Spatial Thoughts Newsletter #31
Free Video-Based Earth Engine Courses, Teaching Remote Sensing to Kids, Biomass Prediction, GDAL and Google Cloud Storage
New Open Access Courses with Videos
Over the past few months, we have been working hard to make our courses accessible to more people. We are happy to announce that two of our popular Google Earth Engine courses are now available on our YouTube Channel - along with open-source code and content. If you have been wanting to learn GEE but found it hard - these courses will help you build your skills in a structured manner.
Google Earth Engine for Water Resources Management
This is a beginner-friendly 24-hour course covering Earth Engine programming to help you become proficient at implementing remote sensing applications. We have 100+ videos covering the following topics:
1. Google Earth Engine Fundamentals
2. Surface Water Mapping
3. Precipitation Time Series Analysis
4. Land Use Land Cover Classification
5. Flood Mapping
6. Drought Monitoring
7. Earth Engine Apps
Creating Publication Quality Charts with GEE
This is an intermediate-level class that is suited for participants who are familiar with the Google Earth Engine API and want to learn advanced data visualization methods. This class also introduces novel earth observation and climate datasets along with techniques to work with them. We have 30+ videos covering the full range of topics including advanced charts such as Box Plots.
New Tutorials
Upcoming Classes
We have a few more QGIS and Python classes scheduled before the summer break.
Advanced QGIS (March 2024)
Mapping and Data Visualization with Python (April 2024)
PyQGIS Masterclass (May 2024)
If you wish to attend any of these classes, make sure to sign up on the waitlist to know when the registration opens.
Teaching Remote Sensing to Kids
My most challenging yet satisfying project so far was to teach kids about Earth Observation. I developed new content for the "Science of Satellites" session for Kids in Grades 1-4 that includes hands-on activities and crazy stories of space. All the content developed for this session is shared freely and under an open license. Check out my post on Teaching Remote Sensing to Kids with free downloadable content.