FREE AND OPEN SOURCE GIS - August 4 to August 8, 2014
The Department of Geography at Hunter College of the City University of New
York and Hunter Continuing Education are offering a five day professional
course in Free and Open Source GIS from August 4 to 8, 2014. This five day
course will span the entire range of GIS data capture, management, analysis,
and visualization of geographic information using Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS). These different elements of the GIS workflow will be discussed over the
first four days and will then be applied in a final project completed on
Friday. The course will combine lectures with hands-on sessions where
participants will work with different free and open source GIS packages. Since
we expect participants from many different organizations in the tri-state area,
this training course also presents an excellent networking opportunity.
The course is designed for experienced GIS users who want to broaden their
skill set with expertise in the ever-growing world of free and open source GIS.
Participants are expected to have a technical background and an interest in
developing comprehensive workflows using multiple software components. While we
do not require any programming experience, we will be working on the command
line and developing some small scripts. Participants should be eager to master
these valuable skills.
This course is offered at Hunter College, CUNY, in the heart of the upper
eastside of Manhattan very convenient to public transportation. For course
description, tuition, instructor bios and contacts see
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ce/gis or call the Hunter Continuing Education
office at 212-650-3850.
Dana G. Reimer
Assistant to Chair
Department of Geography
Hunter College - CUNY
695 Park Avenue - HN1006
New York, NY 10065
Phone: 212-772-5412
Fax: 212-772-5268
