GIS Mapping and Spatial Data Analysis Course

Course Objectives

•          Perform spatial analysis to better understand your data
•          Create and share online maps using web GIS platforms
•          Acquire, clean, and map GIS data
•          Geocode addresses to longitude and latitude coordinates
•          Work with attributes and shapefiles in map making
•          Work with both vector and raster data
•          Complete an entire GIS project on acquiring, processing, analyzing, and visualizing GIS data.
•          Perform joins, clipping, normalization, and many more core GIS operations
•          Work with vector and raster data

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

General Notes

•          All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants needs
•          The participant must be conversant with English
•          Presentations are well guided, practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are expert with more than 10years of experience.
•          Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with Foscore development center certificate (FDC-K)
•          Training will be done at Foscore development center (FDC-K) center in Nairobi Kenya. We also offer more than five participants training at requested location within Kenya, more than ten participant within east Africa and more than twenty participant all over the world.
•          Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.
•          The course fee includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, buffet lunch and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance and other personal expenses.
•          Accommodation, pickup, freight booking and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.
•          One year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.
•          Register as a group of more than two and enjoy discount of (10% to 50%) plus five hour adventure drive to the National game park.
•          Payment should be done two week before commence of the training, to FOSCORE DEVELOPMENT CENTER account, so as to enable us prepare better for you.
•         On registering online you will automatically receive invoice and invitation letter to enable you attend the training