# Guide to the OP Forum usage for the Winter School

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This post describe the basics on the usage of the OpenPlanetary Forum (Discourse) for the [GMAP](https://europlanet-gmap.eu/)/[PLANMAP](https://planmap.eu) [Winter School on Geology and Planetary Mapping](https://www.planetarymapping.eu).

Each hands-on activity has a topic in which topics touched within the school can be discussed.

You can freely register to the OP Forum from its [homepage](http://openplanetary.discourse.group) (upper right).

You can pose questions (and provide answers) within the topic of each hands-on, e.g.

- [QGIS Intro](http://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/introduction-to-qgis-planetary-data-access/355)
- [Mars geologic mapping hands-on](http://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/mars-geologic-mapping-hands-on/358)

And so on. All available topics are listed on the [main Winter School category page](http://openplanetary.discourse.group/c/events/Geology-and-Planetary-Mapping-Winter-School-2021/45).

If needed and not covered by existing topic (i.e. hands-on sessions), you can start a new topic. Please make sure to use appropriate tags.

For more information on the OP Forum please refer to

> [@Welcome to the OpenPlanetary Forum](http://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-the-openplanetary-forum/8):
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> Welcome to the OpenPlanetary Forum, a place for planetary data users and software developers to find help, share and discuss data, tools and resources. The OpenPlanetary forum is primarily intended for research professionals and students across all planetary science disciplines and communities, and is also opened to scientific communicators, educators and amateurs. Regardless of our skills and knowledge, we always have something to learn and share. We encourage you to ask questions or share an…

The program of the Winter School is available on [Geology & Planetary Mapping Winter School Program](https://www.planetarymapping.eu/375/program.html)

Please look at the [FAQ](http://openplanetary.discourse.group/faq) of the OpenPlanetary forum.

In case of questions, please tag @aprossi @luca.penasa @afrigeri @Riccardo_Pozzobon