Open to: Registrants and Non Registrants

Join instructor Dr. Paul Pickell for the second webinar in the series, Essential Suitability with QGIS, which will cover the following aspects of the Quantum Geographic Information System (QGIS) software:

• Overlaying and weighting different layers to determine where an activity is most suitable

• Calculating and using proximity measures

• Querying and filtering layers

• Manipulating attribute tables and fields

Registrants will practice using QGIS software to address the fundamental spatial problem of identifying suitable sites for an activity given a set of constraints. You will use multiple tools to analyze geospatial data and solve this problem in the context of agrology in British Columbia. The focus of this webinar is on manipulating and overlaying vector-based data like points, lines and polygons. This webinar is designed to introduce foundational topics in GIS for registrants who have never used QGIS before and have no prior experience with GIS, though attending the first webinar in the series is essential to understanding these concepts.

The Essential QGIS for Agrologists webinar series is designed to introduce professional agrologists to spatial data, analysis, and visualization with the popular free and open source QGIS software. You will gain hands-on experience through these interactive workshops by manipulating, analyzing and visualizing spatial data with your own computer. Through multiple case studies we will apply essential QGIS skills relevant to practicing agrology in British Columbia.

Dates and topics:

• May 13 6:00-7:30pm ($30) - Essential Mapping with QGIS link HERE

• May 29 6:00-7:30pm ($80) - Essential Suitability with QGIS

• June 5 6:00-7:30pm ($80) - Essential Hydrology with QGIS link HERE

• June 12 6:00-7:30pm ($80) - Essential Imagery with QGIS link HERE

• June 19 6:00-7:30pm ($80) - Essential LiDAR with QGIS link HERE

These are interactive webinars, so come prepared to follow along by installing the latest version of QGIS (3.36.2) onto your computer (Windows or Mac): https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html 

Dr. Paul Pickell is a spatial data scientist and Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of British Columbia where he teaches geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing across multiple professional graduate programs. Dr. Pickell has formerly taught at Simon Fraser University and worked as a research scientist with the BC Ministry of Forests. He is also editor and author of the free textbook, Geomatics for Environmental Management: An Open Textbook for Students and Practitioners available at www.opengeomatics.ca. Dr. Pickell is Principal Agrologist at Cartogistics Consulting Ltd., where his areas of practice include Land Evaluation, Classification, Mapping, Conservation, and Management.

Please take a moment to review our cancellation policy HERE before registering for the event.