In this seminar students learned the basics of GIS and how they can use the software QGIS to import, explore, handle, prepare for analysis, and map available geodata. 

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are designed to collect, analyse and display spatial data to solve spatial problems.Daniella Vos, Assistant Professor in Spatial Data Analysis at the University of Groningen, transferred our students the ability to address geo-spatial questions with GIS.

The added value of this course in addressing societal problems in the future is the ability to think spatially. Spatial thinking allows one to describe and analyse the patterns and organization of people, places, and environments from a spatial perspective to make informed decisions.