Map Making

QGIS is a free and open source Geographic Information System. Here is a link to download QGIS. This is a link to the QGIS training manual - which is ideal for beginners.

We invite you to click on this image to see it more clearly. It is a new re-mapping exercise from Felixstowe, UK. To learn about the background to this re-mapping project, please click here.

Official maps don't always provide the data and information which citizen scientists want to see. When that happens, they want to re-map the area in question. Sometimes, this activity is called collaborative mapping or even participatory mapping. To read a recent article on this subject, please click here.