The Virtual Course on QGIS and remote Sensing organized by Action against Hunger and taught by experts from GIS4tech, a Spin-Off of the University of Granada with funding from the Directorate General of Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission (ECHO) aims to contribute to improving the humanitarian response to food insecurity of national and regional actors in the Central American Dry Corridor and Venezuela, building the competencies of professionals from humanitarian organisations, academia and public sector entities dedicated to the management of FNS information, providing them with the tools to develop analysis through Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, their fundamentals and applications that facilitate the interpretation of data for informed decision making.
The course addresses the fundamentals of the conceptual, practical and methodological considerations for the management of Geographical Information Systems and remote sensing, applications, information processing, photo-interpretation and agroclimatic indicators from the Monitoring System of the SAN.
OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE
The main objective of this course is to to provide students with the conceptual, practical and methodological foundations for the management of Geographic Information Systems and contribute in the training for the analysis through remote Sensing, its foundations and applications, by combining theoretical concepts with practical exercises based on real projects.
BLOCK 1: Geographic Information Systems: Introduction to QGIS
1.1. Session 1: Introduction to GIS and first steps.
BLOCK 2: Development of analyses based on remote sensing tools with QGIS
2.1. Session 2: Remote Sensing Fundamentals. Applications.
2.2. Session 3: Data acquisition. Image processing. Photo-interpretation.
2.3. Session 4: Spectral indices and vegetation survey.
Session 5: Phenological cycles. Image processing in multi-temporal analysis. Change detection.
PRACTICAL EVALUABLE ACTIVITY:
Jorge Hernández Marín
Engineer of Roads, Canals, and Ports at the University of Granada, GIS specialist by the master UNIGIS of the University of Girona and the co-Founder and CEO of GIS4tech S.L.
José Manuel Izquierdo Segovia
Graduate in Geography and Spatial Planning and Geophysics and Meteorology Master in the University of Murcia, with experience in the field of geospatial analysis and Satellital image processing. Currently, a member of GIS4tech.
The methodology of the course is as follows online, the subjects will be explained in a clear and detailed way, by means of didactic manuals in multimedia format, live classes (videoconferences) to explain the key points of the syllabus, resolve doubts and clarify concepts, where teachers and students interact in a continuous exchange of knowledge and resolution of doubts.
It is proposed to study the contents in a synchronous way, allowing participants to learn at their own pace. The contents of the course are contained in a PDF document that can be downloaded by the students. Also, examples of solved exercises will be provided in relation to the topics taught throughout the course. In addition, there will be a tutoring system through the chat activated within the learning platform. The course will be run by a teacher, who will answer any questions you may have about the course and who will liaise with the teachers for specific questions about each module.
The course presents a combination of a variety of resources with the aim of facilitating learning of the key concepts that enable the application of the knowledge acquired.
SAN managers of the humanitarian field interested in analyzing and visualizing information.
Students will be asked to submit an evaluable practical activity, which must be completed by the students within the established deadline, and which must be satisfactorily passed.
In the course material, students will find a set of data, which will be used with the aim of replicating the activities they will carry out in real cases. This will allow them to reinforce their knowledge and help them to clarify any doubts that may arise when replicating the practical exercise.
Correo electrónico: info@gis4tech.com
