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Join instructor Dr. Paul Pickell for the foundational webinar in the series, Essential Mapping with QGIS, which will cover the following aspects of the Quantum Geographic Information System (QGIS) software:

• Navigating the QGIS user interface

• Importing and displaying common spatial data types and file formats

• Applying appropriate map projections for British Columbia

• Designing and exporting your first map

Registrants will practice using QGIS software to view geospatial data related to agrology and make a simple map. We will also examine the qualities and considerations of different map projections for mapping data in British Columbia. This webinar is designed to introduce foundational topics in GIS for registrants who have never used QGIS before and have no prior experience with GIS.

The Essential QGIS for Agrologists webinar series is designed to introduce professional agrologists to spatial data, analysis, and visualization with the popular free and open source QGIS software. You will gain hands-on experience through these interactive workshops by manipulating, analyzing and visualizing spatial data with your own computer. Through multiple case studies we will apply essential QGIS skills relevant to practicing agrology in British Columbia.

Dates and topics:

• May 13 6:00-7:30pm ($30) - Essential Mapping with QGIS

• May 29 6:00-7:30pm ($80) - Essential Suitability with QGIS link HERE

• June 5 6:00-7:30pm ($80) - Essential Hydrology with QGIS link HERE

• June 12 6:00-7:30pm ($80) - Essential Imagery with QGIS link HERE

• June 26 6:00-7:30pm ($80) - Essential LiDAR with QGIS link HERE

These are interactive webinars, so come prepared to follow along by installing the latest version of QGIS (3.36.2) onto your computer (Windows or Mac): https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html 

Dr. Paul Pickell is a spatial data scientist and Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of British Columbia where he teaches geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing across multiple professional graduate programs. Dr. Pickell has formerly taught at Simon Fraser University and worked as a research scientist with the BC Ministry of Forests. He is also editor and author of the free textbook, Geomatics for Environmental Management: An Open Textbook for Students and Practitioners available at www.opengeomatics.ca. Dr. Pickell is Principal Agrologist at Cartogistics Consulting Ltd., where his areas of practice include Land Evaluation, Classification, Mapping, Conservation, and Management.

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