Jul 23, 2015 -- QGIS is a free and open source GIS platform that is becoming increasingly popular with spatial professionals the world over. Don’t want to get left behind? Now is the time to gain some great QGIS skills.

Discover Spatial offers a detailed “ Introduction to Geospatial Technology Using QGIS” course that uses QGIS to introduce concepts including GIS, cartography, remote sensing, and spatial analysis through a series of lectures and hands-on computer-based exercises.

The course is designed to be used as a stand-alone course to complement other disciplines or as an entry level course into a geospatial program.

Discover Spatial is a global geospatial eLearning platform, with easy to follow spatial courses and tutorials from the world's leading instructors. The courses are online and completely self-paced, allowing students to study when and where is most convenient to them.

For more information and to enrol on the course, please see this link.