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Welcome to the "Introduction to Free/Libre and Open Source Geographic Information Systems" class. This (online) course was designed and taught from UMass Amherst, in the Spring 2007.  '''This course teaches concepts using QGIS, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, PGAdmin, and the GRASS plugin to QGIS.'''

'''Important''': This page resides on OSGeo's server. But the exercises and other content below reside on a wiki at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. '''To access them you will be prompted for a userid and password. Use (no quotes) "foss" (UID) and "umass" (PW).'''

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All content below is provided on this wiki is licensed under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License] and is being developed as part of the [[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Educational_Resources Open Geospatial Foundation's educational resources effort]]. This means that users are free to copy and share this material with others. 

But if you do find this material useful or make a new derivative based on this material, we would like to know. Please email us at cschweik AT pubpol DOT umass DOT edu. We hope any new derivatives will be posted back on the OSGeo wiki or whatever collaborative platform we might move to in the future.

==GIS FUNDAMENTALS==
=== Exercise: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Repository_of_modules#Module-Exercise:_QGIS_OverviewQGIS QGIS Overview] ===
====Assignment: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Repository_of_modules#Module-Assignment:_Introduction_to_QGIS Intro to QGIS]====

====Assignment: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Repository_of_modules#GIS_Literature_Review GIS Literature Review]====

===Exercise:  [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Repository_of_modules#Installing_QGIS Installing QGIS]===

==GIS INPUT METHODS==
===Exercise: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Repository_of_modules#Web_GIS_data_resources:_US_and_global Web GIS data resources: US and global]===

===Exercise: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Repository_of_modules#An_example_of_regional_web_resources:_Massachusetts.2C_USA_digital_data An example of regional web resources: Massachusetts, USA digital data]===

==== Assignment: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Assignment:_Searching%2C_downloading_and_viewing_GIS_data_in_QGIS Searching, downloading and viewing GIS data in QGIS]====

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Georeferencing_with_QGIS Georeferencing with QGIS]===
==== Assignment: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Assignment:_Georeferencing_practice  Georeferencing practice]====

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Online_Digitizing_and_Adding_Attribute_Data_using_QGIS Online Digitizing and Adding Attribute Data using QGIS] ===
==== Assignment: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Assignment:_On-screen_digitizing_practice  On-screen digitizing practice] ====

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=GPS_Field_exercise_%28for_people_with_a_GPS%29 GPS Field exercise (for people with a GPS)]===

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Mapping_GPS_points_with_QGIS_and_adding_attribute_data Mapping GPS points with QGIS and adding attribute data]===
==== Assignment: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Assignment:_Mapping_GPS_points_with_QGIS_and_adding_attribute_data Mapping GPS points with QGIS and adding attribute data]====

==== Extra Credit: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Extra_Credit:_Using_GPX_formatted_GPS_data  Using GPX formatted GPS data]====

==GIS DATABASES==
===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Using_data_layers_from_Spatial_Data_Engines_%28SDE%29:_PostgreSQL_and_PostGIS Using data layers from Spatial Data Engines (SDE): PostgreSQL and PostGIS]===

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Analyzing_attribute_data_with_SQL._%28part_I:_SELECT_statements%29 Analyzing attribute data with SQL. (part I: SELECT statements)] ===

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Analyzing_attribute_data_with_SQL._%28part_2:_Joining_tables%29 Analyzing attribute data with SQL. (part 2: Joining tables)] ===



===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Integrating_spatial_and_non-spatial_data Integrating spatial and non-spatial data] ===
==== Assignment: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Assignment:_Computing_land_use_change_with_SQL_%28select_query%29  Computing land use change with SQL (select query)] ====

==== Assignment: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Assignment:_Creating_a_thematic_map_with_QGIS_using_non-spatial_table_with_statistical_data.  Creating a thematic map with QGIS using non-spatial table with statistical data.] ====

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Installing_client_software_to_work_with_SDE Installing client software to work with SDE] ===

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Installing_PostgreSQL/PostGIS_database Installing PostgreSQL/PostGIS database]===

==GIS-BASED ANALYSIS==
===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Making_maps_in_QGIS Making maps in QGIS] ===

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Analysis_using_the_QGIS_GRASS_plug-in._Plug-in_basics. Analysis using the QGIS GRASS plug-in. Plug-in basics.] ===
==== Assignment: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Assignment:_GRASS_Plug-in_basics GRASS Plug-in basics] ====

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Site_selection_1:_Raster_Analysis Site selection 1: Raster Analysis] ===

===Exercise: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Site_selection_2:_Vector_Analysis Site selection 2: Vector Analysis] ===
==== Assignment: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Assignment_10:_Raster_analysis_practice Raster analysis practice] ====

==== Assignment: [http://linuxlab.sbs.umass.edu/intro-fossgis-umass/index.php?title=Assignment_11:_Vector_analysis_practice Vector analysis practice] ====

==CONTRIBUTING TO FOSS GIS==
Module still needs to be written. Anyone from OSGeo interested?

==ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS==
Support for the development of this course was provided by:

The [[http://www.umass.edu/nrc The Department of Natural Resources Conservation]], [[http://masspolicy.org The Center for Public Policy and Administration]], and [[http://www.ncdg.org The National Center for Digital Government]], all at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 

All datasets use information from [[http://www.mass.gov/mgis/ The Massachusetts Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS)]]

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number NSFIIS 0447623 and generous support from the [[http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/academicinitiative/ IBM Corporation's Academic Initiative]]. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF) or the units above.

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