The course will provide participants with the necessary tools to produce a professional looking phase 1 habitat map using QGIS®
, an open-source freely available software. This powerful Geographic Information System (GIS) program allows users to communicate and manipulate a wide range of typical ecological survey data collected by ecologists for use in professional looking reports. This will include navigating the QGIS® environment and understanding terminology; importing and displaying data from multiple sources; phase 1 habitat mapping and symbology; creating
labels; advanced editing tools; use of attribute tables; print composer; introduction to plugins; bookmarks and creating buffers.