Want to make your geospatial data visually appealing and easy to understand? In this one-on-one course, you’ll learn how to design maps that are both attractive and informative. Discover how to strategically use color, symbology, and layout to create effective visualizations. With personalized guidance and hands-on sessions, you’ll develop practical skills in QGIS that you can apply right away.
Cartography is the art and science of mapmaking. A well-designed map makes geodata accessible and helps identify patterns and trends. Whether for spatial analysis, policy planning, or storytelling, cartography plays a crucial role in presenting geographic information.
QGIS is a popular open-source GIS tool for creating professional maps. It offers extensive features for processing, visualizing, and analyzing geodata. With QGIS, you can set up symbology, choose color schemes, and apply advanced map compositions. Because it is free and offers extensive capabilities, it serves as an accessible alternative to commercial GIS solutions.
Cartographic design is applied in fields such as urban planning, environmental science, and infrastructure planning. Whether you’re creating maps for policy reports, research, or dashboards, QGIS lets you transform geodata into clear, visually compelling maps.
An effective map requires not only software knowledge but also an understanding of cartographic principles. In this course, you’ll learn how to convert geodata into clear, functional, and visually appealing maps.
You’ll start with the basics of color usage, typography, and symbology, and learn how these contribute to readability. Next, you’ll work with QGIS to create maps, manage layers, and perform spatial analyses. To further refine your design, you’ll use Inkscape for custom map symbols and GIMP to finish your map composition.
Through hands-on assignments, you will develop a complete map layout, from raw data to a professional final product. You will learn how to optimize maps for specific applications and present geodata effectively.
Upon completion of the course, you will be able to independently design maps that are technically accurate, visually appealing, and easy to interpret.
Blended learning combines online modules with hands-on sessions, allowing you to gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in designing maps in QGIS. The online lessons give you the freedom to study at your own pace while working through interactive modules where you learn how to process geospatial data, create maps, and optimize visualizations. Thanks to direct access to the course materials, you can review and apply the theory at any time.
During the hands-on online sessions, you’ll immediately put your newly acquired knowledge into practice. You’ll work with real datasets and receive guidance from experts as you create cartographic designs, apply symbology, and refine maps using Inkscape and GIMP. By actively engaging in these tasks, you’ll not only develop technical skills but also learn how to effectively transform data into visually compelling and functional maps.
The combination of online learning and hands-on experience ensures that you not only understand the basic principles of QGIS but also know how to apply them in realistic projects. Upon completion of the course, you will be able to independently create professional maps and present geospatial data clearly and effectively.
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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