From: "Andrea S. Laliberte" <andrea.laliberte@earthmetrics.com>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [permaculture] GIS mapping course for landowners
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 09:40:38 -0800
Learn how to map your land using open source software and freely
available data. This self-paced course on DVD is all video-based to
allow the student to follow the tutorials with ease. The course
introduces digital mapping tools and techniques (Geographic Information
Systems or GIS), and how small landowners and permaculture designers can
use these tools with freely available data for site planning. The course
provides an excellent introduction to GIS for any small landowner
interested in visualizing terrain of the land, planning layout of
buildings and gardens, and using GIS maps in Google Earth. You will
learn about freely available aerial photos, topographic data, soil maps,
and other spatial layers, and how to view and manipulate the data using
the open source GIS software QGIS.