QGreenland Beginner's Tutorial Series

introductory
QGreenland Resource
Duration: 1 hour
Activity Summary

In this video series, you will become familiar with QGIS, learn how to download and browse the QGreenland Core data package, and explore the basic geospatial data analysis tools that make QGreenland a powerful tool for research, education, and local decision making. The video tutorial series contains 7 short video sessions, for a total of one hour. 

Learning Goals and Outcomes

Students will...  

  • Learn how to use and interface with the QGreenland package in QGIS 

  • Explore what data is included in the QGreenland Core Package Analyze Greenland data using geoprocessing tools 

  • Find analysis tools and data relevant to you or your classes 

Context for Use

Topic 

Geospatial technology 

Course Type 

Tutorial 

Audience 

Beginner GIS and/or QGIS users 

Instructional Time 

One hour 

Context 

The beginner’s tutorial series is appropriate for those users who are completely new to geographic information systems (GIS) or QGIS. This series is designed to demonstrate step-by-step how to download QGreenland and get started exploring and analyzing data in QGIS. 

Materials 

Materials Prep 

Download QGIS and QGreenland to a laptop. For more information, see www.qgis.org and https://qgreenland.org/get-started.