Edinburgh GeoCommunity Workshops @ GeoSciences, UoE - GeoTaster PowerLunch Series 2018

A series of lunchtime Geo-flavoured IT Skills workshops

Workshops are organised/introduced by Owen.Macdonald@ed.ac.uk, GIS Support Officer for the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh

Workshops run in Drummond Basement Lab 1.26 on selected days (usually Friday) during the Spring/Summer Season

NB Some workshops are entirely student-led and unstructured allowing you to bring your own projects to the session for discussion and advice.

NB Please see the list of other resources available at the bottom for generic introductory Geo/GIS materials etc.

2018 Workshop Programme

New this year!: GeoTaster Friday Code Academy - Last Friday of each month!

All workshops incl. Code Academy held in Lab 1.26 12-2pm - except where noted

GeoBites - Regular GeoSpatial Workshops: First Friday each month

Friday 4th May - Future ESRI@UoE - Guy McGarva, EDINA
- What's coming in the world of ESRI makers of ArcGIS at U. of Edinburgh (Pro, Desktop, Engine/Server, Storymaps, Collector, Other Apps) - Book Here - Files Here

Friday 1st Jun - QGIS - Tom Armitage, EDINA/QGIS User Group Scotland/FOSS4GUK - Book Here - Files Here

Code Academy: Last Friday each month

Friday 30th Mar - Modern Web Pages and Web Maps- Owen Macdonald - How to create web-pages or update them - Book Here - Files Here

Friday 27th Apr - Git and GitHub - John Godlee - Current 'Star' Tools for Collaborative Working - Book Here - Files Here -

Friday 25th May - Google Earth Engine - Gary Watmough - Powerful EO Analysis for Everyone - Book Here - Files Here -

Friday 21st Jun - Python Virtual Environments - Magnus Hagdorn - Files Here

Friday 28th Jun - R Simple Features - Mark Cherrie - Files Here

Future Sessions

Future Events will be written/prepared for running in early Summer 2018! Watch this space and booking on MyED!

Other Possible Taster Workshops:

SQL Taster

HTML/CSS Taster

JavaScript Taster

Python Taster

Making Maps with Leaflet.Js

Making Leaflet Maps with Python (Folium)

Making Maps with OpenLayers (JS)

ArcGIS JavaScript API Taster

Other Resources Online

Festival of Creative Learning GIS Day - Includes links to previous Innovative Learning Week resources (ArcGIS only)

FCL ArcGIS Materials - FCL QGIS Materials