GIS

Advanced GIS
Certificate Course
(QGIS)

3-Months

Duration
Taught By 3-Month Mode
Ajit Kumar Swain Monday-Friday Online (Live)
Daily 1 Hour
 Module 1: Introduction to GIS

• Understanding GIS: Definition and Significance

• Historical Development of GIS Technology
Syllabus • Overview of GIS Components
• Introduction to Popular GIS Softwares
• Introduction to Data Types
• Coordinate Systems
• Raster & Vector Data: Differences
• Shapefiles & Geo-database

Module 2: GIS Data Acquisition and Georeferencing

• Basic software Interface

• Save/Open Project, Zoom in/Out, Data View
• Layout View, Pan, Select Elements etc
• Adding Raster Data, Vector data
• Data Collection: Downloading Topographic Maps
• Secondary data / Census/ Survey
• Data Sources: Survey of India & others
• Georeferencing Techniques
• Loading Data, Putting Reference Points
• Setting Coordinate Systems
• Georeferencing SOI Toposheets
• Choosing Area of Interest (AoI)
• Extraction by mask
• Mosaicing of Multi Toposheets

Module 3: Digitization and Components of Maps

• Introduction to Digitization and Shapefiles

• Creating Geodatabase
• Feature Datasets and Feature Class
• Vectorization Techniques
• Creating Points, Lines, Polygons
• Basic Digitization
• Creation of Places, Roads, Forest, Rivers
• Digitizing Toposheets and base maps
• Editing Tools (Start/Stop Editing)
• Editing Point, Line and Polygon
• Add vertex, Remove Vertex
• Resize Vertex of a Polygon, Edit Vertex
• Advanced Editing Tools
• Cut Polygon, Split Line
 Module 4: Working with Attribute Table
Syllabus
• Open Attribute Table
• Select field
• Add Filed
• Delete Field
• Turn Field Off
• Exporting layers from Attribute Table
• Selection by attributes

Module 5: Working with Symbology

• Single Symbol (Point, Line and Polygons)

• Categories (Unique Value) / Different Colors of Polygons
• Quantities (Graduated Colors, Graduated Symbols)
• Proportional Symbols
• Dot Density
• Choropleth and Isopleth Maps

Module 6: Map Layout

• Map Layout and Export
• Adding Map, Title, Legend, Scale, North Arrow,
• Adding Grid Lines, Labels in a Map
• Exporting as Jpeg and PDF format

Module 7: Geoprocessing Tools

• Buffer
• Clipping
• Union
• Intersection
• Merge
• Dissolve

Module 8: Adding Excel data to Layers

• Addition of Non-Spatial Data from Excel Sheets
• Join and Relate (Joining Excel with Shapefiles)

Module 9: Data Transformation and Conversion

• Extraction, Editing, and Conversion of KML Data
• KML to Shapefile
• Shapefile to KML
• Conversion and editing of GPS Data
Syllabus Module 10: Downloading Satellite Data
• Overview of USGS Earth Explorer Portal
• Overview of Bhoonidhi Portal
• Over view of Copernicus Portal
• Account Creation
• Data Downloading
• Satellite Images
• Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
• Data Overview and Applications

Module 11: Remote Sensing Data Processing

• Basics of Remote Sensing Data Processing
• Bands /Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Layer Stack/Band Combinations
• Extraction of Area of Interest (AOI)
• Mosaicing of Satellite Images/DEM

Module 12: Remote Sensing Applications

• Understanding Satellite Scenes/Images
• Digital Image Processing
• Visual Image Interpretation
• Digital Image Processing
• Analyzing Remotely Sensed Images
• VI
• NDVI
• NDWI
• NDBI
• NDSI
• NDMI
• MNDWI and much more.

Module 13: Image Classification

• Un-supervised Image Classification
• Supervised Image Classification
• Machine Learning Based Classification

Module 14: Time Series Analysis

• Time Series Analysis of LULC Change
• Spatio-Temporal Variation of Surface Water
• Report/Graphs on Time Series Analysis
 Module 15: Advanced Spatial Operations
Syllabus • DEM/DTM Generation
• 3D Analysis
• Spatial Statistics

Module 16: Geoprocessing Workflows and Automation

• Model Builder in GIS
• Creating Customized Model
• Automation of GIS Tasks

Module 17: Hydrology

• Flow Direction
• Flow Accumulation
• Stream Generation
• Stream Ordering
• Basin Generation
• Watershed
• Sub-Watershed
• Micro-watershed
• Watershed Analysis

Module 18: Topography

• Contour
• Elevation
• Slope
• Aspect
• Hill-shade

Module 19: Agriculture

• Crop Health Monitoring
• Vegetation Indices

Module 20: Forestry

• Forest Fire
• Forest Change
• Deforestation
• Forest Health Assessment
 Module 21: Urban Planning
Syllabus • Urban Growth Analysis
• Population Density Mapping
• Urban Heat Mapping
• LULC Change Detection
• Building Footprints Mapping

Module 22: Climate

• Rainfall Mapping
• Temperature Mapping
• Wind Direction Mapping

Module 23: Advanced Satellite Image Processing

• NDWI Based Water Change in an Area
• Using Hydrology Tool
• Resampling of Satellite Images
• Drainage Density
• Flood Simulation
• Zonal Statistics

Module 24: Woking on Project from any one

• Agriculture
• Forestry
• Watershed
• Urban Planning etc

Module 25: Personal Research Timing

• Practice Tasks (Module 1 – Module 24)
• Writing Report
• Report Submission
• Presentation
• Quizzes
• Course Completion
• Feedbacks
• Career Guidance