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OPEN ACCESS WEEK 2020

Spatial use of Research Data - Open GIS

In this workshop you will be introduced to thinking spatially about your research data. A short introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) will be given and you will learn basic GIS. Experts from the University Library will be there to guide you.

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Tentative schedule

10:00-10:30 What is GIS? 
10:30-10:50 Open GIS resources 
11:00-12:00 QGIS - the basics

Note that this is partly a practical session, and it is adviced to download QGIS in advance (see how below) and have Software and data for the course and this program at hand during the course.

NB! This is partly a physical workshop, so if you suspect that you have been in contact with the coronavirus or are feeling sick, stay at home. For more information about the corona virus, see here.

Software and data for the course:

Open map layers for use in QGIS: