. [image: CUNY Academic Commons] (http://commons.gc.cuny.edu)
Frank Donnelly (http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/fdonnelly/) wrote a new
blog post Introduction to GIS Workshops Fall 2015
(http://futures.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/09/04/introduction-to-gis-workshops-fall-2015/)
in the group Futures Initiative
(http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/futures-initiative/):
Every semester I offer a day-long crash course that covers the basics of
geographic information systems. You’ll learn the fundamental concepts of
layering, joining data to map layers, coordinate systems, and
geoprocessing, and you’ll work through examples of doing neighborhood-level
site selection and creating thematic maps (like the one in the image
below). I use the free and open source software package QGIS
(http://qgis.org/en/site/), which is cross-platform and ensures that you’ll
be able to take both the GIS skills and tools you’ll learn with you
wherever you go.
[image: Map Made in QGIS]
(https://futures.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2015/09/map_labels.png)
All current CUNY graduate students, faculty, and staff are eligible to
attend. There is a small registration fee, which covers a light breakfast
and a detailed tutorial book you’ll receive. For details and to register
visit:
http://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/gis/gisprac
We’re mixing things up a bit this year in terms of format and location.
We’ll be holding two sessions in the relatively new GIS Lab
(https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/confluence/display/geoportal/GIS+Lab) at
Baruch on Oct 2nd and Oct 23rd. These will be small sessions (10 seats
each) and participants will need to bring their own laptops with the
software pre-installed. The third session will be held at the Dept of Earth
and Geospatial Sciences at Lehman College in the Bronx on Nov 13th. This
will be a larger session (20 seats) and PCs will be provided (laptops are
optional).
The session for Oct 2nd is already full and closed, but seats are still
available for Oct 23rd and Nov 13th. I hope to see you there – but if you
can’t make it, the materials we use in class are available on-line at
https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/confluence/display/geoportal/GIS+Practicum if
you’d like to work through them on your own.
– Frank Donnelly, Geospatial Data Librarian, Baruch CUNY
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