Università Roma Tre

The course ‘MAPPING AND GIS TECHNIQUES IN ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS’ is structured along two integrated modules. Module 1 is structured along a broad thematic spectrum of practical and theoretical GIS topics. Module 2 includes case studies and the development of a GIS cartographic project.

Module 1 is held in a plenary meeting with the simultaneous participation of all students enrolled in the course. Module 2 is divided into 3 study groups (with individual timetables), which will be defined at the beginning of the course.

Course content and milestones:

– Introduction to GIS and software installation
– Quantum GIS 3.x: Getting familiar with our Open Source GIS interface.
– Qgis Tools and Plugins.
– Vector and raster data exploration
– GIS data source and georeferencing
– Database and data management
– Vector data editor
– GIS mapping
– Geoprocessing: Vectors
– Geoprocessing: Raster
– Introduction to Remote Sensing data
– GIS applications using Remote Sensing data
– Field data collection, GPS and 3D modelling
– Thematic mapping
– Statistical analysis of data
– Selection by attributes (SQL, DBMS)
– Geoprocessing and introduction to GIS modelling
– Case studies
– Individual/group mapping projects

Students will be provided with lecture materials and slides before class. The relevant parts of the textbooks or web material that need to be studied will be communicated during the lectures. The reference textbooks are all Open Source and available online or on Moodle.

- QGIS User Guide -
- QGIS Training Manual -
- QGIS - Manuale utente in ambiente Windows