About QGIS: Essentials

Build a foundation for QGIS excellence.

Essentials is delivered as a 16-hour introductory course that provides a comprehensive foundation of the fundamental knowledge and practical skills that you need in order to work with spatial data in QGIS, such as: spatial data types, coordinate reference systems, map projections, loading and styling layers, map creation, and basic geospatial processing.

Who is it for?

Those who are new to GIS/geospatial and/or are looking to upskill themselves with QGIS.

Coverage

SOLUTIONS-ORIENTED

Our instructor-led courses include dedicated time for mentoring and project work. Participants have 2-4 hours set aside at the end of the course to seek guidance or support for any QGIS/geospatial-related projects they are working on or overcome any challenges they’re facing.

Our instructor-led training courses cover the following:

• Foundational geospatial concepts
• Use cases and introduction to QGIS
• Finding free and open geospatial data
• How to load and style layers
• How to make a printable map
• Basic geospatial processing techniques

Data

You can get the data for this course at this link.

Certification and support

LOOKING FOR CERTIFICATION AND SUPPORT?

We offer additional resources, certificates, official QGIS certification, ongoing support, and other perks to those who avail of our paid courses.

Contact us or sign-up to our courses if you are interested in having this as an instructor-led or self-paced course.