Geographical Information Systems - Part 1 Coursera

Overview

In this first part of the Geographical Information Systems - Part 1 offered by Coursera in partnership with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, we will focus on the digitization and the storage of geodata. 

In particular, you will learn:

• To characterize spatial objects and/or phenomena (territory modeling) with respect to their position in space (through coordinate systems, projections, and spatial relationships) and according to their intrinsic nature (object/vector mode vs. Image/raster mode); 

• About the different means used to acquire spatial data; including direct measurement, georeferencing images, digitization, existing data source, etc.);

• About the different ways in which geodata can be stored - notably, files and relational databases;

• How to use data modeling tools to describe and create a spatial database;

• To query and analyze data using SQL, a common data manipulation language.

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