Jul 23-24 2012 Data Mapping for Beginners

North Gate Hall, UC Berkeley

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Are you new to mapping? Do you want to use maps to visualize data and communicate ideas? Then the Introduction to GIS Mapping workshop may be for you. Our intensive, two-day program provides hands-on training in essential Geographical Information Systems (GIS) skills. Introduction to GIS Mapping is ideal for people interested in a rapid-paced immersive experience in data mapping. This training is ideal for journalists, communications professionals or anyone interested in Attendees will learn how to create and edit maps, and will produce an interactive map suitable for publishing on the Web.

Application deadline was Jul 9, 2012 12 a.m.

Presentations

The following presentations were provided to workshop participants but not publicly webcast.

Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Speaker: Len De Groot
Monday Jul 23rd 2012 -- 9:30 - 10:45 AM

Getting started with QGIS

Speaker: Len De Groot
Monday Jul 23rd 2012 -- 11 - 12:15 PM

Working with map files

Speaker: Len De Groot
Monday Jul 23rd 2012 -- 1:15 - 2:15 PM

Editing map attributes

Speaker: Len De Groot
Monday Jul 23rd 2012 -- 2:45 - 4 PM

Day 1 recap

Speaker: Len De Groot
Tuesday Jul 24th 2012 -- 9 - 9:30 AM

Editing map geometry

Speaker: Len De Groot
Tuesday Jul 24th 2012 -- 9:30 - 10:10 AM

Joining data and maps

Speaker: Len De Groot
Tuesday Jul 24th 2012 -- 10:45 - 11:30 AM

Visualize map data for analysis

Speaker: Len De Groot
Tuesday Jul 24th 2012 -- 1 - 2:30 PM

Exporting an interactive map

Speaker: Len De Groot
Tuesday Jul 24th 2012 -- 3 - 3:45 PM

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