Desktop GIS exercises

OPEN SOURCE DESKTOP GIS EXERCISE HANDBOOK INITIAL OUTLINE

Note: Our goal is to have a standard set of the same exercises (and data) available for the OSGeo desktop GIS platforms. Let's get the outline and then we can work on a standard structure for the exercises.

Proposed exercise topics (others, please add new exercise entries and/or other desktop platforms)

• Introduction to the desktop platform
  • QGIS (Schweik has an exercise)

• Downloading and viewing data
  • QGIS (Schweik has an exercise)

• Georeferencing a scanned map
  • QGIS (Schweik has an exercise)

• Online digitizing and adding attribute data
  • QGIS (Schweik has an exercise)

• Mapping GPS points
  • QGIS (Schweik has an exercise)

• Simple database functions (e.g., attribute table querying and editing)
  • QGIS (Schweik has a partial exercise)

• More advanced database functions (e.g., joins)

• Analysis exercises