# Workshop: A Brief Introduction to QGIS

![Welcome to the Wild World of Desktop GIS tools](/files/Fwq2CJ3PgN6KyxibIxzk)

QGIS (and its assoicate ArcGIS Pro/Desktop) are powerful tools used for a wide variety of purposes across many fields. And GIS in general is a huge subject, with entire degrees/certificate programs devoted to it. As such, we will barely scratch the surface in this workshop, but by the end you will be able to:

1. [Understand a bit about the QGIS interface;](https://docs.qgis.org/3.22/en/docs/training_manual/basic_map/overview.html)
2. Search for and add pre-created basemaps;
3. Add your own georeferenced raster data;
4. Import basic vector datasets from csvs, shapefiles, and geojsons; 
5. Create a new vector dataset from scratch;
6. Perform some basic styling of data;
7. Prepare your data for export.

That's a lot....lets get started!

For those interested in diving deeper, I highly reccomend reading the thorough [QGIS Handbook](https://docs.qgis.org/3.22/en/docs/user_manual/index.html); much of the below is taken from there and the step-by-step [Training Manual.](https://docs.qgis.org/3.22/en/docs/training_manual/index.html#qgis-training-manual-index-reference) Links to specific parts of the handbook are referenced above.


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