Rural Geography Course
Gain expertise in rural geography through practical mapping, satellite analysis, and spatial techniques. Master interpreting land use patterns, identifying changes, and creating precise, evidence-based reports to inform rural planning, farming, and environmental management in countryside settings.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with hands-on skills to examine rural areas using free data, satellite images, and basic mapping techniques. You will learn to choose and map regions, create settlement and land-use maps, analyse changes over time, identify main influences, and produce clear reports with repeatable methods and strong visuals for effective rural evaluations.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Remote sensing in rural contexts: rapidly find, evaluate, and contrast satellite images.
- Rural land-use mapping: construct accurate settlement and land-cover maps using open data.
- Spatial analysis of patterns: apply buffers, overlays, and measurements to understand rural structures.
- Change detection expertise: identify farm abandonment, increased use, and edge expansion via maps.
- Professional reporting skills: develop clear maps, tables, and repeatable GIS reports for rural studies.
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