“Mapping Essentials” is an intense 2-day program for students and professionals alike. This program aims to equip the participants with the essentials of mapping, offering insights and hands-on exposure to working with various free-and-open-source mapping applications. The program equips learners to appreciate the key concepts, enabling them to quickly learn, test and apply the techniques in their respective domains and eventually be able to produce maps for their own needs.
Place: Bengaluru
Session Details:
- Session 1: Basics of Mapping
- Session 2: Working with QGIS: Overview and Installation
- Session 3: Gathering data with mobile devices/handhelds (GPS, GLONASS)
- Session 4: Bringing the data together and sourcing them from different repositories
- Session 5: Making sense of the data: basic analysis
- Session 6: Presenting maps: Map compositions, web GIS and mash-ups
Tool exposed: QGIS
Participants are highly encouraged that they bring their own laptop.
Eligibility: This program is open to participants from any domain and not limited to engineering, sciences, ecology, and social sciences. Participation is limited to 20 applicants.
Important Dates:
Application deadline: 20 October 2018.
The course will be held on 27 - 28 October 2018.
Charges: ₹ 5,000 per participant. Charges include study material and food with refreshments on both days. Travel to and fro has to be borne by the participants.
A student discount of ₹ 1,000/-. Contact us, if you are a student!
Course Instructors: Sudhira HS, Priyadarshini Shetty, and Shashikala Gowda
Application: Interested participants are encouraged to register here:
For more details, please contact: courses@gubbilabs.in
