Data Visualization with QGIS (North America-friendly time)
- Time18-21 CEST/ 12-14 EDT/ 9-11 PDT
- Duration4 sessions (6 hrs)
- Price€375/$435
- PlaceOnline
- TeacherKurt Menke
Course content
This course is a thorough introduction to the many advanced techniques you can use in QGIS to create sophisticated cartography and beautiful maps. Learn how to create custom legend patches and use cases for blending modes and layer effects. Even if you don’t know what some of these things are, I promise you’ll be amazed at what you can do with them after this course to improve your maps. Using these tools, you’ll learn how to create beautiful color hillshade maps and coastal effects. You’ll then discover how to animate time-based data, work with 3D views, and create more customized cartography via expressions. If you want to learn creative ways to represent your geodata and create stunning maps, this course is for you.
In the course you’ll learn about:
- Print layouts
- Label blocking
- Legend patch shapes
- Live layer effects
- Rendering Elevation Data
- Blending Modes - These allow for more sophisticated rendering between GIS layers and there are 13 different blending modes available at both the layer and feature level. Here you will learn the most common use cases.
- Layer blending
- Feature blending
- Rendering Point Data - Learn how to effectively use the renderers specific to point data.
- Point cluster
- Heatmap
- Coastal Effects
- Coastal Vignette
- Ben-day dots
- Cartographic Processing Algorithms
- Topological coloring
- Expression based symbology - Learn about using Data Defined Overrides with symbology inputs to create more sophisticated symbols.
- Geometry Generator renderer - Learn several use cases for this powerful renderer which allows you to modify the geometry of your features or create new features using geometric expressions.
- Temporal Controller - Learn to animate spatial data through time.
- 3D Views - Learn how to work with the native QGIS 3D Viewer
- Mesh data - Learn how to symbolize weather related mesh data
- Reveal Maps
Course format
The course consists of:
- An introductory video
- Two class sessions - 2 hours each
- An assignment that is completed after each session
- Two question/answer sessions with the opportunity to ask questions about each task
Course price
€375/$435
Introductory video: One week before the course starts you will receive an introductory video with an introduction to the array of data visualization tools in QGIS.
Course sessions: During the two live courses, course instructor Kurt Menke will introduce a series of data visualization techniques.
Assignments: To support learning, after each course session you will be asked to complete an assignment taking approximately 1-2 hours. This must be finished prior to the next course.
Question/answer sessions: These will be held one week after each course session. During these sessions you can ask questions about the assignment.
In addition you will receive a brief manual and a series of short videos covering topics presented in the course sessions.
Course dates
- Session 1: Thursday 9 October from: 18-20 CEST/ 12-14 EDT/ 9-11 PDT
- Q/A session 1: Thursday 16 October from: 18-19 CEST/ 12-13 EDT/ 9-10 PDT
- Session 2: Thursday 23 October from: 18-20 CEST/ 12-14 EDT/ 9-11 PDT
- Q/A session 2: Thursday 25 October from: 18-19 CEST/ 12-13 EDT/ 9-10 PDT
QGIS certified course
The course is certified by the QGIS organization, which has approved the material and the course program. When you participate in this course, you contribute 20 euros to the continued development of QGIS. You will also receive an official certificate after participating in the course.
Practical information
The course is held in English.
The latest QGIS LTR (long-term release) is used for the course. You must ensure that you have access to a computer with this version of QGIS (or later version of QGIS) installed before the course.
Register before: 1 October 2025.
Contact Kurt kurt@septima.dk, if you want to hear more about the course.