1. General Info

The OSGeo UN Committee promotes the development and use of open source software that meets UN needs and supports the aims of the UN. Following a meeting between OSGeo Board of Directors and the UN GIS team at FOSS4G in Seoul, Korea in September 2015, the Committee has mainly worked on the UN Open GIS Initiative, a project “…to identify and develop an Open Source GIS bundle that meets the requirements of UN operations, taking full advantage of the expertise of mission partners including partner nations, technology contributing countries, international organisations, academia, NGOs, private sector. The strategic approach shall be developed with best and shared principles, standards and ownership in a prioritized manner that addresses capability gaps and needs without duplicating efforts of other Member States or entities. The UN Open GIS Initiative strategy shall collaboratively and cooperatively develop, validate, assess, migrate and implement sound technical capabilities with all the appropriate documentation and training that in the end provides a united effort to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of utilizing Open Source GIS around the world.”

1.1. Purpose of this documentation

This educational material is designed as a step-by-step software learning guide for QGIS. It contains the description of some functions for environmental analysis of vector and raster data, and a hands-on example for each function described. The purpose of this quick start document is to introduce the user in the use of the main algorithms contained in QGIS and used in environmental analysis.

1.2. Target audience

The primary target audience for this documentations is intermediate QGIS users with a background of data analysis and management in a GIS environment

1.3. License

This educational material was written by Eng. Lorenzo Amici and Dr. Daniele Oxoli of Politecnico di Milano.

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