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QGIS Hands-on Training Manual QGIS is open source, GIS software that supports data viewing, editing, and analysis capabilities. It allows users to create maps using different data layers, which can be assembled and utilized for a variety of functions; a tool to create analysis for Disaster Risk Assessment. The software is easy to install and can be used to prepare thematic maps and to establish a systematic database for the national, regional, and local level, in both urban and rural locations. The major advantage of QGIS, in comparison to commercial software is that it is free to download online, where most of the commercial software is proprietary and can be very costly. In QGIS, the shape files prepared in other GIS are easy to open, and the icon menu is very user friendly and quite similar to commercial software such as ArcGIS. QGIS software has been introduced in the provided pdf. Pdf Credit: QGIS Training Manual Phoukhoun, Lao PDR ASEAN Project on Disaster Risk Reduction by Integrating Climate Change Projection into Flood and Landslide Risk Assessment #QGIS #OpenSourceGIS #GISMapping #SpatialAnalysis #DisasterRiskAssessment #ThematicMapping #ClimateChange #FloodRiskAssessment #LandslideRiskAssessment #GISForDisasterManagement #RemoteSensing #GeospatialAnalysis #UrbanPlanning #RuralDevelopment #FreeGISSoftware #GISData