Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
5 Hour(s) 59 Minute(s)
Language
English
Rating
Course Overview
Applied course exploring practical uses of GIS and remote sensing in environment and wildlife conservation.
This course introduces essential theoretical concepts of GIS before diving straight into practical uses of this incredible tool to support environment and wildlife conservation. It is suitable for students with limited or no knowledge of GIS, as well as those looking to refresh or enhance their skills applied to the field of conservation.
Developed by Josef Clifford, an experienced GIS & remote sensing specialist, the course curriculum and content was developed in collaboration with scientists from the Wildlife Research and Training Institute of Kenya and the Zoological Society of London to ensure the content is rigorous and relevant.
Real ecological survey data from Kenya, Cameroon and other locations has also been provided by these institutions which is used within practical sessions of this course.
We will cover a multitude of tasks ranging from collecting and managing spatial data during ecological surveys, visualising survey data, and undertaking spatial analysis to understand spatial relationships and extract covariate data. In addition, we will see how to source free spatial data online, how to georeference images, and we will develop publication quality maps. The course will primarily utilise QGIS as well as Google Earth, whilst the advanced course (to be released in late 2024) will also make use of Google Earth Engine and R.
Note that the beginner course focuses more on GIS, whilst the advanced course (to be released in late 2024) will explore remote sensing techniques in greater depth. Good luck and I hope you enjoy the course!
Course Content
- 8 section(s)
- 60 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Course introduction
- Section 2 Basic principles of GIS
- Section 3 Getting started with GIS
- Section 4 Working with Vector Data
- Section 5 Survey design and data collection
- Section 6 Management and visualisation of Survey Data
- Section 7 Vector Spatial Analysis
- Section 8 Final assessment
What You’ll Learn
- GIS, Remote sensing, Conservation, Environmental issues, QGIS, Ecological surveys
Reviews
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JJames flomo Tellewoyan
The presenter is not very clear. He speaks fast and his voice is not clear, it's like he's too close to the microphone.
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CCoral G Andersson
This was a great course :) Was really helpful and I am much more confident in using QGIS and finding resources. You will definitely need to do some troubleshooting, but I think that is honestly a good thing as it helps you understand the content a bit better
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sstar2
The presentation of the content could be better, there are lots of pauses in speaking, the editing of the videos feel average. Resources are linked from the web which can and have changed and although I've been able to find everything, I'm a little confused about the direction of the course. Will I be using the exact data I'm downloading in a specific project, or is it more just playing around with data?
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AAyei Ibiang
Too many things said. Too fast
