Dimitris Karakostis
Geospatial specialist and technical project manager. Since 2016 he works as a senior GIS Specialist at the United Nations World Food Programme. Since 2020 he is based in Damascus where he is leading the establishment of the geospatial unit in the WFP Syria Operation. He has more than 10 years of experience in a broad area of Geospatial such as web GIS, GIS Analysis, and Remote Sensing.
Sessions
06-26
14:00
240min
Mapping with style to fight misinformation: creating neat maps with QGIS based on real data.
Dimitris Karakostis, J. R. Cedeno Jimenez, Abdullah Barhy
The workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals of QGIS for creating beautiful maps that help fight fake data. Through exercises, you will learn how to obtain real data useful for mapping. You will also learn about basic principles of cartography and how to tell a story with QGIS.
UBT C / N109 - Second Floor