Want to get more out of spatial data with QGIS? In this one-on-one course, you’ll learn to use advanced GIS tools for complex analyses and professional map production. Discover how to link GIS databases, analyze vector and raster data, and apply expressions for data processing. With personalized guidance and hands-on assignments, you’ll learn to effectively integrate QGIS into your GIS workflows.
QGIS is an open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) that allows you to create maps and collect, analyze, and visualize geographic data. GIS helps us better understand and study the world by presenting spatial data in a clear and organized manner. It combines mapping technology, statistical analysis, and databases to process information from various sources and present it on digital maps. This allows users to recognize patterns, discover connections, and make better-informed decisions.
GIS is used in many sectors. Urban planners use it to determine the best locations for roads and housing. Environmental scientists analyze changes in natural areas, while emergency services use GIS to quickly find the most efficient routes during emergencies. Businesses also use GIS, for example, to determine where a new store can be opened most profitably. Thanks to the ability to combine data from various sources, GIS helps solve complex problems and make strategic decisions.
With QGIS, you can manage and combine both raster and vector data. Through georeferencing, data linking, and formatting options, you can create detailed maps and perform spatial analyses. QGIS supports the most common GIS file formats, such as Shapefile (SHP), Keyhole Markup Language (KML), and GeoTIFF, and can be linked to databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, PostGIS, and Oracle Spatial.
The program supports various coordinate systems, including the Dutch National Triangulation System (RD) and the Belgian Lambert coordinate system. Thanks to its broad compatibility and powerful features, QGIS is a versatile and accessible tool for anyone working with geodata.
In the QGIS Advanced Blended Learning course, you will delve into the advanced capabilities of QGIS. You will learn to perform complex spatial analyses, manage data, and present it using professional map visualizations. The course is intended for users who are already familiar with the basics of QGIS and wish to further develop their skills.
The course begins with a review of GIS data types and files, including geopackages and PostgreSQL/PostGIS connections. Next, you’ll learn to work with project settings, such as setting up a home folder, project title, metadata, and default styles. You’ll also delve into the use of expressions for field calculations, rule-based labels and symbologies, and the application of expressions in a print environment.
You will learn how to efficiently use templates, including printer and project templates, to streamline your workflow. You will also delve into various analysis methods: from a review of vector analysis to the introduction of graphical models and raster data analysis.
In addition to analysis, you will focus on editing and digitizing spatial data. You will practice snapping, learn how to prevent intersections, and trace existing objects. You will also work with advanced digitization techniques, form attributes, and geometry checks to make your datasets as accurate as possible.
Finally, you’ll learn how to present your data in a clear and professional manner. You’ll use map themes, atlases, and overview maps to clearly display information and create effective visualizations.
Don’t have any experience with QGIS yet? Then we recommend taking the QGIS Basic Blended Learning course first. This ensures you’re well-prepared for the advanced topics in this training.
Blended learning combines independent online study with hands-on, interactive sessions, allowing you to gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience with QGIS and geoinformation. The online modules give you the freedom to study at your own pace and offer interactive lessons on advanced GIS analysis, database connections, and spatial data processing.
During the hands-on online sessions, you’ll immediately apply the knowledge you’ve gained. You’ll work with real-world datasets and receive guidance from experienced instructors on how to effectively use complex QGIS tools. You’ll learn how to perform spatial analyses, digitize data, and create professional maps.
The combination of flexible online learning and interactive hands-on experience ensures that you not only master the advanced features of QGIS but also know how to apply them in realistic projects. Upon completion of the course, you will be able to manage, analyze, and visualize spatial data and integrate GIS databases into your workflows for efficient and accurate processing of geodata.
You’ll receive 1-on-1 guidance. After signing up, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule your first session.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Do you have questions about the course content? Or are you unsure whether the course aligns with your learning goals or preferences? Would you prefer an in-house or private course? We’d be happy to help.
After the course, you’ll have another two weeks to ask the instructor questions. Since the instructor is already teaching other courses, it’s best to email your questions to info@geo-ict.nl. Your question will be forwarded to the instructor, and you’ll receive a response within 24 hours.
If you’re a bit further along and encounter practical problems you can’t solve on your own, it’s best to use Online Support. You’ll spend one day online with the instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.
If you run into problems in practice that you can’t solve on your own, you have two options: you can sign up for a beginner or advanced course, or you can sign up for Online Support.
You’ll spend a day online with an instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.
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All courses are taught in person. Course hours are from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Coffee, tea, lunch, and a laptop are provided.
Taking a course online is also possible, but we only offer hybrid courses in exceptional cases. If you wish to participate in a course online, please indicate this during registration—select “Online” as the location. If that is not possible, this course will only be offered on-site in Apeldoorn.
Yes, we do this regularly. Our instructor will come to your location and bring laptops for the participants. All you need to do is arrange a classroom at your location.
Please email your requirements to info@geo-ict.nl, and we will send you a quote. Once you’ve confirmed the order, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule the training days.
After each course, participants receive a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can share your feedback on what you liked and didn’t like about the course. We always do our very best, but of course, there may be times when you have a complaint. Click on “Complaints Procedure.” It explains what steps you can take. Geo-ICT Training Center, Netherlands is a member of the Dutch Council for Training and Education (NRTO).
After the course, we will email you a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can log in and fill out an evaluation form, and you can also download your certificate of participation.
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