EDENext Training Program - Spatial Data and GIS, Year 1 (2011)

The tentative agenda of the 2011 workshop is as follows: 

 

Tuesday 6/12

Wednesday 7/12

Thursday 8/12

09:00 - 10:30

Arrival of participants

Block 3: Case studies on GIS and epidemiology

Guy HENDRICKX, Avia-GIS

Block 7: Geo-processing of Vector Data

Wouter HANTSON, Avia-GIS

10:30 - 11:00

COFFEE BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:30

Block 4: Data sources: EDEN-DMT and other geo-portals

Willy WINT, Ergo

Block 8: QGIS and GRASS / R

Els DUCHEYNE, Avia-GIS

12:30 - 13:30

LUNCH BREAK

LUNCH BREAK

13:30 - 15:00

Block 1: Introduction to the course

Els DUCHEYNE, Avia-GIS

Block 5: Data formats

Neil ALEXANDER, Ergo

Departure of participants

15:00 - 15:30

COFFEE BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

15:30 - 17:00

Block 2 : Introduction to QGIS

Markus NETELER, Fondazione Edmund Mach - Research and Innovation Centre

Block 6: Projection Systems

Wouter HANTSON, Avia-GIS

As of today, 14 candidates from the groups MBD, MOD, PhBD, CBD, TBD have subscribed. Members of the other groups are encouraged to participate.

The topics that will be covered in the distance learning format are:

  1. Import and link tabular data
  2. Integrate Google Earth
  3. Create Raster Surfaces
  4. Crosstabulation
  5. Complex Raster Modeling
  6. Complex Raster-Vector Modeling
  7. Design Stratified Random Sampling
  8. Data preparation for statistical modeling

For more information download the Course leaflet here. The first year workshop will be during December 2011 as outlined in the table above.