PAUL HOLLOWAY is a lecturer in Geographic Information Science and Systems in the Department of Geography at University College Cork, a principal investigator in the Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork, and the Vice President of the Irish Organization of Geographic Information. Paul's teaching and research interests include using GIS and spatial analysis to address a suite of environmental, ecological, and geographic issues. He teaches several undergraduate and graduate GIS courses at UCC and was presented with the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2019. Paul's research is widely published, with more than 35 peer-reviewed publications in GIS focused journals, and he is currently involved in several nationally and internationally funded projects exploring the application and development of GIS across the biodiversity, agriculture, energy, health, and transport sectors.

1. Introduction and Context. 2. Getting Started With QGIS. 3. Spatial Data Models. 4. Projections. 5. Attributes and Queries. 6. Data Management. 7. Location and Thematic Maps. 8. Choropleth Maps. 9. Change Maps. 10. Dynamic Visualization. 11. Neighborhoods. 12. Descriptive Statistics. 13. Density. 14. Interpolation. 15. Site Selection - Multiple Criteria Assessment. 16. Risk Analysis - Unique Condition Unit. 17. Site Selection - Map Algebra. 18. Route Selection. 19. Epilogue.