Mastering GDAL Tools (Online)

This class introduces GDAL and OGR utilities with example workflows for processing satellite/aerial imagery and building spatial ETL pipelines. You'll come out getting comfortable with the command-line and being able to apply the skills immediately in your work. This will be an instructor-led live online class. We will have 2 sessions of 4-hours each over 2 days.

Day 1: 29 January 2022, 3pm-7pm IST (4 hours) [Check Local Time] 

Day 2: 30 January 2022, 3pm-7pm IST (4 hours) [Check Local Time]

Instructor: Ujaval Gandhi

TA: Santhosh M

Course Outline

• Introduction to GDAL/OGR Utilities
• Raster Data Processing with GDAL Tools

            Working with Elevation Data

            Processing of Aerial Imagery

            Processing Satellite Data

            Merging individual bands into RGB composite

            Apply Histogram Stretch and Color Correction

            Pan Sharpening

            Raster Algebra

            Georeferencing

            Downloading WMS Layers

• Vector Data Processing with OGR Tools

            Working with CSV Files

            Merging Vector Files

            Geoprocessing and Spatial Queries

• Multi-Criteria Weighted Overlay Analysis
• Running commands in batch

Learn more about the course content and view the full course material from the Course Homepage.

About the Instructor:

Ujaval Gandhi is the founder of Spatial Thoughts. He has 15+ years of industry experience with spatial analytics. He spent the majority of his career building scalable spatial data processing pipelines at Google and brings his experience of big data processing to this class.

See the full profile at https://spatialthoughts.com/about

Logistics

• Participants will use their laptop.
• The workshop will be conducted over Zoom. Meeting ID and password will be shared by email. 

Refund policy:

• You can cancel your registration up to 7-days before the class and get a full refund.
• For last-minute cancellations, we will try our best to accommodate you to a future batch of this course without an additional charge.
• In the unlikely event that we need to canceled or move the training to a different date, you will be provided a 100% refund.

Student discounts and scholarships are available. See eligibility criteria and application process.