GIS Mapping and Spatial Data Analysis Course

Course Content

Introduction to GIS concepts

•          Principles of GIS and Remote Sensing
•          Components of GIS Systems
•          GIS Capabilities and Functions
•          Spatial Data Infrastructure

Introduction to GIS data

•          Vector geometries
•          Vector information
•          Raster basics
•          Data attribute table
•          Metadata

Spatial Reference Systems

•          Map projections
•          Coordinate system
•          GPS system

ODK and GIS

•          Introduction to Mobile Data Collection using ODK
•          GIS Mapping ODK collected data

GIS data acquisition

•          Extracting data from Satellite images
•          Remote sensing data
•          Extracting data from online GIS data sources
•          Obtaining Data from topographic sheets
•          Downloading Data from open street maps

Map making using QGIS software

•          Map Components
•          Working with shapefiles and attribute data in QGIS

Loading GIS Data into QGIS

•          Vector and raster data layer
•          Working with attributes
•          Importing spreed sheets or CSVs
•          Adding a base map
•          Geocoding addresses

Key Options of Geospatial Data Representations

•          Data and layout view
•          Layer order and transparency
•          Symbology and label
•          Annotations

Styling geographical features

•          Basic vector styling
•          Basic raster styling
•          Raster mosaicing and clipping

Producing final map

Spatial Analysis | Point pattern analysis

•          Heatmap in QGIS
•          Graduated point map
•          Density maps
•          Offset point location

Buffer analysis | Join analysis

•          Spatial join
•          Table join
•          Spatial query

Point in polygon analysis

Web Mapping

•          Architecture of web mapping
•          Web mapping with Google fusion tables