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You may be coming to GIS.lab from various operating systems, but we expect that you are probably familiar with browsing the web, writing documents, sending emails and doing other job related tasks with your computer. Whether you are somewhat experienced or completely new to computers, this documentation should be useful for you. Of course, the more experience you have, the more quickly you will learn GIS.lab basics.

In general, this documentation does not assume any computer experience on your part. We try to explain in detail GIS.lab Desktop, and its integration with Gisquick platform. We even tell you how to install and how to use every of these pieces in the most efficient way.

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Fig. 1 GIS.lab Desktop interface, and Gisquick Web and Mobile interfaces.

Firstly, there is a section related to introduction called Learning about the pieces. In case you feel sufficiently familiar with all the introductory parts, just skip them and go straight away to GIS.lab Installation. Section Client Desktop layout relates to GIS.lab client environment with GIS and other applications. To get to know about QGIS projects publishing on web, see Gisquick part. Chapters dedicated to provide practical skills with GIS.lab technology are GIS.lab in practice and GIS.lab workshop. Another useful parts can be Useful terms or Useful commands. To distinguish between different kinds of information we use some typographical and stylistic features, see chapter Conventions used in this documentation.

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Fig. 2 GIS.lab Desktop screen.

Moreover, when you meet some troubles or difficulties, you can find solutions to simple and difficult problems in Tips and tricks part.