An Absolute Beginner's Introduction to GIS and QGIS
February 25, 2022 12:00-2:00 pm ET
Presernted by: Julie Faure-Lacroix
Note.: The session will be held in French from 9am to 11am ET and in English from 12pm to 2pm ET.
Duration: 120 minutes
Description: Need to create a map, but don’t know how? Have you been asked to analyze geospatial data and you are wondering where to start? This introduction is for you. We will use QGIS to explore the world of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and familiarize ourselves with the different steps of creating a simple map. We will perform some basic operations and we will discover the open data available within QGIS and elsewhere on the web.
Biography
Julie Faure-Lacroix: Julie Faure-Lacroix has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in biology from Laval University, but she started working for Calcul Québec while working on her Ph.D. As a scientific liaison agent, her job is to reach out to academic researchers to show them how high-powered computing can help them in their research. The mandate of Calcul Québec and Compute Canada is to lead the acceleration of research and innovation by deploying state-of-the-art advanced research computing (ARC) systems, storage and software solutions, and to give free access to its resources to all academic members across Canada. She works on a variety of projects that range from statistical models in R to geospatial analyses in ArcGIS. Her focus is to predict the needs of the researchers and to make the required software available before it is even requested. She reaches out to potential users and guides them through their first steps on Compute Canada’s servers regardless of the user’s experience. She is a recipient of the Computer Canada Award for Outstanding Achievement and she recently won an AnitaB Pass it on award. Finally, she’s leading the creation of Calcul Québec’s Women in HPC Chapter.