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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This workshop might be of interest to some of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Suchith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Geographical Information Science Research Group (GIScRG) [mailto:GISCRG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dianna Smith<br><b>Sent:</b> 22 July 2013 16:02<br><b>To:</b> GISCRG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<br><b>Subject:</b> QGIS training September 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>**Apologies for cross-posting**<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please see below for details of an upcoming workshop in basic GIS training using Quantum GIS to be held at Queen Mary University’s Whitechapel campus.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dianna<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=Default><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Open Source GIS for Health Services </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Dr Dianna Smith & Dr Adam Dennett <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>19-20</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>th </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>September 2013 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Queen Mary, University of London (Whitechapel Campus) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>This 2 day course provides an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using Quantum GIS’s (QGIS) version 1.8.0 software. The course provides participants with the opportunity to familiarise themselves with using and navigating the software, as well as focussing on the skills of data entry, data manipulation, editing, analysis and mapping. The course is tailored to suit non-academic users who may have limited access to licensed GIS software & data. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>The emphasis of this course is working with health data such as prevalence of obesity in local areas. The course will mix teaching with demonstrations and hands-on exercises. The participants will be given an overview of several key challenges in mapping and displaying health data and introduced to the most common types of map (choropleth, graduated symbol, interpolated surface).By the end of the course participants will be able to produce choropleth maps of health data, measure access to services, identify sources of open access GIS boundary files and create your own GIS files from background maps. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Basic IT skills are required. Participants will need to download the free GIS software (see <a href="http://www.qgis.org/">http://www.qgis.org/</a>) and install on their own laptops, which they will then bring along to use on the course. Guest wifi access will be enabled for the duration of the course and lunch is provided on both days. The fee for the course is £60. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>For more information and to book a place please contact Dianna Smith (<a href="mailto:d.smith@qmul.ac.uk">d.smith@qmul.ac.uk</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dianna Smith, PhD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lecturer in Health Services Research <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='color:#323232'>Centre for Primary Care and Public Health<br>Blizard Institute<br>Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry<br>Yvonne Carter Building<br>58 Turner Street<br>London<br>E1 2AB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#323232'>t: +44 20 7882 5639<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#323232'>e: <a href="mailto:d.smith@qmul.ac.uk"><span style='color:#3B5179'>d.smith@qmul.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>twitter: @geodianna<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body>
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