GIS practice

The Practical GIS course provides training in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including basic concepts of geographic information and mastery of the free software QGIS. The majority of the course is devoted to an introduction to GIS, alternating between lectures and practical exercises. At the end of the course, a personalized cartographic project enables students to reorganize the concepts they have already learned. An introductory conference with professionals puts into perspective the interest of GIS approaches in general hydrology.

The objectives of this UE are:

• training in the basic concepts of GIS and spatial databases;
• to give students a minimum level of know-how on a standard GIS tool: QGIS.

Prerequisites* :

Basic computing and office automation

Recommended prerequisites* :

NA

Assessment of knowledge :

The map produced during the project and the associated metadata constitute the project evaluation.

Syllabus :

The content of the course is structured around 6 successive lecture/TP sequences: 

1- Getting started with GIS - general GIS concepts, 

2- Geographical data 

3- Relational databases 

4- MNT, 

5- Vectors, 

6- Graphic semiology.

It continues with an individual or paired cartographic project.