The Saudi Geographical Society and the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences organize it
Training programs in remote sensing and geographic information systems
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Course Content | Course |
Course 1 | |
Introduction • Basic Definitions, Components and Functions. • Different Methods for Data Capture and Preparation. • GIS Data Formats and Conversions among them. • Advantages of GIS Principle. • Capabilities of Used GIS Software. Capabilities of Used GIS Software • GIS Data Modeling and Management • Different Types for GIS Data Modeling. • Entity Relationships Model. • Concept of Data Topology. • The Ways for Data Presentation. | Basics of Geographic Information System (GIS) |
Course 2 | |
Physical GIS Data Management • Basic Definitions and Components of Geodatabase. • Advantages of Geodatabase. • Different Types of Spatial Data Management. • Relational Operations of GIS Data within the Geodatabase. GIS Data Analysis • Basic Precautions Prior to GIS Data Analysis. • Different Methods of GIS Data Analysis. • Multi Criteria Data Analysis. | Advanced Course in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) |
Course 3 | |
• Introduction and concept of Remote Sensing. • Process of Remote Sensing and remote sensing systems. • EMR-Atmosphere-Target interaction. • Types of satellites sand Sensor characteristics. • Advantages and limitations of remote sensing. • Basics of Digital Image Processing and Quick start to ENVI software. • Image preprocessing techniques. • Applications of Remote Sensing. | Basics of Remote Sensing (RS) |
Course 4 | |
• Mosaicking Multiple Satellite images into one dataset. • Removing noise from data (MNF). • Removing stripping and missing pixels from satellite imagery. • Spatial resolution enhancement (Data Fusion) • Advanced mapping methods • Geological Application (and/or) Environmental Application. | Advanced Remote Sensing (RS) |
Course 5 | |
• Introduction to Remote Sensing and GIS. • Advantages of remote sensing and GIS. • Getting familiar with ENVI and Arc GIS software’s. • Opening, preprocessing and processing satellite image data in ENVI. • Exporting data from ENVI for Arc GIS formats. • Georeferencing and rectification of scanned maps. • Creating shapefiles, digitizing and Editing. • Coding, symbology, and map production. • Automatic digitizing using Arc Scan. | Integration between Remote Sensing (RS) and GIS |
Course 6 | |
• Meaning and Definitions of Geotechnologies. • Integration of Geotechnologies. • Modeling of Geotechnologies. • Thermal & Microwave Remote Sensing. • Laser data and Analysis. • Hyperspectral Remote Sensing. • Radar Theory and Applications and data analys • Numerical Weather & Climate Modelling. | Advanced Geotechnologies |
Course 7 | |
• Application in land use and land cover mapping at different levels. • Application in Geology, Geomorphology, and Mineral resources. • Application in Environment, and Natural Hazards. • Application in Water Resources. | Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System |
Course 8 | |
• Principles of geo-statistical analyses & applications. • Assessing geospatial techniques (e.g. IDW, kriging). • Data preparation, exploration. • Generating surface and assessing outputs. • Threshold limits identification and assessment. • Practical application 1 (Water Quality). • Practical application 2 (Air Quality). | Geostatistical/ Spatial Analysis |
Course 9 | |
• Basics and Definitions of Modelling • Types of GIS Modelling • Creating a GIS Model and designing a criteria tree. • Model criteria and Conditions. • Binary Overlay models. • Arithmetic Overlay Modelling. • Weighted Linear Combination Overlay Modelling. • Applications of GIS Modelling (suitability mapping). • Application of GIS modeling in site ranking and selection. • Sensitivity Analysis. | GIS Modelling |
Course 10 | |
• Definition of Photogrammetry. • Basics of Aerial & Space Digital Photogrammetry. • Stereoscopic Viewing. • Interpretation and Analysis. • Digital Elevation Models (DEM). • Air & Space photo mosaics and orthophotos. • Applications of Aerial & Space Digital Photogrammetry. • Accuracy Standards for Map Production. | Aerial and Space Digital Photogrammetry |
Course 11 | |
• Main concept of Geodesy. • Reference coordinate systems used in Geodesy. • Transformation between Different Coordinate Systems on the same Ellipsoid. • Mathematical Geodesy. • Transformation parameters among different models on different ellipsoids. • Satellite Geodesy and its applications (GPS). • Map Projection. • Map classification. • Geodetic Nets, its Applications and Calculations. • Geoid determination and its applications. | Survey and GPS |
Course 12 | |
• Introduction to GIS modeling and Python. • Python and programming basics. • GIS data access and manipulation with Python. • Practical Python for the GIS analyst. | GIS Programming |
Course 13 | |
• Advanced Python. • Building GIS Add-ins. • Introduction to Standalone GIS Interfaces. • Spatial SQL. • Object-oriented programming. | Advanced GIS Programming |
Course 14 | |
• Web Page Basics. • Web Mapping Basics. • Getting Started with Google Maps API. • Info windows – Just one please. • Evaluating an API for use in a Map room. • Geospatial web services basics. • Real-Time map service. Web services optimization, OGC web services standards. • Mobile GIS. • Geospatial Mashups Virtual Reality and 3D Cartography. • The future of Internet GIS(Geospatial Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, etc). | Web GIS |
Course 15 | |
• GIS Information. • Exploration. • Database. • Type of Feature. • Attributes • Domain & Subtype • Georeference. • Digitizing. • Symbology. • Cartography & Style. • Layout. | Basics of Geographic Information System (ArcGIS pro Software) |
Course 16 | |
• Geoprocessing Tools. • Model Builder. • 3D Analysis. • Hydrology Analysis. • Data Management Tools. • Relationship Class. • Topology. | Advanced of Geographic Information System (ArcGIS pro Software) |
Course 17 | |
• Network Analysis. • Geostatistical Analysis. • Raster Analysis. • Supervised Classification. • UnSupervised Classification. | Advanced 2 of Geographic Information System (ArcGIS pro Software) |
Course 18 | |
• Intro to ArcGIS Online. • Sharing contents • Dashboards. • Story Map. • Web app builder • Survey 123 • Business Analysis. | ArcGIS Online |