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Geographic Information Systems: Introduction

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Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Showcases the use of drones to monitor black rhinoceros populations in Africa.

Explores the causes and consequences of bush fires in the Sahelian area, emphasizing the role of Geographic Information Systems.

Case Study: Pollution of Ebrie Lagoon

Explores GIS through a case study on Ebrie Lagoon pollution and the methodology to assess and address environmental issues.

Spatial Phenomena: Interpolation 2

Explores geostatistics, variograms, kriging, and spatial interpolation techniques in geographical information analysis.

Thematic attributes and classification

Covers statistical thematic mapping, types of thematic maps, and discretization methods for representing and classifying dataset characteristics.

Digital Urban History: QGIS Practical Session

Covers the practical use of QGIS for spatial data analysis and visualization, including georeferencing historical maps and manipulating vector data.

Geographic Information Systems: Introduction

Covers the use of GIS in wildlife conservation and advanced mapping techniques.

Components and Functions of Maps

Covers thematic cartography, visual variables, map production, and interactive mapping.

Vector mode and image mode

Covers observation units in GIS, focusing on vector and image modes.

Dynamic and Interactive Cartography on the Web

Covers dynamic and interactive cartography on the web, exploring Web GIS, client-server architectures, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and open-source GIS libraries.

Components and Functions of the Map

Covers the components and functions of thematic mapping, including visual variables, map production, and interactive mapping.

Spatial Autocorrelation: An Introduction to GIS

Covers spatial autocorrelation in GIS, including global autocorrelation, weighting schemes, Moran's I, and contiguity ratio.

Vector-Vector Integration: Methods and Tools

Explores methods and tools for integrating vector layers in QGIS, including SQL queries and boolean operators.

Discrete variables: Geometric properties

Covers geometric properties of discrete variables in GIS, including location, size, and shape.

Digitization of Vector Objects

Covers the digitization of vector objects in GIS, including creation, editing, and topology management.

Map Design: Labeling and Production

Explores map design principles, emphasizing labeling and production techniques for effective communication of geographical information.

Spatial Autocorrelation: Moran's I

Covers global spatial autocorrelation and Moran's I interpretation through regression coefficients and spatial weighting schemes.

Discrete Variables, Geometric Properties

Covers discrete variables in geographic information systems and their geometric properties, including spatial arrangement and autocorrelation.

Dynamic and interactive Web-based mapping

Covers Dynamic and Interactive Web-based Cartography, focusing on GIS principles, client-server architecture, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and open-source libraries.

Spatial Arrangement and Neighborhood of Discrete Variables

Covers spatial arrangement, object description, statistical dispersion, and proximity relationships in geographic information systems.