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Upcoming GIC workshops in April: - Working with Geospatial Vector Data in R - Tim Elrick (Tuesday April 6th @ 17:30-20:30 EDT) - SIGN UP NOW: https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/event/2021-04-06/ - Working with Geospatial Raster Data in R - Tim Elrick (Tuesday April 13th @ 17:30-20:30 EDT) - SIGN UP NOW: https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/event/2021-04-13/... - Python for Data Analysis - Hongyu Zhang (Tuesday April 20th @ 17:30-20:00 EDT) - SIGN UP NOW: https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/event/2021-04-20/ Visit our website for full information and schedules at https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/

Upcoming GIC workshops in March: - Introduction to Using ArcPy - Mathis Messenger (March 9th 17:30-20:30 EST) - SIGN UP NOW: https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/event/2021-03-09/ - Working with Dates, Times and Tables in R - Tim Elrick (March 16th 17:30-20:00 EST)... - Introduction to Working with Vector Data in QGIS - Ruilan Shi (March 23rd 17:30-20:00 EST) - Introduction to Working with Raster Data in QGIS - Ruilan Shi (March 30th 17:30-20:00 EST) Visit https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/workshops/ for more information and a full schedule for the semester

Upcoming GIC Workshop: Retrieving Data from the Internet with R - Tim Elrick Tuesday March 2nd @ 17:30-20:30 EST The internet is full of data that you can use for your analysis. If you want to learn how to efficiently retrieve data, this is your workshop. We will discuss downloading files, using APIs, webscraping, downloading feeds and census data from Canada, the US and Europe.... Register here: https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/event/2021-03-02/

HAPPENING TONIGHT: Introduction to working with Raster Data in ArcMap - GIC Workshop Tuesday February 23rd @ 17:30-20:00 EST... Understand raster data, the principles of a GIS and the basics of geospatial data with our FREE workshop courtesy of Ruilan Shi. Use this link to register: https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/event/2021-02-23/

Upcoming GIC workshops in February: - Intermediate Remote Sensing with ENVI - Deep Inamdar (February 9th 17:30-20:30 EST) - SIGN UP NOW: https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/event/2021-02-09/ - Introduction to working with Vector Data in ArcMap - Ruilan Shi (February 16th 17:30-20:00 EST): https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/event/2021-02-16/... - Introduction to working with Raster Data in ArcMap - Ruilan Shi (February 23rd 17:30-20:00 EST): https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/event/2021-02-23/ Visit https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/workshops/ for more information and a full schedule for the semester