Cartography and GIS Course
This course equips you with essential cartography and GIS skills for real-world risk mapping. You'll learn to source and clean spatial data, analyse layers, develop terrain and hazard models, and create accessible, decision-ready maps suitable for urban geography and geology projects anywhere.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain hands-on skills in sourcing, preparing, and analysing spatial data for practical risk mapping. Master selecting study areas, choosing and documenting coordinate reference systems, cleaning and preprocessing vector and raster data, deriving terrain and hydrological layers, creating multi-hazard indices, and producing clear maps and reports for planners and decision-makers.
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Develop skills
- GIS data preparation: clean, reproject, clip, and quality-check spatial layers for geological applications.
- Terrain and hazard mapping: generate slopes, watersheds, and multi-hazard indices.
- Risk-based spatial analysis: integrate hazards, exposure data, and urban development patterns.
- Cartographic design: produce clear, user-friendly risk maps for planners and communities.
- Professional reporting: document methodologies, limitations, and deliver succinct risk summaries.
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