GIS Analysis, Mapping and Visualization with Quantum GIS
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Indepth Research Institute (IRES)
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USD 1,276.00
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Everything that happens in this world has a spatial dimension and this has made GIS applicable across all fields e.g. in health, agriculture, forestry, mining, crime, business, transport and communications, utility management,
climate change, planning etc. A geographic information system (GIS) will allow you to bring all types of data inform of layers overlay them perform analysis and eventually publish a map from that.
This training workshop is aimed at helping our client understand how well they can apply GIS and RS in their day to day running of their organization. The course will be offered in a mixture of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on
exercises in Quantum GIS (QGIS).
Outline
Learning objectives
- Master the principles and concepts of GIS and RS
- Acquire, manipulate, save the data sources in a GIS
- Understand how GIS database works and how to update
- Learn how to edit data in GIS
- Learn digital image processing techniques
- Become familiar with specific functionality to the GIS: "Spatial Analysis"
- Learn map design, symbolization and publishing
- Mastering the output and dissemination of results of a GIS project.
- Develop and implement a GIS project
- Present the software and data sources available on the current GIS market
- Discover and use the internet for publishing maps
Topic to be covered
- Introduction to GPS, GIS and Remote Sensing Principles
- Data Acquisition: Using Mobile based GPS (ODK)
- Data Acquisition: Extraction of feature from other sources
- Database Design and development
- Editing and management of GIS
- Integrating Imagery and Remote Sensing into GIS
- Geo-Spatial Analysis
- Introduction to cartographic visualization and the mapping process
- Case study and short project
- Online Publishing of maps and GIS outputs
- Extracting data from Satellite images,
- Extracting data from online GIS data sources
- Downloading Data from open street maps
- Working with spreadsheets data in GIS
- Digitizing and scanning of maps
- Supervised Classification
- Unsupervised Classification
- Change detection
- Geo-processing
- Working with Google Maps and Fusion Tables
- Thematic mapping
- Digital Cartography and Visualization
Speaker/s
IRES Team
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Indepth Research Services (IRES) is a global institutional capacity building, technical and management consultancy firm with its head office in Nairobi, Kenya.
IRES offers technical and management consultancy services as well as education and training services designed for individuals’ and groups from organizations working in public, not for profit and private sectors.
IRES Kenya has identified itself with a niche market that largely comprises of Government ministries, departments and agencies (MDA’s) and UN agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, from Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle-East and the Caribbean. We have also served academic institutions, international research organizations, financial institutions and private companies from across the globe. As at 2018 we offer our services in more than 15 locations globally.
Our technical and management consultancy services are in the areas of Agriculture, Education, Energy, Oil and gas, Health, Environment and natural resources, ICT for development, spatial planning, Governance, Management and leadership, communication, transport, revenue management, marketing development and environment among others.
Our education and training services are aimed helping individuals improve their professional knowledge, competence, skill, and effectiveness and enable the institutions to get the best out of their workforce. This is achieved through conducting high impact professional diploma and certificate courses, short courses, conferences, workshops and seminars. ...
IRES offers technical and management consultancy services as well as education and training services designed for individuals’ and groups from organizations working in public, not for profit and private sectors.
IRES Kenya has identified itself with a niche market that largely comprises of Government ministries, departments and agencies (MDA’s) and UN agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, from Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle-East and the Caribbean. We have also served academic institutions, international research organizations, financial institutions and private companies from across the globe. As at 2018 we offer our services in more than 15 locations globally.
Our technical and management consultancy services are in the areas of Agriculture, Education, Energy, Oil and gas, Health, Environment and natural resources, ICT for development, spatial planning, Governance, Management and leadership, communication, transport, revenue management, marketing development and environment among others.
Our education and training services are aimed helping individuals improve their professional knowledge, competence, skill, and effectiveness and enable the institutions to get the best out of their workforce. This is achieved through conducting high impact professional diploma and certificate courses, short courses, conferences, workshops and seminars. ...
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