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Tutorials From 2010

Unless otherwise noted in the individual tutorial, all of these were developed on/for a Windows environment. Specifically, most students were using classroom computers running Windows XP, with QGIS 1.5 (including GRASS Tools), and FWTools. Please note that this environment imposed a 32 bit Windows XP constraint that prevented the system from using all the RAM in the computers, which is likely the culprit in those cases where the tutorial authors complained that the tools could not work with larger datasets.

2010 contributions:

• Image Classification Tutorial using Orfeo Toolbox by Philippe Gratton
• Spatial data management using PostGIS by Jean Bouffard
• Using GIS for Decision Support in Emergency Medical Services by Matt Leyenaar
• Multiple Criteria Evaluation in Allocating Land for Waste Incineration by Ja'far Rogers
• Wind turbine location suitability by Joe Rogers
• Oil Platform Location Suitability using WMS by Kurtis Boyce
• Displaying Mineral Deposit Locations Across Canada using Web Services by Abuzar Popal
• Suitable Locations for the Reintroduction of the Black Tailed Prairie Dog by Jesse van den Berg
• Generating Wetness Indices for Watersheds in GRASS by Matt Giles

Previous Tutorials

Scott will move over content eventually, but in the meantime, you can access 2008 tutorials here.