intro To GIS Course
Gain essential GIS skills tailored for geography and geology professionals: discover high-quality spatial data sources, establish robust project setups, clean and process data layers efficiently, conduct buffer and risk analyses, and craft professional maps that simplify complex terrain data into practical insights for decision-making.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This introductory GIS course equips you with hands-on skills to plan and execute a complete spatial project, starting from defining study areas and objectives, up to producing clear maps and reports. You will learn to source reliable geospatial data, configure projects and coordinate systems, clean and prepare data layers, perform buffer and overlay analyses for proximity and risk evaluation, and design professional map layouts and charts that are easy for non-experts to understand.
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Develop skills
- Set up GIS projects by organising data, resolving coordinate reference system issues, and selecting appropriate projections.
- Source spatial data by identifying, evaluating, and downloading reliable global GIS datasets.
- Clean GIS data through clipping, topology corrections, and rapid preparation of vector and raster layers.
- Create thematic maps including slope, land use, and residential layers for detailed analysis.
- Perform proximity and risk mapping using buffers, overlays, and produce simple, shareable outputs.
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