[OSGeo Africa] "Introduction to GIS" Course in English free of charge

[gvSIG News Office]

The gvSIG-Training e-Learning platform opens its registration period for the "Basic GIS with gvSIG" MOOC in English, given by the gvSIG Association and GISMAP. 

This MOOC aims to show the use and potentiality of the open source software gvSIG in performing the most common operations during the workflow in a GIS environment. This Course is addressed to beginners as well as to skilled GIS users who want to learn how to use this software.

It will start in November 24th, and it will last four weeks with an approximate participant’s engagement of thirty hours during the whole course period. 

Course attendance is completely free of charge. Students who successfully complete the course and wish to receive the Certificate of Achievement, corresponding to 30 credits for gvSIG Certification program, will be asked for a contribution of 40 Euros. 

For further information about topics, goals
: http://web.gvsig-training.com/index.php/es/quienes-somos-2/noticias-2/139-massive-online-open-course-introduction-to-gis

For registration, you have to press "Enroll" at the bottom of the page, and then accept the "Site policy agreement". Finally you will have to register at the web page.
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