[Qgis-user] Live Online Training Course: An Introduction To Integrating QGIS/GIS And R For Spatial Analysis - 31st October - 3rd November 2022
We are now taking bookings for the next run of our live, online course titled _An Introduction To Integrating QGIS/GIS and R For Spatial Analysis_. It will be held via the Zoom online video-conferencing platform between the 31st October and the 3rd November 2022. The course will consist of a mix of background talks and practical sessions held over four 3-hour sessions. One session needs to be completed each day, and attendees will have a choice of completing it between 10:00 and 13:00 UK Time (primarily aimed at those in Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe) or between 19:00 and 22:00 UK Time (primarily aimed at those in North, Central and South America). This allows the course to be as accessible from as many different time zones as possible. Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 24 people per session. It will cost GBP 295 per person (with a discounted rate of GBP 245 for students, the unwaged and those working for registered charities). To book a place, or for more information, visit http://gisinecology.com/online-course-an-introduction-to-integrating-qgis-gis-and-r-for-spatial-analysis/ or email i...@gisinecology.com. This course is aimed at those who wish to learn how to use and integrate QGIS (the leading freely available GIS software package) and R (the leading freely available data analysis software package) for spatial analysis. It will be taught by Dr. Colin D. MacLeod, the author of 'An Introduction To Integrating QGIS And R for Spatial Analysis [1]' (Pictish Beast Publications) and a renowned expert in using GIS in biological and ecological research. He is also a co-author of the recently published 'An Introduction To Basic Statistics For Biologists Using R [2]', which is a practical guide to carrying out the analysis of biological data in R. The course assumes no prior knowledge of either QGIS/GIS or R, and so is open to complete beginners as well as those how know how to use one of these software packages, and wish to learn how to integrate it with the other. GIS and statistical analysis are two of the most fundamental software tools for modern biologists wishing to conduct spatial analyses. However, each have their own sets of software packages, and sometimes it can be difficult to know how to integrate the two. This course will provide an introduction to the integration of QGIS (the leading freely available GIS software package) and R (the leading data analysis software packages used by biologists) to create a combined tool set that makes the most of the strengths of each of these individual software packages. It will consist of a series of background sessions on using GIS and R for spatial analysis, mixed in with practical sessions where you will learn how to use QGIS, how to use R, and how to integrate two to complete a spatial analysis project. This last part will include working through an example project, starting with creating a high quality map for publication through creating raster data layers of environmental variables, joining data together based on their spatial relationships and analysing the combined data set using R (including creating summary statistics, conducting linear regressions and conducting generalised additive modelling - GAMs). While it will primarily be based around QGIS, this course is taught using software-independent approach, and it is also open to those who wish to learn how to use ArcGIS to do biological GIS. When you attend this course you will receive a free copy of An Introduction To Integrating QGIS And R for Spatial Analysis [1] (GIS For Biologists Workbooks) as the practical exercises in that course are based on the ones contained in that book. NOTE: If you wish to use ArcGIS software for this course, alternative materials will be provided for the practical sessions. --- == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com [3] Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm [4] Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates; RRP: £24.99 An Introduction To Integrating QGIS And R For Spatial Analysis; RRP: £19.99 An Introduction To Species Distribution Modelling (SDM) Using QGIS And R; RRP: £19:99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/book-shop/ To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. == Links: -- [1] http://gisinecology.com/an-introduction-to-integrating-qgis-and-r-for-spatial-analysis-gis-for-biologists-workbooks-series/ [2] http://gisinecology.com/stats-for-biologists-1 [3] http://www.GISinEcology.com [4] http
[Qgis-user] Online Course Now Open for Registration - An Introduction To Using GIS/QGIS In Biological Research, 8th - 11th August 2022
_GIS In Ecology_ will be holding a new online training course on using GIS in biological research between the 8th and 11th of August 2022. It will be held using the Zoom video-conferencing platform, and will consist of four three-hour sessions. One session will need to be completed each day. However, you will have a choice of completing it between 10:00 and 13:00 UK Time (primarily for those living in Europe, Asia and Africa) or 19:00 to 22:00 UK Time (primarily for those living in North and South America). This choice of time slots for each session allows participants from as wide a range of time zones to participate in the course. Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 24 people per session. The fees for this course are GBP 295 per person (with a discounted rate of GBP 245 for students, the unwaged and those working for registered charities). To book a place on it, or for more information, visit the course's dedicated webpage at http://gisinecology.com/online-course-an-introduction-to-using-gis-qgis-in-biological-research/, Alternatively, you can email i...@gisinecology.com with the subject line _Introductory Online GIS Course August 2022_. This course will be taught by Dr Colin D. MacLeod, the author of _ GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates_ [1] (Pictish Beast Publications), and will provide an introduction to using GIS in a wide variety of biological research situations ranging from the basics of making maps through to studying the spread of diseases and creating maps of species biodiversity. It will consist of a series of background sessions on using GIS mixed in with practical sessions where you will work directly with GIS software to complete various tasks which biological researchers commonly need to be able to do. Each three-hour session will consist of a background talk covering a specific topic, followed by practical exercises based on instructions from one of our workbooks. While you are encouraged to remain online during the practical sessions, you can choose to go off-line as you work though the exercises (or if you need to take a break). However, if you have any questions, the course instructor will be available for you to ask any questions you wish at any point. This course will primarily be based around QGIS (also known as Quantum GIS), which provides a user-friendly, open-source, free alternative to commercial GIS software packages, and it is becoming increasingly widely used in both academic and commercial organisations As a result, it is aimed at both those with no GIS experience, but wish to learn how to to do GIS with QGIS, and also those who are familiar with using commercial GIS software, such as ArcGIS, but who wish to learn how to use QGIS as an alternative. However, this course is taught using software-independent approach, and it is also open to those who wish to learn how to use ArcGIS to do biological GIS. When you attend this course you will receive a free copy of _GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction for Undergraduates [1]_as the practical exercises in that course are based on the ones contained in that book. At the end of the course, all attendees will receive a certificate of attendance and completion. Each certificate is embossed with the GIS In Ecology official stamp to prevent its fraudulent reproduction. In addition, each certificate has its own unique identification number that we will record, along with your name, meaning that we can verify the authenticity of the certificates we issue (and the course you have completed) on request. To attend this course, you must have your own laptop computer with an appropriate GIS software package installed on it. Our recommended GIS software for this course is the freely available QGIS software. For those wishing to use QGIS, you will need to download and install QGIS 2.8.3 (for those using Windows computers) or 2.8.4 (for those using Macs) rather than the latest version. The best way to download the correct version of QGIS for this course is to use the links on our GIS For Biologists webpage, which can be found here [2]. If you would prefer to use ESRI's ArcGIS software instead of GIS, this can be accommodated, but please let us know at the time of booking that this is the option you would like to use.--- == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com [3] Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm [4] Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates; RRP: £24.99 An Introduction To Integrating QGIS And R For Spatial Analysis; RRP: £19.99 An Introduction To Species Distribution Modelling (SDM) Using QGIS And R
[Qgis-user] Second Call For A New Training Course - An Introduction To Integrating QGIS/GIS And R For Spatial Analysis
This is the second call for a brand new training course from GIS In Ecology. It's called 'An Introduction To Integrating QGIS.GIS and R For Spatial Analysis' and will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, between the 7th and 9th of April 2020. This course is aimed at those who wish to learn how to use and integrate QGIS (the leading freely available GIS software package) and R (the leading freely available data analysis software package) for spatial analysis. It will be taught by Dr. Colin D. MacLeod, the author of ‘An Introduction To Integrating QGIS And R for Spatial Analysis’ (Pictish Beast Publications) and a renowned expert in using GIS in biological and ecological research. He is also a co-author of the upcoming ‘An Introduction To Basic Statistics For Biologists Using R’, which is a practical guide to carrying out the analysis of biological data in R. The course assumes no prior knowledge of either QGIS/GIS or R, and so is open to complete beginners as well as those how know how to use one of these software packages, and wish to learn how to integrate it with the other. Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 16 people. The course for this three day course will cost GBP 395 per person (with a discounted rate of GBP 300 for students, the unwaged and those working for registered charities). To book a place, or for more information, visit http://gisinecology.com/an-introduction-to-integrating-qgis-gis-and-r-for-spatial-analysis/ or email i...@gisinecology.com. GIS and statistical analysis are two of the most fundamental software tools for modern biologists wishing to conduct spatial analyses. However, each have their own sets of software packages, and sometimes it can be difficult to know how to integrate the two. This course will provide an introduction to the integration of QGIS (the leading freely available GIS software package) and R (the leading data analysis software packages used by biologists) to create a combined tool set that makes the most of the strengths of each of these individual software packages. It will consist of a series of background sessions on using GIS and R for spatial analysis, mixed in with practical sessions where you will learn how to use QGIS, how to use R, and how to integrate two to complete a spatial analysis project. This last part will include working through an example project, starting with creating a high quality map for publication through creating raster data layers of environmental variables, joining data together based on their spatial relationships and analysing the combined data set using R (including creating summary statistics, conducting linear regressions and conducting generalised additive modelling - GAMs). While it will primarily be based around QGIS, this course is taught using software-independent approach, and it is also open to those who wish to learn how to use ArcGIS to do biological GIS. When you attend this course you will receive a free copy of An Introduction To Integrating QGIS And R for Spatial Analysis (GIS For Biologists Workbooks) as the practical exercises in that course are based on the ones contained in that book. NOTE: If you wish to use ArcGIS software for this course, alternative materials will be provided for the practical sessions. == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates; RRP: £24.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. ==___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] First Call For A New Training Course - An Introduction To Integrating QGIS/GIS And R For Spatial Analysis
This is the first call for a brand new training course from GIS In Ecology. It's called 'An Introduction To Integrating QGIS.GIS and R For Spatial Analysis' and will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, between the 7th and 9th of April 2020. This course is aimed at those who wish to learn how to use and integrate QGIS (the leading freely available GIS software package) and R (the leading freely available data analysis software package) for spatial analysis. It will be taught by Dr. Colin D. MacLeod, the author of ‘An Introduction To Integrating QGIS And R for Spatial Analysis’ (Pictish Beast Publications) and a renowned expert in using GIS in biological and ecological research. He is also a co-author of the upcoming ‘An Introduction To Basic Statistics For Biologists Using R’, which is a practical guide to carrying out the analysis of biological data in R. The course assumes no prior knowledge of either QGIS/GIS or R, and so is open to complete beginners as well as those how know how to use one of these software packages, and wish to learn how to integrate it with the other. Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 16 people. The course for this three day course will cost GBP 395 per person (with a discounted rate of GBP 300 for students, the unwaged and those working for registered charities). To book a place, or for more information, visit http://gisinecology.com/an-introduction-to-integrating-qgis-gis-and-r-for-spatial-analysis/ or email i...@gisinecology.com. GIS and statistical analysis are two of the most fundamental software tools for modern biologists wishing to conduct spatial analyses. However, each have their own sets of software packages, and sometimes it can be difficult to know how to integrate the two. This course will provide an introduction to the integration of QGIS (the leading freely available GIS software package) and R (the leading data analysis software packages used by biologists) to create a combined tool set that makes the most of the strengths of each of these individual software packages. It will consist of a series of background sessions on using GIS and R for spatial analysis, mixed in with practical sessions where you will learn how to use QGIS, how to use R, and how to integrate two to complete a spatial analysis project. This last part will include working through an example project, starting with creating a high quality map for publication through creating raster data layers of environmental variables, joining data together based on their spatial relationships and analysing the combined data set using R (including creating summary statistics, conducting linear regressions and conducting generalised additive modelling - GAMs). While it will primarily be based around QGIS, this course is taught using software-independent approach, and it is also open to those who wish to learn how to use ArcGIS to do biological GIS. When you attend this course you will receive a free copy of An Introduction To Integrating QGIS And R for Spatial Analysis (GIS For Biologists Workbooks) as the practical exercises in that course are based on the ones contained in that book. NOTE: If you wish to use ArcGIS software for this course, alternative materials will be provided for the practical sessions. == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates; RRP: £24.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. ==___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] New Online QGIS Training Course For Biologists
Hi All, Apologies if this is not appropriate for the QGIS user list, but I figured some members of it might be interested in it. It’s an online course that aims to encourage more biologists to use QGIS in their research, rather than commercial alternatives. All the best, Colin GIS In Ecology is pleased to announce the launch of its new online training course for biologists who wish to learn how to use geographic information systems (GIS) in their research, but who cannot afford to attend any of our regular in-person training courses. This short course, hosted on our new sister site GISforBiologists.com, aims to provide a basic, but practical, introduction to using GIS in biological research, and is aimed at the complete beginner who needs a hand working out where to get started, or at those who have previously used commercial GIS software packages, such as ArcGIS, and who wish to learn how to use QGIS, the leading free, open source GIS software package. It consists of just over three hours of on-demand videos split across three practical exercises (how to make your first map, how to create your own feature data layers and how to work with raster data layers) based around real biological examples, and we estimate it will take up to nine hours to complete (although some will complete it in a substantially shorter periods of time). The practical exercises in the course are based around those found in our book GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates and cover the same content as you would be taught on the first day of our popular in-person course An Introduction To Using QGIS In Biological Research. A subscription to the videos costs US$30 and lasts for three months, giving you more than enough time to complete all three exercises (and indeed come back and do them again, if you so wish). You do have to purchase a copy of the book separately (although you could probably get away with just working from the videos), but this still represents a substantial saving on learning the same GIS skills on our in-person course (which would costs up to £295 in course fees, excluding associated travel and accommodation costs). The software which is used for the course is QGIS, and we selected it for this online course because it is freely available, meaning that there is no additional cost for software licences for those who wish to learn how to use GIS in biological research. It is also the software package that we recommend novice biological GIS users start with. However, the skills that you learn can be easily transferred to other GIS software packages, including ArcGIS, the leading commercial one. This course represents the start of a new phase in the development of GIS In Ecology, and we aim to make more of our training materials available online through GISforBiologists.com over the next year or so. By doing this, we hope to further promote the use of GIS as an important tool for the modern-day biologist, no matter where in the world they are working, or what field they are working in. == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates; RRP: £24.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. == --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] Final Call: Training Course - QGIS For Biologists, 27-28 March 2017
Hi All, Apologies if this is not appropriate for the QGIS user list, but I figured some members of it might be interested in it. It’s a course that aims to encourage more biologists to use QGIS in their research, rather than commercial alternatives. All the best, Colin Final Call: Training Course - An Introduction To Using QGIS In Biological Research GIS In Ecology will be holding an introductory training course for those who wish to learn how to use the free, open-source GIS software QGIS (also known as Quantum GIS) in all aspects of biological research. The course will be held in Glasgow on the 27th and 28th of March 2017, and it will be taught by Dr Colin D. MacLeod, who has more than 15 years experience in using GIS for a wide variety of biological purposes. This course is aimed at those just starting to use GIS in their research and who have little or no existing knowledge of this subject area, those who are looking for a free, open source GIS solution for their biological research, and at existing users of commercial GIS software, such as ArcGIS, who wish to learn how to do GIS using QGIS software. The practical exercises on this course will be based on those in the recently published ‘GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates’ by Dr MacLeod, and a free copy of this book will be provided to all participants. Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 15 people, and the course will cost £295 per person (£200 for students, the unwaged and those working for registered charities). To book a place, or for more information, email i...@gisinecology.com. To attend this course, you must bring your own laptop computer and have a working copy of QGIS 2.8.3 pre-installed on it. You can find information about how to get this version of QGIS by visiting http://www.gisinecology.com/GFB.htm. At the end of the course, all attendees will receive a certificate of attendance and completion. Glasgow has great transport links and is within half a days travel by car or by fast train links from most cities in the UK. For example, it can be reached in as little as 4h 30mins from London by train. It can also be reached by direct flights from many European cities and the flight time is generally under four hours. The course will be held in central Glasgow at the IET Glasgow Teacher Building (14 St Enoch Square, Glasgow, G1 4DB, UK). Attendees will be responsible for their own accommodation. However, Glasgow provides a wide range of accommodation options to fit most budgets. == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates; RRP: £24.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. == --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] Final Call: Training Course - QGIS For Biologists, September 2016
Hi All, Apologies if this is not appropriate for the QGIS user list, but I figured some members of it might be interested in it. It’s a course that aims to encourage more biologists to use QGIS in their research, rather than commercial alternatives. All the best, Colin Final Call: Training Course - An Introduction To Using QGIS In Biological Research GIS In Ecology will be holding an introductory training course for those who wish to learn how to use the free, open-source GIS software QGIS (also known as Quantum GIS) in all aspects of biological research. The course will be held in Glasgow on the 19th and 20th of September 2016, and it will be taught by Dr Colin D. MacLeod, who has more than 15 years experience in using GIS for a wide variety of biological purposes. This course is aimed at those just starting to use GIS in their research and who have little or no existing knowledge of this subject area, those who are looking for a free, open source GIS solution for their biological research, and at existing users of commercial GIS software, such as ArcGIS, who wish to learn how to do GIS using QGIS software. The practical exercises on this course will be based on those in the recently published ‘GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates’ by Dr MacLeod, and a free copy of this book will be provided to all participants. Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 15 people, and the course will cost £295 per person (£200 for students, the unwaged and those working for registered charities). To book a place, or for more information, visit the course’s webpage (http://www.gisinecology.com/Training_Course_QGIS_For_Biologists_September_2016.htm) or contact i...@gisinecology.com. To attend this course, you must bring your own laptop computer and have a working copy of QGIS 2.8.3 pre-installed on it. You can find information about how to get this version of QGIS by visiting http://www.gisinecology.com/GFB.htm. At the end of the course, all attendees will receive a certificate of attendance and completion. Glasgow has great transport links and is within half a days travel by car or by fast train links from most cities in the UK. For example, it can be reached in as little as 4h 30mins from London by train. It can also be reached by direct flights from many European cities and the flight time is generally under four hours. The course will be held in central Glasgow at the IET Glasgow Teacher Building (14 St Enoch Square, Glasgow, G1 4DB, UK). Attendees will be responsible for their own accommodation. However, Glasgow provides a wide range of accommodation options to fit most budgets. == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates; RRP: £24.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. == --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] New book on using QGIS in biological research
Hi All, Apologies if this is not appropriate for the QGIS user list, but I figured some members of it might be interested in it. In addition, this book wouldn’t have been possible without the help of various list members who answered my posts when I got stuck working out how to do a couple of things in QGIS, so thanks to them for their help. I hope this will encourage more biologists to consider using QGIS as an alternative to commercial GIS software both for their research, and for teaching at the undergrad and postgraduate levels. All the best, Colin Now Available - ‘GIS For Biologists: A Practical Introduction For Undergraduates’ by Colin D. MacLeod (Pictish Beast Publications, 352 pages). ’GIS For Biologists’ is a new book that provides an easy-to-understand introduction to using GIS in biological research as well as six practical exercises specifically created to help biologists learn how to use GIS in their daily lives. The instructions for these practical exercises are provided for both ESRI's ArcGIS For Desktop 10.3 and QGIS 2.8.3, the leading open source, and so freely available, GIS software. The exercises cover a range of biological fields ranging from tropical ecology, ornithology, marine mammal biology and epidemiology, and are set in locations ranging from Peru to Scotland, the continental US, northern Mozambique and the North Atlantic. As well as providing the perfect practical exercises for any biologist interested in learning how to use GIS, this book is also well-suited to those who wish to teach GIS to undergraduate, masters or postgraduate students in any biological field, but who do not have the time to develop their own practical course content. This book is supported by a dedicated ‘GIS For Biologists’ webpage (http://www.gisinecology.com/GFB.htm) which provides helpful information on where to get your preferred GIS software, how to download and install it, and how to download the data used in the practical exercises in the book, as well as links to free short videos which have been created to accompany the book's contents. ‘GIS For Biologists’ is available to purchase as a paperback or as a kindle ebook (although due to its fixed page format, it is only available on devices and Kindle apps with 'pinch and zoom' capabilities). It is available from all good book sellers (and Amazon), or for order directly from GIS In Ecology. Free previews of the contents can be downloaded from http://www.gisinecology.com/GFB_book.htm. If you wish to request a desk/examination copy for consideration as a recommended course text for a course you run or are developing, please email cdmacl...@gisinecology.com (desk copies will only be provided on verification of your academic position as a course coordinator/instructor). >From The Back Of The book: This book provides a user-friendly and practical introduction for undergraduates to the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in biological research. Unlike most other books about using GIS, this information is specifically presented in a biological context and it is divided into two sections. The first section provides just enough background information to allow the novice biological GIS user to get started with GIS without getting too bogged down in the theory behind it or making some of the most common mistakes made by beginners. It covers areas such as what GIS is, why GIS is useful in biology, the basics of GIS, common concepts and terms in GIS, how data are contained in a GIS, useful information about what to think about before starting a GIS project and how to break down and translate biological tasks into the language of GIS. This information is all provided in easy-to-read and non-technical language, with specific reference to its application in biological research. The second section, which constitutes the main body of the book, consists of six practical exercises accompanied by detailed instruction sets. The first four exercises introduce the novice biological GIS user to basic, but important, GIS skills, such as making a map, creating new feature data layers, creating raster data layers and joining together data from different data layers. The final two consist of case studies of how GIS can be used to answer real biological research questions. Each of these exercises represents a stand-alone GIS leson which can be completed either on its own or as part of a practical session for an undergraduate class. In addition, each exercise focuses on a different area of biology, such as tropical ornithology, epidemiology, marine biology and rainforest ecology, and on a different part of the world, including the Amazon rainforest, a Scottish field station, Mount Mabu in northern Mozambique, the North Atlantic Ocean and the USA. Instructions for each exercise are provided for both the leading commercial GIS package (ESRI’s ArcGIS® 10.3 software) and the leading freely availa
[Qgis-user] New QGIS Workbook For Marine Biologists
Apologies if this is not appropriate for the QGIS user list, but I figured some members of it might be interested in it. In addition, this book wouldn’t have been possible without the help of various list members who answered my posts when I got stuck working out how to do a couple of things in QGIS, so thanks to them for their help. I’ll be donating 10% of the profits from any sales to the QGIS project. An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology Supplementary Workbook Seven – An Introduction To Using QGIS (Quantum GIS) - RRP £19.99/U$29.99. ISBN: 978-1-909832-14-5. This book provides five exercises, each with an optional extra, which work with a standard data set to help marine biologists learn how to do various tasks they are likely to need to be able to do on a regular basis in QGIS. It assumes no prior knowledge of QGIS, or indeed GIS in general (although some background reading on the basic concept of GIS would be useful). All the exercises use easy-to-follow flow diagrams and, whenever possible, non-technical lanquage that marine biologists will already be familiar with. While primarily designed to be worked through by individuals, it also provides the perfect practical materials for those who want to provide introductory training in GIS to marine biologists using QGIS at the undergraduate or postraduate level, but who don’t have access to their own data sets or the time to put their own practical exercises together. For more information on this book (including excerpts) visit http://www.gisinecology.com/marine_supplementary_book7.htm. This book can be purchased from Amazon, ordered from your local book seller, or purchased direct from GIS In Ecology. All the best, Colin == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook Two - Working With Raster Data Layers; RRP: £19.99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. == From: Colin D. MacLeod Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 12:05 PM To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: QGIS Training Course For Biologists Apologies if this is not appropriate for the QGIS user list, but I figured some members of it might be interested in it. GIS In Ecology will be running a 2 day training course titled ‘An Introduction To Using QGIS In Biological Research’ in Glasgow, Scotland on the 30-31 March 2015. GIS In Ecology specialises in providing training and advice to using GIS in all aspects of biological and ecological research. Having previously only offered courses aimed at ArcGIS users, I am pleased say that from now on, we will be offering an alternative based on this freely available GIS software, and by providing this training course, we hope to promote the use of QGIS amongst biologists/ecologists. The course will involve a series of background sessions on general apsects of GIS and its use in biological research, but the main element will be a series of practical exercises where attendees will work with real biological data to complete a series of tasks which biologists need to do on a regular basis as part of their research. As with all our courses, it will be taught by biologists for biologists, and using the type of language biologists are already familiar with. In addition, it will use GIS In Ecology’s task-oriented learning (TOL) approach that has proved very successful for training biologists how to use GIS in their work. While this is a commerical course, a portion of the course fees will be donated to QGIS to help support its future development. For more information on this course, visit http://www.gisinecology.com/Training_Course_QGIS_For_Biologists_March_2015.htm or email in...@gisinecology.com. All the best, Colin == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary
[Qgis-user] QGIS Training Course For Biologists
Apologies if this is not appropriate for the QGIS user list, but I figured some members of it might be interested in it. GIS In Ecology will be running a 2 day training course titled ‘An Introduction To Using QGIS In Biological Research’ in Glasgow, Scotland on the 30-31 March 2015. GIS In Ecology specialises in providing training and advice to using GIS in all aspects of biological and ecological research. Having previously only offered courses aimed at ArcGIS users, I am pleased say that from now on, we will be offering an alternative based on this freely available GIS software, and by providing this training course, we hope to promote the use of QGIS amongst biologists/ecologists. The course will involve a series of background sessions on general apsects of GIS and its use in biological research, but the main element will be a series of practical exercises where attendees will work with real biological data to complete a series of tasks which biologists need to do on a regular basis as part of their research. As with all our courses, it will be taught by biologists for biologists, and using the type of language biologists are already familiar with. In addition, it will use GIS In Ecology’s task-oriented learning (TOL) approach that has proved very successful for training biologists how to use GIS in their work. While this is a commerical course, a portion of the course fees will be donated to QGIS to help support its future development. For more information on this course, visit http://www.gisinecology.com/Training_Course_QGIS_For_Biologists_March_2015.htm or email in...@gisinecology.com. All the best, Colin == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook Two - Working With Raster Data Layers; RRP: £19.99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. == --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] Problems with Union tool in QGIS 2.6
Hi All, I have been trying to translate a series of practical exercises to teach marine biologists from ArcGIS into QGIS to help promote use QGIS in marine biology as an alternative to commercial GIS sofftware. However, I have run into a problem with one particular step in my standard training exercises. This step involves creating a vector grid with the vector grid tool, and then using the union tool to divide the vector grid cells into sections which are on land and on water, so the land portions can be removed (leaving just the portions which are in the sea – this allows for the calculation of the area of each vector grid cell which is covered in water and use it to correct for various biases this can introduce in analyses). When working with QGIS 2.2 and 2.4, this process worked more or less perfectly, but in 2.6, I am having a intermittent problem where it will work on some occasions but not on others, using what should be more or less identical data layers and identical settings. When it doesn’t work, the Union tool hangs at a specific percentage (in this case 23%), and there is an error messsage which says: Feature Geometry Not Imported (OGR Error:). I don’t know if it makes any difference, but I am using a user-defined coordinate reference sytem that is based on a transverse mercator projecton fr both the project and the input data layers for the union tool (this seemed to cause some problems in earlier versoins of QGIS, but work arounds were possible). Can anyone offer advice as to what might be going on here and how to get round this issue? I can provide sample data layers on request. The system which this problem is occurring on is a laptop running Windows 8.1 and QGIS 2.6. I am keen to try to find some sort of solution to this as this is a standard process for marine biologists, and being unable to do it would limit the ability to work with QGIS as an alternative to commercial GiS software. Thanks for any advice which can be provided. All the best, Colin == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook Two - Working With Raster Data Layers; RRP: £19.99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. == --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Problems with Union tool in QGIS 2.6
Thanks Nicholas, If I’m understanding it correctly (and I appologise if I’m not), te method you provide would allow me to elliminate any of my vector grid cells which fall on land (or more precisely which have centres that fall on land), which is useful. However, what I need to be able to do is to separate each grid cell which lies along any stretches of coastline into two separate irregular polygon features, one which falls entirely in the sea and one which falls entirely on land. I can then delete the sections of all the grid cells which fall on land. The process that I use for doing this is to use the Union tool to create a combined data layer of my land polygons and my polygon grid cells, and then use the ID field from the land polygon data layer to select and delete the sections which overlap with the land polygons, leaving me with a vector grid which is clipped exactly along the coastline, and has partial grid cells for these coastal cells that only represent the sea parts of them. As I said, this approach used to work perfectly in QGIS 2.2 and 2.4, but I can only get the Union tool to work intermittently in QGIS 2.6, and when it doesn’t work, I get the Feature Geometry Not Imported (OGR Error:) error message. At the moment, this is the one thing which is stopping me being able to ditch ArcGIS and instead use QGIS as the basis for teaching marine biologists to use GIS in their research using our standard protocols for processing data, so any suggestions on what might be going wrong with the Union tool, and how I might be able to deal with it, would be greatly appreciated. I would prefer to be able to use the Union tool in my exercises, but if there is another way of doing it that will allow me to split the coastal cells of my vector grid into irregular polygons that are entirely land and entirely sea, then I would consider that. Thanks for any further advice anyone can offer. All the best, Colin Hi, You can use the point sampling tool plugin for that. Extract your grid centroid, use the new point layers with the point sampling tools. You can also sample raster and vector values with the tool. You can rejoin both layer later in a number of ways. If you want to eliminate points, (or grid squares if both have been joined) you can use a query. If you have millions features, this may be slow. In that case, use the split vector file using a column. For more tools for your work, look at the plugins for stats. You will find a number of good plugins for extracting statistics from vector or raster data. There are also many tools in the processing tools. Send me a mail if you need more help. I Like what you are doing... Nicolas Cadieux M.Sc. Les Entreprises Archéotec inc. 8548, rue Saint-Denis Montréal H2P 2H2 Téléphone: 514.381.5112 Fax: 514.381.4995 Le 2014-12-05 09:37, Colin D. MacLeod [via OSGeo.org] ml-node+s1560n5176645h56 at n6.nabble.com a écrit : == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook Two - Working With Raster Data Layers; RRP: £19.99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. == --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Problem with Rasterize (Vector to raster) tool
Thanks Saber, Micha and Carlos for your responses, I tried the v.to.rast.attribute route (and also v.rast.value), but couldn’t get those tool to work with my data set (and I’m still exploring this issue and trying to work out what’s going on as they look like useful tools to be able to use). However, returning to the original Rasterize tool, I examined the raster data layer which was created in more detail and found that while the histogram was saying that the maximum value was 0.995968, when I interrogated the individual grid cells with the Interrogate Features tool, the values were indeed one where they should be. Thus, my problem was not that the Rasterize tool was not working, but rather that it wasn’t being displayed correctly in QGIS. To deal with this, I went into the Layer Properties and under the Style tab, I changed the maximum value from 0.995968 to 1. This made the legend in the Table Of Contents window look a little odd, but the layer displayed correctly, has the right value in it, and does the correct calculations when using the raster calculator tool. I’m not too sure why the layer is not being displayed correctly in the Table Of Contents window in the first place. Similarly, if I remove the raster data layer from the my project and add it back in again, it reverts to saying the maximum value is 0.995968 rather than 1 in the legend in the Table Of Contents window and in the histogram for the data layer. Thus, each time I use it in a new project, I have to manually change the maximum number to 1. I don’t know if this is a bug as such, or if this happens with other data sets (it happened with both of mine – one point and one line data layer), but it is certainly a potential pitfall for the novice user when it occurs. All the best, Colin == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook Two - Working With Raster Data Layers; RRP: £19.99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. == From: Carlos Cerdán Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:23 PM To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Problem with Rasterize (Vector to raster) tool Perhaps raster calculator can also help you Expression: (layer0 and layer = 1) Gives us 1 when sentence is true and 0 for false, for each cell in layer. Good luck Carlos 2014-04-10 9:29 GMT-05:00 Micha Silver mi...@arava.co.il: Using GRASS there are two modules you can consider. First : v.to.rast in=... out=... type=point use=val value=1 will convert points into raster cells (at the current region settings), where any cell that contains at least one point will be given value 1. Next: r.in.xyz in=... out=... method=sum will create a raster (at the current region settings) where each cell will have a value = the count of points in that cell. HTH, Micha On 04/10/2014 04:20 PM, Colin D. MacLeod wrote: Hi All, I’m a fairly experienced GIS user, but I’m new to QGIS. I’m using version 2.2, and I’m trying to convert a point data layer into a raster data layer using the Rasterize tool. The point data layer has an integer field with a value of 1 for all records, and I want to make a raster data layer which has a value of one for each cell which has at least one point in it (some cells have more than one point in them). When I use the Rasterize tool, it creates the raster data layer fine, but all cells with have points in them appear to have a value of 0.995968. I’ve tried editing the gdal code (even making the resulting raster data layer an integer layer), but I still cannot get it to produce a raster with a value of 1 rather than just a number very close to one. Does anyone have any suggestions of where I might be going wrong and/or how to solve this issue? On a related note, is it possible to use the Rasterize tool to work out the average or total values for all the points which fall in each grid cell? If so, how (I can’t find anything in the gdal instructions themselves which would suggest this is possible, but I might be missing something). If this isn’t possible to do with the Rasterize tool, are there other tools in QGIS which can do this? Thanks for any
[Qgis-user] Problem with Rasterize (Vector to raster) tool
Hi All, I’m a fairly experienced GIS user, but I’m new to QGIS. I’m using version 2.2, and I’m trying to convert a point data layer into a raster data layer using the Rasterize tool. The point data layer has an integer field with a value of 1 for all records, and I want to make a raster data layer which has a value of one for each cell which has at least one point in it (some cells have more than one point in them). When I use the Rasterize tool, it creates the raster data layer fine, but all cells with have points in them appear to have a value of 0.995968. I’ve tried editing the gdal code (even making the resulting raster data layer an integer layer), but I still cannot get it to produce a raster with a value of 1 rather than just a number very close to one. Does anyone have any suggestions of where I might be going wrong and/or how to solve this issue? On a related note, is it possible to use the Rasterize tool to work out the average or total values for all the points which fall in each grid cell? If so, how (I can’t find anything in the gdal instructions themselves which would suggest this is possible, but I might be missing something). If this isn’t possible to do with the Rasterize tool, are there other tools in QGIS which can do this? Thanks for any help anyone can give on this. All the best, Colin == GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS In Ecology Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm Books From GIS In Ecology Staff: An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook Two - Working With Raster Data Layers; RRP: £19.99 If you wish to purchase these books, visit: http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is unavoidable. ==___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
