Take this course only if you want to learn QGIS and only QGIS badly. Though the lectures are informative, the quizzes will surely drive you mad. The questions are made as vague as possible and the checking system checks only the text. No matter you query is working or not. If there is even a single space missing as in the actual fed answer, the system will mark it wrong. The discussion forum is small and sometimes useful. Not many people are available there.

This course is really good for learning QGIS and SQL queries for GIS. Being a civil engineer, I hope I can use it frequently in my job. The course content is good but the quizzes and assignments are really really time-consuming due to their format of evaluation. Since the course is translated to English, there are unusual pauses in sentences and the constant flow of speaking makes monotonous and hard to grasp the sense of the sentences. So. you must be attentive all the time. This course is good if you want to know something about GIS but not for certification. My suggestion is: just skip the quizzes and try to grab the knowledge.

Not a beginner-level course - or at least not for someone who has no previous knowledge of using GIS. There is no attempt made to define key terms or ideas, and the first assignment has very few directions for someone who has never used a GIS system. Definitely no step-by-step and I am having to rely on Google to figure out what the instructions mean, rather than being taught by the course itself.

Second exercise files (from Week 1!) are corrupt. After installing second version, files remained corrupt. And for the first exercise, no explanations are included for any of the questions or problems occurring.

I didnt like the course. Boring content and software explanations are in french. Maybe the french version of the course if worth but not this one. Very disappointed.

this course helps me a lot in putting things I knew in the unprofessional or crude way into a more organized professional manner. if you are looking to learn the basis of GIS this is what you need

I like the struture of the course and the fact that the course uses an open-source software: QGIS. Unfortunately, the English translation is not particularly good, which impedes understanding. The worst aspect is that the course uses an older version of the software than the current version. Differences between the older and current version mean that the prompts provided by the course exercises do not seem to be appropriate for the current QGIS version. As I could not get the exercise to work, I wrote on the course discussion forum to get some advice, unfortunately I am yet to hear a response and looking at older posts, this question has been asked previously to no response, so there doesnʻt seem to be much active support for the course. I am stopping the course after the exercise as there does not seem to be much point continuing.

it will help me for my career development thanks coursera

This course is not at all for beginners especially when you are a job person in parallel. There is less learning mindset but putting students into struggle is more obvious. No proper answer matching mechanism and in case of a wrong answer there is no hint for correction or missing point.

Problem with quizes!!

If you are not a native French speaker, the translations to English can be a little jarring and confusing at times. I speak French fluently and still found parts of this course difficult to understand as English is my first language.

I would recommend the French version of this course if you speak French, but would recommend you find a different course in English if you don't.

The information in the course was extensive, however the videos could get quite long. I would appreciate shorter videos with more quizzes in-between. The quizzes that are currently on the course could be better formatted so that more answers are multiple-choice instead of filling in a box where the formatting of your answer could be the reason you don't get a point. For example, you write "shape and direction" instead of "direction and shape".

unfortunately, I ended up leaving the course halfway because I found a better course in English. I have to pay for this new course (from UC Davis) but it has so far exceeded my expectations and suits my learning style better.

I really liked the course, topics, and practices, based on the fact that I didn't know anything about databases or GIS. As a negative, I can point out that I did not get any response from the instructors on the various problems related to syntax and understanding of the statements in the questions to be solved.

The content and delivery is really good. I learned a lot and the content is very relevant to the subject. I do feel that the translation of the lectures can be improved as well as the marking system, feedback and variation of versions of answers for the quizzes and assignments.

It’s too complex for me.

The description falsely states " introduction to GIS and require no prior knowledge". You absolutely need prior knowledge in QGIS or other GIS programs to be able to complete the practice quiz. Working knowledge like importing data, importing maps, how to make layers, and basic interface navigation are not presented in the course. Also, data used in the videos aren't linked or accessible making it impossible to try and follow along.

this is the worst course than I had have taken

Amazing course. Waiting for Part 2 in English

This course really helps me to understand how QGIS works and gave me all the tools would need to start my development in GIS. I found a hard time with the quizzes at the end of the lessons due to translation problems and quizzes sections due to very specific answers. Something very important was the pace of the computerizing voice was annoying some times. Overall a good learning experience.

This course is really good. I already have technical skills in GIS, but I learned a lot. Spatial and SQL databases through Spatialite can be a challenge for someone unfamiliar (like me) with these types of databases. It forces you to think hard. It is gratifying to be able to progress little by little and achieve things that at first seem very difficult. Thanks a lot!

Excellent course for me as haven't worked with GIS for nearly 20 years. It is not a "How To" course - if you want to learn how to use QGIS go to Youtube, but if you want to understand the basics of geographical data, how it is used, created, transformed and analysed then this is exactly the course for you.

Es un curso excelente que te introduce no solo a lo que son los sistemas de información geográfica de manera Grafica, también nos enseña los conceptos y secuencias en lenguaje SQL,

Thanks for everything.

Great content!

good

I have learned a lot about how to use QGIS, not just to load, create, and edit maps, but also to query spatial and topological data, and to become a little more knowledgeable about some areas of computer technology as needed for working with QGIS and PostGres. It took me twice as long as the recommended 6 weeks, but it was worth all the effort and the research that was necessary for me to keep up with and follow the material in this course.