INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE: The Key Concepts and Software Tools
  • Introduction: Welcome to the Course
  • Brief Introduction to the Concepts of Spatial Data Analysis
  • Get Started with R and QGIS
  • Get Started with GRASS
  • Conclusion to Section 1
  • Introduction Quiz
MAPPING THE VISUALIZATION & DISTRIBUTION OF SPATIAL DATA: Shapefile Analysis
  • Introduction to shapefiles and exploring their properties in QGIS
  • Visualize Shapefiles Using Qualitative Attributes in QGIS
  • Visualize Shapefiles Using Quantitative Attributes in QGIS
  • Introduction to Shapefile Mapping in R
  • More Shapefile Mapping in R
  • Spatial Data Mapping with ggplot2 and Google Earth in R
  • Conclusion to Section 2
  • Spatial Data Visualization Quiz
VECTOR GEO-PROCESSING: Detailed Analysis & Processing of Shapefile Data
  • Spatial joins in QGIS
  • Spatial joins in R
  • Basic Shapefile statistics in QGIS & R
  • Add Buffer Areas to Shapefiles in QGIS
  • Add Buffer Areas to Shapefiles in R
  • Create Outer Buffers in R and QGIS
  • Data used in Clip, Union and Intersection in QGIS
  • Union of Two Shapefiles in QGIS
  • Clip Vector Data in QGIS
  • Intersection of two vectors in QGIS
  • Clipping and Intersection operations in R
  • Conclusion to Section 3
  • Vector Geo-Processing Quiz
POINT PATTERN ANALYSIS: Analyze & Map XY Point Spatial Data
  • Heat maps in QGIS
  • Map Spatial Distribution of Point Data-Brief Introduction
  • Map Spatial Distribution of Point Data in R
  • Plot a Heatmap on Google Earth using R
  • Brief Introduction to the Concepts of Interpolation
  • Interpolating point data in QGIS
  • Interpolating point data in R-Thin Spline Interpolation
  • Interpolating point data in R-Inverse Distance Weighting(IDW)
  • Interpolating point data in R-Kriging
  • Interpolating point data in GRASS
  • Conclusion to Section 4
  • Point Pattern Analysis Quiz
RASTER DATA PROCESSING: Map and Analyze Image Data
  • Display Raster Data in QGIS
  • Display Raster Data in R
  • Zonal Statistics in QGIS
  • Merge Rasters in QGIS
  • Merge Rasters in R
  • Clip a Raster Using a Shapefile in QGIS & R
  • Clip a Raster Using a Shapefile in GRASS GIS
  • Terrain analysis in GRASS GIS
  • Geo-referencing in QGIS
  • Conclusion to Section 5
  • Raster Processing Quiz
OTHER (SLIGHTLY) ADVANCED GIS TASKS
  • Rationale For This Section
  • Graphical Modeler in QGIS: Automating Analysis with Processing Models
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making/Suitability Analysis-Theory
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making/Suitability Analysis in QGIS
  • Web Mapping in QGIS- Brief Introduction
  • Web Mapping in R- Build a Basic Interactive Map
  • CONCLUSION
Additional Material
  • Work With R's Inbuilt Geospatial Data
  • Use ggplot2 to visualize geographic data
  • Github