Desktop GIS exercises

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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