Manipulating and analyzing raster data can be intimidating, as it often appears more complex than vector data. However, raster data—such as satellite imagery or forest loss information—is essential for environmental and geographic storytelling. For example others, it enables journalists to assess vegetation health, visualize floods or droughts, and calculate deforested areas, even when true-colour satellite imagery is obscured by clouds.

In this hands-on session, participants will learn the key functions in QGIS needed to work with raster data. This includes loading raster layers, managing projections, setting band combinations (such as false color) for analysis, styling raster layers to enhance visibility, and performing raster calculations.

To attend this session, participants should have basic QGIS skills.

Before the session, please install QGIS on your laptops and make sure it is working properly. Download from: https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html​https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html​​​

If you encounter any issues during installation, this guide may help: https://www.qgis.org/resources/installation-guide/