TRAINING ON QUANTUM GIS (QGIS) APPLICATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
14 - 16 March 2012
FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA (FRIM)
TRAINING ON QUANTUM GIS APPLICATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND
ENVIRONMENT Date: 14 - 16 March 2012
Venue: Garcinia Room, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong, Selangor Name (Y. Bhg. Dato / Datin / Dr /Tuan / Puan / En. / Cik)
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Registration fee: RM700.00/participant which covers a full set of lecture note, training materials and meals.
I enclose a cheque/money order/postal order/bank draft (No: _______) for the amount of RM__________as payment for participation in the training.
The payment should be made payable to the ‘KETUA PENGARAH FRIM’.
Signature: ___________________Date:_____________
Please send the completed form along with the registration fee to:
The Secretariat
Training on Quantum GIS Application in the
Management of Natural Resources and Environment Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM),
52109 Kepong, Selangor, MALAYSIA.
Fax: 03-62729852 Designation
Day 1
08.30 – 0900 am Registration 09.00 – 09.30 Opening Ceremony
09.30 – 10.00 Refreshment and photo session 10.00 – 10.45 Lecture 1 : Introduction to GIS 10.45 – 11.30 Lecture 1 : Introduction to QGIS 11.30 – 12.00 QGIS Installation
12.00 – 01.00 Getting Started (QGIS GUI) 01.00 – 02.15 pm Lunch
02.15 – 03.45 Working with vector data 03.45 – 05.00 Working with raster data
5.00 End of Day 1
Day 2
08.30 – 10.00 am Data Capture - Georeferencing 10.00 – 10.30 Refreshment
09.30 – 11.00 Data Capture - Digitising 11.00 – 01.00 Data Capture - editing 01.00 – 02.15 Lunch
02.15 – 04.00 Working with attributes table 04.00 – 05.00 Data Editing
5.00 End of Day 2
Day 3
08.30 – 10.00 am Print Composer 10.00 – 10.30 Refreshment 10.30 – 12.00 Print Composer 12.00 – 12.30 Closing Ceremony 12.30 – 01.00 Lunch
01.00 End of Training
OBJECTIVES
1. To introduce a free GIS software that has similar capability with the commercial softwares in the market.
2. To enhance knowledge and capabilities in GIS especially for the natural resources and environmental management.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Researchers, academicians, university students, forest officers and technical personnel involved in natural resources and environmental management who use GIS. Beginners and interested individuals are also welcomed.
REGISTRATION FEE
A registration fee of RM700/participant which covers a full set of lecture note, training materials and meals will be charged.
Payment can be made by cash, cheque, bank draft or government local orders (LO).
ACCOMODATION
Accommodation is not provided. Participants who require accommodation are advised to make their own arrangements.
For those who wish to stay at FRIM’s guest house, please inform the organizer when you send in your registration form.
The guess house availability is based on a first-come, first- served basis.
REMARKS
Participants are encouraged to bring their own computer notebook for the training. However, desktop computers will be provided on a sharing-use basis.
For further inquires, please contact:
Dr. Khali Aziz Hamzah 03-62797201
Rodziah Hashim 03-62797202
Rashidah Hasnim 03-62797205
BACKGROUND
Geographic Information System (GIS) is one of the common tools that are widely used especially in government sector to manage natural resources and monitor environmental condition in Malaysia. With the increasing awareness of the GIS technology, many users are searching for the most appropriate GIS software to suit their needs and budget availability. With the current GIS development, users have the option to switch from the traditional commercial GIS software to the free open source GIS software. Depending on the user requirements, this open source GIS software is increasingly popular and widely used worldwide. Besides the fact that it is free, the open source GIS software is normally equipped with all the basic GIS functions, is user friendly and relatively easy to learn.
In this training, participants will be exposed to the open source software called Quantum GIS (QGIS). It is a free software that provides data viewing, editing, and analysis capabilities.
Participants will learn the basic concept of GIS and will have hands-on training in using the QGIS.
