My goal and focus is so that I could work with environment data since I’m working with GPS collars in my current project. I want to refresh my skills and also understand better about how projection works since I’ll be working with a lot of importing and exporting data in R and QGIS.
• Begin actively using QGis as a tool in my conservation work and teaching
• Pull in and work with data that was collected long ago and left by the wayside
• Learn where to source basemaps and how to choose which to use for which project
• Build up a full conservation mapping project start-to-finish
My goal is to evaluate any physical barrier that explains herpetofaunal distribution in karstic regions. Also to look into other possibilities affecting herpetofaunal behaviour.
I’m a Master’s student and want to include GIS as part of my studies.
I am excited to learn skills in QGIS that I may have not known about and using this platform as a refresher course as well as to learn from others.
I will be using QGIS to create home range maps in QGIS for my MSc study.
At the end of this course my goal is to be able to conveniently create elaborate and readable field maps for our field teams.
What type of field data will you be collecting ? there are additional apps (such as QField) that can be used on mobile devices for field data collection which link directly with QGIS). Although any data that is stored in a spreadsheet with co-ordinates can also be used. Cheers Jonathan
I would like to become a bit more familiar with QGIS and create a map of my locations for my Honours project.
My learning goal is to understand the basics of the QGIS, exploring it further, and then at the end applying that to my observations (simple dataset).
It all started with a project on golden jackals. Volunteers helped with the field data such as feces, urine, and dead animals. We studied the genetic relatedness of these jackals in Slovenia, as we assumed that they originated from two different populations. I’m thinking about expanding part of this project and making my master’s thesis out of it. But maybe I’ll start with something completely new. I still have more than half a year to decide on my project.
Thank you so much for this advice! I’ll look into this QField. A huge number of volunteers from different countries were involved in this jackal project. GPS coordinates also had to be recorded for each sample. Then they were entered into a special database, which was later used for processing in the GIS program. That’s why I would like to learn how to process such samples myself, as I know how important this is in this field. 
I’m a beginner, I know very little about Qgis and would like to explore this software further to present my spatial data in the form of maps.
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Hi everyone.
I would like to refresh my memory and generate my own maps
kind regards,
KD
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Sounds like an interesting collabration on the project. I think the aspects of getting data into QGIS will be dealt with later on this course, but one thing to always bare in mind (and i see many examples where it is not!), is that if data is recorded electronically, then there is usually a way of transferring the data into the appropropriate GIS format without having to manually re-enter the data or co-ordinates. Wuth GPS data, I am all to aware of surveyors typing or writing down the co-ordinates from their GPS device on into a spreadsheer or on paper, before they are put into a database or GIS. An easier way is to use the GPX format to export and import the data into a suitab;e database ro GIS file.
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my learning Goal: as a field person who loves to collect raw data and enjoys transferring it into actually readable information. i see myself being a GIS technician, assist with data management and planning especially at my work place. it will be easy for me to assist in interpretation of the spatial info, assisting in generating of WIMS contracts as well. i have a small attempt of ArcGIS that is why am finding this course interesting since i will be learning something new.
My learning goals are to fill comfortable again with GIS but more specifically to
- Import my field observations into QGIS
- Combine data from online sources for our study area and the data that we have
- Be able to source and download data that is available on our study area; specifically I would be interested in geology and vegetation data and see any patterns in where our field observations are
- Plot our research metadata such as roads we use, location of camera traps and the newly erected fence
- Create an interactive map in QGIS that I can use for analyses and reports in the future
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My broad learning goal is to become more confident using QGIS, specifically:
- Correctly align my field data with layers in a different spatial reference system
- Combine data sets from different sources - taking into account different projections
- Incorporate raster files into my mapping to be able to include more habitat information
- Plot our research metadata such as roads we use, location of sampling sites
- Create an interactive map in QGIS that I can use for analyses and reports in the future
Hi!
My goal is in the end of this course I must be able to use GIS well and apply it in my thesis. I really hope to get some useful tips in computing data by using QGIS in terms of maps and paths which might help to me discuss my results easily.
I’ll keep this in mind, thank you!
Hi! What do you use your camera traps for?
My goal is to create different kind of maps using QGIS. Specifically, I want to be able to create home range and species distribution maps.