GIS for Forest Surveying Course
Gain mastery in GIS for forest surveying by mapping stands, analysing terrain, and evaluating wildfire impacts. Perfect for geography and geology professionals requiring accurate forest maps, burn severity layers, and decision-ready spatial reports in Mediterranean mountain areas.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This GIS for Forest Surveying Course equips you with hands-on skills to map forest stands, analyse wildfire effects, and interpret terrain in Mediterranean mountain settings. You will learn to prepare and align satellite data, compute burn severity indices, classify canopy structures, design validation samples, and produce clear, shareable GIS outputs, reports, and maps for decision-making and research.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Forest stand mapping: build precise stand maps from satellite and terrain data quickly.
- Burned area analysis: map fires, burn severity, and forest loss using professional tools.
- Terrain-based fire risk: derive slope, aspect, and fuel indices for effective management.
- GIS data preparation: clean, reproject, and align DEMs, imagery, and forest layers.
- Professional map outputs: produce clear legends, reports, and shareable GIS packages.
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