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ONLINE COURSE – GIS And Remote Sensing Analyses With R (GARM01) This course will be delivered live
14th February 2022 - 18th February 2022
£450
Event Date
Monday, February 14th, 2022
Course Format
This is a ‘LIVE COURSE’ – the instructor will be delivering lectures and coaching attendees through the accompanying computer practical’s via video link, a good internet connection is essential.
Time Zone
TIME ZONE – Western European Standard Time – however all sessions will be recorded and made available allowing attendees from different time zones to follow.
Please email oliverhooker@prstatistics.com for full details or to discuss how we can accommodate you).
About This Course
The course will cover the basics to perform spatial analyses using R as a Geographical Information System (GIS) platform and Remote Sensing as main data source. The course will provide a brief theoretical background of GIS tools and Remote Sensing data and techniques. By the end of this 4-day practical course, attendees will have the capacity to search satellite imagery, to manipulate Remote Sensing data, to create new variables, as well as to choose the best spatial tools and techniques to perform spatial analyses and interpret their results.
The course will be mainly practical, with some theoretical lectures. All modelling processes and calculations will be performed with R, the free software environment for statistical computing and graphics (http://www.r-project.org/). Attendees will learn to use the Rpackage RSToolbox for Remote Sensing image processing and analysis such as calculating spectral indices, principal component transformation, or unsupervised and supervised classification.
Intended Audiences
This course is orientated to PhD and MSc students, as well as other students and researchers working on biogeography, spatial ecology, or related disciplines.
Venue
Delivered remotely
Course Details
Availability – 25 places
Duration – 4 days
Contact hours – Approx. 28 hours
ECT’s – Equal to 2 ECT’s
Language – English
Teaching Format
Introductory lectures on the concepts and applications of GIS and Remote Sensing.
Practical lectures on most used spatial tools. Presentations and round-table discussions about the analysis requirements of attendees (option for them to bring their own data). Data sets for computer practical modules will be provided by the instructor, but participants are welcome to bring their own data.
Assumed quantitative knowledge
Basic knowledge in Geographical Information Systems, Remote Sensing, and spatial analyses.
Assumed computer background
Familiarity with R. Ability to import/export data, manipulate data frames, fit basic statistical models & generate simple exploratory and diagnostic plots.
Equipment and software requirements
A laptop computer with a working version of R or RStudio is required. R and RStudio are both available as free and open source software for PCs, Macs, and Linux computers. R may be downloaded by following the links here https://www.r-project.org/. RStudio may be downloaded by following the links here: https://www.rstudio.com/.
All the R packages that we will use in this course will be possible to download and install during the workshop itself as and when they are needed, and a full list of required packages will be made available to all attendees prior to the course.
A working webcam is desirable for enhanced interactivity during the live sessions, we encourage attendees to keep their cameras on during live zoom sessions.
Although not strictly required, using a large monitor or preferably even a second monitor will improve he learning experience
PLEASE READ – CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations are accepted up to 28 days before the course start date subject to a 25% cancellation fee. Cancellations later than this may be considered, contact oliverhooker@prstatistics.com. Failure to attend will result in the full cost of the course being charged. In the unfortunate event that a course is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances a full refund of the course fees will be credited.
If you are unsure about course suitability, please get in touch by email to find out more oliverhooker@prstatistics.com
Course Programme
Monday 21st
Classes from 09:00 to 17:00
Theory – Introduction to GIS.
Practical – Introduction to GIS with R: Import and plot data.
Theory – Coordinate systems.
Practical – Projecting vectorial & raster files.
Tuesday 22nd
Classes from 09:30 – 17:00
Theory – Vector database operations.
Practical – Attribute and spatial queries: join/merge, filter/subset, select by attribute, select by
location, summarize, add/calculate new attributes (columns), plot attributes.
Theory – Vector analyses.
P: Vector analyses – buffer, merge, dissolve, intersect, union, select, calculate areas.
Wednesday 23rd
Classes from 09:30 – 17:00
Theory – Raster GIS.
Practical – Raster analyses: rasterize, crop, mask, merge, distance surface, zonal statistics.
Theory – Introduction to Remote Sensing. RS as main data source: RS sensors & variables.
RS software.
Practical – Getting and plotting RS data. Downloading, reading, and plotting RS data in R.
Manipulating satellite data.
Thursday 24th
Classes from 09:30 – 17:00
Theory – Working with RS variables. Image classification, Vegetation indexes, data fusion.
Practical – Calculating RS variables with RStoolbox: Vegetation indexes and classification
methods.
Theory: Remote Sensing applications to biology
Practical: Statistical analyses with RS data.
Dr. Neftali Sillero
Neftalí Sillero works in the analysis and identification of biodiversity spatial patterns, from species to populations and individuals. For this, he uses four powerful tools to better understand how space influence biodiversity: Geographical Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Ecological Niche Modelling, and Spatial Statistics. His main areas of research are: application of new technologies on species’ distributions atlases, ecological modelling of species’ ranges, identification of biogeographical regions and species’ chorotypes, mapping and modelling road-kill hotspots, and spatial analyses of home ranges.
He has more than 10 years’ experience working in ecological niche models. He has authored >70 peer reviewed publications and he is since 2007 Chairman of the Mapping Committee of the Societas Herpetologica Europaea, where he is the PI of the NA2RE project (www.na2re.ismai.pt), the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe
Teaches
- Ecological Niche Modelling Using R (ENMR)
- Advanced Ecological Niche Modelling Using R (ANMR)
- GIS And Remote Sensing Analyses With R (GARM)
Teaches
- Ecological Niche Modelling Using R (ENMR)
- Advanced Ecological Niche Modelling Using R (ANMR)
- GIS And Remote Sensing Analyses With R (GARM)