QGIS Workshop

DATE-TIME

Date(s) - Thursday, 02/06/2016
8:45 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Queens Collective
Category(ies)
- Victoria

QGIS Workshop

Date

Thursday 2nd June
8.45am – 9am: Introduction & Setup
9am – 5pm: Workshop

8 CPD Hours

Venue

Queens Collective
Level 1, 20 Queens Street
Melbourne, Victoria

About the workshop

QGIS Workshop will be run by Tom Carmichael, Mathematical Geologist, Solve Geosolutions.

QGIS is a cross platform, open source GIS package which has recently become a viable alternative to traditional GIS packages. This is incredibly fortunate for the mining and minerals industry due to the sustained downturn and typically costly and inflexible nature of closed-source GIS options.

At the conclusion of this course, the attendees will be able to:

Be able to describe the basic GIS fundamentals with relation to QGIS.
Demonstrate proficient use of the QGIS platform as it applies from basic to moderate operations with a focus on their applicability to the mining and minerals discipline.
Develop and awareness and ability of the fundamental concepts of spatial analysis, as well as the use of particular QGIS plugins to make geoprocessing more simple and time efficient.
Have the ability to create visual clear and concise maps using the QGIS print composer, in addition to gaining an understanding of good map making design principals and gain a greater appreciation for the importance of cartographic design.

Course breakdown

Tea and coffee facilities are available at the venue. Please note lunch is not included.
Participants may either bring their own lunch or purchased food at a nearby cafe.

8.45 – 9.00	Introduction & Setup
9.00 – 10.30	Familiarisation with QGIS interface, data import and export, differences and similarities between QGIS and MapInfo & Arc
10.30 – 10.45	Morning tea break
10.45 – 12.30	QGIS specifically for geology/exploration, using search expressions to get the most from your data, an introduction to the use and utility of the QGIS plugins, for example plug-ins for importing MapInfo workspaces, Landsat importing/analysis/classification and many more
12.30 – 1.00	Lunch break*
1.00 – 2.30	Geospatial Analysis and the processing toolbox – Extending QGIS
2.30 – 2.45	Afternoon tea break
2.45 – 4.30	Using the Map Composer (and post editing in InkScape), distributing data, QField and specific questions
4.30 – 5.00	Question time

Preparation for the workshop

Participants will be required to bring their own laptop with QGIS installed. QGIS can be downloaded from www.qgis.org. The current QGIS build is 2.14.2 – but any version after 2.14 will also be fine for the workshop. A sample set of data will be provided for the workshop, but participants are welcome to bring their own data.

*Tea and coffee facilities are available at the venue. Please note lunch is not included. Participants may either bring their own lunch or purchased food at a nearby cafe.

Registrations

Places are limited (maximum 25 people) for this workshop so register your place to avoid disappointment.
To secure your place, please register via the online booking form below.
For any questions or issues regarding registering through the website please contact our Bookings Team at bookings@aig.org.au.

AIG Student members $60
AIG Members and Non-member students $75
Non-members $100

For more information

For any further enquiries, contact Steven Williamson steve@stevenwilliamson.com.au.

For any questions or issues regarding registering through the website please contact our Bookings Team at bookings@aig.org.au.

Bookings

Registrations have now closed.