GIS Practicum Manual - Introduction to GIS Using Open Source Software
This manual is used in the day-long workshop held at Baruch each semester, Introduction to GIS Using Open Source Software using QGIS. The hands-on workshop is ONLY open to Baruch and CUNY affiliates. For more information and registration visit the GIS Practicum page.
NOTE: if you are participating in the hands-on workshop DO NOT print out this manual. You will be given a bound, printed version.
ANYONE is welcome to use this tutorial under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial No Derivative Works License, for personal or classroom use. You may NOT copy and re-host this material on another website.
Introduction to GIS Using Open Source Software
3rd edition (Aug 2012) 
Note - this manual was written for QGIS version 1.8x. If you're using an older version of QGIS (1.7x) refer to the previous manual in HTML.