This manual is used in the day-long workshop held at Baruch each semester, which is 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 you will be given a bound, printed version in class.
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
5th edition (Jan 2015)
- Tutorial Manual (PDF)
- Data file (ZIP)
QGIS Software for Download
The manual was written for QGIS version 2.6 (Brighton). Because there are enough differences between versions you should download and install 2.6 if you are taking the workshop.
- MS Windows users: QGIS 2.6 (32 bit) - or - QGIS 2.6 (64 bit)
- MAC users (OS X Lion and newer): Download and install GDAL Complete 1.11 Frameworks 1st, Matplotlib 2nd, and QGIS 2.6 3rd.
- Linux users should consult the QGIS download page and follow the instructions to download the 2.6 release version for your distro.
The QGIS website defaults to the most recent release version for downloading (as of Mar 2015, 2.8 Wien is the most recent release).