University of Illinois Urbana Champaign - Getting Started with CyberGIS
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Getting Started with CyberGIS at Coursera Overview
Duration | 9 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Getting Started with CyberGIS at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level Basic knowledge of GIS and Python would be helpful.
- Approx. 9 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Getting Started with CyberGIS at Coursera Course details
- This course is intended to introduce students to CyberGIS?Geospatial Information Science and Systems (GIS)?based on advanced cyberinfrastructure as well as the state of the art in high-performance computing, big data, and cloud computing in the context of geospatial data science. Emphasis is placed on learning the cutting-edge advances of cyberGIS and its underlying geospatial data science principles.
Getting Started with CyberGIS at Coursera Curriculum
Course Orientation
Welcome to Getting Started with CyberGIS!
Syllabus
About the Discussion Forums
Updating Your Profile
Orientation Quiz
Demographics Survey
Geographic Information Science and Systems
Cyberinfrastructure
CyberGIS
Geospatial Big Data
Geospatial Data Science
Scientific Applications and Drivers
Module 1 Readings and Resources
Module 1 Quiz
Module 2: Geospatial Visualization using Python
Plotting with Matplotlib
Mapping with Cartopy
Mapping with Basemap
Web Mapping with Mplleaflet and Folium
Geopandas Plotting Geometries and Spatial Operations
Module 2 Readings and Resources
Module 2 Quiz
Module 3: Geospatial Object Manipulation and an Introduction to Taming Big Data with Hadoop
Vector Operations with Shapely
Raster Manipulation with Raster.io
Introduction to Hadoop
Hadoop Distributed File System and Map Reduce Paradigm
Hadoop Streaming API
Module 3 Readings and Resources
Module 3 Quiz
Module 4: Theoretical Foundations and Future Trends
Theoretical Foundations
Applications and Case Studies
Future Trends
Where Do We Go From Here?
Module 4 Readings and Resources
Where Can I Go From Here?
Module 4 Quiz
End of Course Survey
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