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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Geographical Information Systems - Part 1 by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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About the Course

This course is organized into two parts presenting the theoretical and practical foundations of geographic information systems (GIS). - Together
theses courses constitute an introduction to GIS and require no prior knowledge. - By following this introduction to GIS you will quickly acquire
the basic knowledge required to create spatial databases and produce high-quality maps and cartographic representations. - This is a practical
course and is based on free, open-source software, including QGIS. If you study or work in the fields of land management or the analysis of
geographically distributed objects such as land use planning, biology, public health, ecology, or energy, then this course is for...
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Top reviews

SA

Aug 4, 2020

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

SS

Jun 26, 2020

it will help me for my career development thanks coursera

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By William G D

Jun 15, 2020

The content of the course is really good, I appreciate the effort of the teachers, however, the platform that marks the tests needs to be improved. Generally speaking, I have learned a lot with this course, albeit without a basic understanding of GIS.

By MVCS

Jan 26, 2024

This course is excellent regarding content and structure. However, it needs a bit more explanation of the QGIS software itself to facilitate the first part of the exercises and laboratories.

By Anjali V R

Apr 23, 2022

Very informative course on open source software like GIS and SQL. It was difficult to understand at first due to the language and translation in the slides but got a hang of it slowly.

By Freddy N R P

Feb 5, 2025

Se deben actualizar los contenidos y evaluaciones, adicionalmente la traducción del material no es muy buena y también es confusa, lo que dificulta los temas