Thanks Colin Don't you have one for terrestrial ecologists? I'm interested in buying it.
Regards Ayanda > On 28 Jul 2015, at 17:56, Colin D. MacLeod <cdmacl...@gisinecology.com> wrote: > > Apologies if this is not appropriate for the QGIS user list, but I figured > some members of it might be interested in it. In addition, this book wouldn’t > have been possible without the help of various list members who answered my > posts when I got stuck working out how to do a couple of things in QGIS, so > thanks to them for their help. I’ll be donating 10% of the profits from any > sales to the QGIS project. > > An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology Supplementary Workbook Seven – > An Introduction To Using QGIS (Quantum GIS) - RRP £19.99/U$29.99. ISBN: > 978-1-909832-14-5. > > This book provides five exercises, each with an optional extra, which work > with a standard data set to help marine biologists learn how to do various > tasks they are likely to need to be able to do on a regular basis in QGIS. It > assumes no prior knowledge of QGIS, or indeed GIS in general (although some > background reading on the basic concept of GIS would be useful). All the > exercises use easy-to-follow flow diagrams and, whenever possible, > non-technical lanquage that marine biologists will already be familiar with. > While primarily designed to be worked through by individuals, it also > provides the perfect practical materials for those who want to provide > introductory training in GIS to marine biologists using QGIS at the > undergraduate or postraduate level, but who don’t have access to their own > data sets or the time to put their own practical exercises together. For more > information on this book (including excerpts) visit > http://www.gisinecology.com/marine_supplementary_book7.htm. This book can be > purchased from Amazon, ordered from your local book seller, or purchased > direct from GIS In Ecology. > > All the best, > > Colin > > ================================================================================== > GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS > In Ecology > > Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com > > Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: > www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm > > Books >From GIS In Ecology Staff: > > An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 > An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - > Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 > An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook Two - > Working With Raster Data Layers; RRP: £19.99 > > If you wish to purchase these books, visit: > http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm > > To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is > unavoidable. > ================================================================================== > > From: Colin D. MacLeod > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 12:05 PM > To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: QGIS Training Course For Biologists > > Apologies if this is not appropriate for the QGIS user list, but I figured > some members of it might be interested in it. > > GIS In Ecology will be running a 2 day training course titled ‘An > Introduction To Using QGIS In Biological Research’ in Glasgow, Scotland on > the 30-31 March 2015. GIS In Ecology specialises in providing training and > advice to using GIS in all aspects of biological and ecological research. > Having previously only offered courses aimed at ArcGIS users, I am pleased > say that from now on, we will be offering an alternative based on this freely > available GIS software, and by providing this training course, we hope to > promote the use of QGIS amongst biologists/ecologists. > > The course will involve a series of background sessions on general apsects of > GIS and its use in biological research, but the main element will be a series > of practical exercises where attendees will work with real biological data to > complete a series of tasks which biologists need to do on a regular basis as > part of their research. As with all our courses, it will be taught by > biologists for biologists, and using the type of language biologists are > already familiar with. In addition, it will use GIS In Ecology’s > task-oriented learning (TOL) approach that has proved very successful for > training biologists how to use GIS in their work. While this is a commerical > course, a portion of the course fees will be donated to QGIS to help support > its future development. > > For more information on this course, visit > http://www.gisinecology.com/Training_Course_QGIS_For_Biologists_March_2015.htm > or email in...@gisinecology.com. > > All the best, > > Colin > > ================================================================================== > GIS IN ECOLOGY - Providing Training, Advice And Consultancy On The Use Of GIS > In Ecology > > Web: www.GISinEcology.com Email: i...@gisinecology.com > > Need to ask a question about using GIS? Try the GIS In Ecology Forum: > www.GISinEcology.com/GIS_in_Ecology_forum.htm > > Books >From GIS In Ecology Staff: > > An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology; RRP: £44.99 > An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook One - > Creating Maps Of Species Distribution; RRP: £19:99 > An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook Two - > Working With Raster Data Layers; RRP: £19.99 > > If you wish to purchase these books, visit: > http://www.gisinecology.com/Book_Shop.htm > > To help the environment, please do not print out this email unless it is > unavoidable. > ================================================================================== > > > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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