Date: |
11 Dec 2026, 8.30AM – 5.00PM |
duration: |
8 hrs 30 mins |
Venue: |
Tonkin + Taylor - Auckland |
Address: |
1 Fanshawe Street Auckland |
Cost: |
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The course is designed for users looking to build on basic QGIS knowledge and improve their geospatial mapping skills for geotechnical applications.
QGIS offers many digitising tools that with good data models and symbology can produce quality maps for presentations and reports. However, knowing how to use appropriate tools and workflows is critical to produce quality outputs efficiently. This one-day online course is designed to teach students how to improve their digitising skills in QGIS with relevance to geotechnical investigations.
The course is a deeper dive into the topic briefly introduced in previous courses and will consist of exercises where attendees will map geomorphological (including landslides), geological and infrastructure features using a LiDAR DEM and other base layers. Draft symbol sets developed for the Australian and New Zealand landslide guidelines revision will be provided to enable the student to focus on mapping the important features.
Reference material and digital datasets will be provided using a New Zealand example. Students are welcome to bring their own datasets for other regions but must notify the trainer 2 weeks prior to the course.
Prerequisites:
Students must be familiar with basic GIS theory and with QGIS software, preferably having already undertaken an introductory course. Modern computers with at least 16Gb RAM are required and the Long-Term Release of QGIS installed. The training will be conducted online using Microsoft TEAMS where webcams and microphones are essential.
QGIS Digitising for Geotechnical Investigations is a practical one-day online course that teaches participants how to efficiently create high-quality maps using QGIS digitising tools, workflows, and symbology. Through hands-on exercises, attendees will map geomorphological, geological, and infrastructure features using LiDAR and other datasets, with reference materials and draft landslide mapping symbol sets provided.
The course is designed for users looking to build on basic QGIS knowledge and improve their geospatial mapping skills for geotechnical applications.
QGIS offers many digitising tools that with good data models and symbology can produce quality maps for presentations and reports. However, knowing how to use appropriate tools and workflows is critical to produce quality outputs efficiently. This one-day online course is designed to teach students how to improve their digitising skills in QGIS with relevance to geotechnical investigations.
The course is a deeper dive into the topic briefly introduced in previous courses and will consist of exercises where attendees will map geomorphological (including landslides), geological and infrastructure features using a LiDAR DEM and other base layers. Draft symbol sets developed for the Australian and New Zealand landslide guidelines revision will be provided to enable the student to focus on mapping the important features.
Reference material and digital datasets will be provided using a New Zealand example. Students are welcome to bring their own datasets for other regions but must notify the trainer 2 weeks prior to the course.
Prerequisites:
Students must be familiar with basic GIS theory and with QGIS software, preferably having already undertaken an introductory course. Modern computers with at least 16Gb RAM are required and the Long-Term Release of QGIS installed. The training will be conducted online using Microsoft TEAMS where webcams and microphones are essential.
Presenters
New Zealand Geotechnical Society
