Cartography Course
This course equips learners with essential cartography and GIS skills for urban flood risk assessment, focusing on data preparation, spatial analysis, map design, and actionable reporting to support urban planning and decision-making.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Cartography Course teaches you how to prepare GIS data, select the proper coordinate system, and perform spatial analysis to identify urban-flood conflicts. You will use reliable flood, urban, and hydrography datasets, apply overlay and proximity tools, and compute exposure metrics. Gain skills in clear map design, risk symbology, and reporting to provide concise, actionable recommendations for planners and decision-makers.
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Develop skills
- Spatial flood analysis: overlay, buffers, and exposure metrics for urban areas.
- GIS data prep: projections, DEM handling, and clean layers ready for analysis.
- Cartographic design: clear, persuasive flood-risk maps for non-technical users.
- Technical reporting: concise 400–700 word methods, results, and policy advice.
- Data sourcing: find, assess, and document authoritative flood and urban datasets.
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