Day 1

• What is GIS. Definitions, objectives and software (theory)
• Priorities setting (theory)
• Getting to know QGIS: interface, plugins, project (practice)
• Working with layers (practice)
• Spatial and attributive navigation (practice)
• Working with vector symbolics  — 1 (practice)

Day 2

• Working with vector symbolics  — 2 (practice)
• Projections and coordinate systems (theory)
• Recalculating geographic coordinates between formats (practice)
• Working with coordinate systems (practice)

Day 3

• Georeferencing raster data using geographic grid (practice)
• Georeferencing raster data using other sources of coordinates (practice)
• Creating and editing vector data (practice)

Day 4

• Calculating geometric characteristics of objects: length, area, coordinates (practice)
• Importing table point data (practice)
• Linking vector data with tables using attributes and location (practice)
• Composing maps for printing (practice)