GEOG5870/1M: Web-based GIS A course on web-based mapping

Course handbook

Web GIS is about building, displaying and interacting with online maps.

example map

Course Overview

The course is composed of lectures, practicals and writing your own code. The first block is based on Google Maps and its Application Programming Interface (API). The second block teaches open source GIS tools (OSGEO) for serving maps online.

We provide example data and code snippets to guide you through the materials. At the end of this process you will be able to create a simple web mapping application on a topic of your choice.

More information can be found on the module catalogue for GEOG5870M (face-to-face) and GEOG5871M (WUN/ODL).

About the website

Welcome the the Web GIS website, for MSc students in the School of Geography, University of Leeds. The site was built using HTML, CSS and a little help from static website generator Jekyll. It is based on the Lanyon Template.