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ICT and GIS Applied to Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change

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Digital Skills

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Duration

40 hours

PRESENTATION

The Course ICT and GIS Applied to Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change It offers you the opportunity to enter a field of growing importance and high demand. With climate change and natural disasters on the rise, there is a need for experts capable of interpreting and managing geospatial data to anticipate and mitigate risks. Through this course, you will acquire key skills in using technological tools such as QGIS and WMS and WFS geoservices, which are essential for collecting and analyzing geolocated data. You’ll learn how to create hazard, vulnerability, and risk maps, which will enable you to make informed and strategic decisions. This online course will allow you to progress at your own pace, combining theory and virtual practice, so you can apply your new knowledge in the real world. Upon completing this training, you’ll be prepared to work in a booming industry, where your skills will be highly valued.

Objectives

  • Understanding the basic concepts computer science, GIS, GPS, and telecommunications.

  • Learning How to Collect Data geolocated in databases efficiently.

  • Use QGIS and WMS and WFS geoservices to spatial analysis.

  • Create maps thematic and layers of cartography and GIS-based census.

  • Analyze hazard, vulnerability, and risk maps with GIS tools.

  • Apply GIS techniques to the management of the disaster risk.

  • Optimizing Database Usage geospatial for decision-making.

Syllabus

TEACHING UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION. COMPUTER SCIENCE, GIS, GPS, DATABASES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS Introduction to computer science and technological advances Databases, data storage, database administration GIS, GPS, coordinate systems Using Google Earth Pro to locate coordinates and maps GPS Essentials: Collecting data from an Android phone’s GPS TEACHING UNIT 2. BASIC TOOLS FOR COLLECTING GEO-LOCATED DATA INTO A DATABASE Creating a data collection form; recommendations for designing the storage structure Using Kobotoolbox Using Typeform Using GISCLOUD Using the Fulcrum App TEACHING UNIT 3. USING QGIS DESKTOP TOOLS AND WMS AND WFS GEOSERVICES Basic QGIS Tools (I) Basic QGIS Tools (II) What Are WMS and WFS Geoservices? Creating WMS or WFS Services with GeoServer (I) Creating WMS or WFS Services with GeoServer (II) TEACHING UNIT 4. CREATING MAPS AND LAYERS: CARTOGRAPHY, CADASTRE, CENSUS, AND GIS ANALYSIS TO GENERATE THREAT, VULNERABILITY, AND RISK MAPS Relationship Between Cadastral Records, Censuses, and Cartography with Risk Management Creating Land-Use and Critical Infrastructure Maps GIS Analysis with QGIS and Demonstration with ArcGIS Desktop Susceptibility maps, hazard maps, vulnerability maps, and risk maps: their differences, types, and mapping methodologies Climate models and climate forecasting
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