Training on Web-Based GIS and Mapping

About the Program

Geographical information system (GIS) is a collection of hardware software, and procedures to collect, manage, retrieve, manipulate, analyze and display spatial data. Training on Web-based GIS and Mapping teaches you how to build GIS web portal using open source GIS end to end solutions. Includes open source GIS software including QGIS, PostGIS, GeoServer, and OpenLayers which all together can deliver the complete GIS solution. OpenLayers makes it easy to put a dynamic map in any web page. It can display map tiles and markers loaded from any source. Participants will learn how to create browser-based map applications and display data from a variety of sources

By the end of this training, the participants will be able to understand about:

1. Introduction to HTML, JavaScript,CSS
2. Install Geoserver, load GIS data into Geoserver
3. Serve vector, raster, and attribute data on the Internet with Geoserver
4. Serve data stored in Postgres and PostGIS on the Internet
5. Create a client based browser application using OpenLayers 5.0
6. Create an application that allows client and server interaction with GIS data

Target Audience

• GIS users and experts
• Geographers
• IT experts
• Web developers
• Cartographers
• Geoscientists
• Surveyors
• Software engineers
• Database administrators
• System administrators
• M & E experts

Training Period

• Classroom: 5 Days
• Online: 7 Days

Modules

Module 1: Handling Spatial Data

• Components of GIS
• Types of GIS
• GIS Capabilities
• Spatial Data types
• Coordinates systems
• Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)

Module 2: Working with PostgreSQL with Postgis

• Installing PostgreSQL with PostGIS Functionality
• Creating a spatial database
• Loading data into a Postgis spatial database
• Displaying Postgres Data as SQL View
• Displaying Postgres Data with SQL filters

Module 3: Working with Geoserver

• Installing Apache Tomcat with XAMP
• Deploying Geoserver on Apache Tomcat
• Adding,  Styling and Displaying Data from Postgres
• Adding,  Styling and Displaying shapefiles
• Grouping layers

Module 4: Creating SLD styles with QGIS

• Load your Data from Postgres into QGIS
• Apply the Desired Styles
• Save your styles as style templates(.sld)
• Import the .sld style templates into Geoserver
• Apply the styles to your layers in Geoserver

Module 5: Bringing Data into Geoserver and Displaying the Results

• Adding, Styling, and Displaying Shapefiles
• Adding, Styling, and Displaying Data from Postgres

Module 6: Processing Client Requests on the Server

• Displaying Postgres Data as a SQL View
• Displaying Postgres Data with CQL Filters
• Serving Data from Geoserver to QGIS

Module 7: Document Object Model and Events

• Intro to the DOM
• What is an object
• Abstraction and Instantiation
• Objects in computer programs
• Going from HTML to the DOM
• Intro to Events

Module 8:JavaScript and JQuery

• Intro to JavaScript
• Accessing the DOM from JavaScript
• Viewing objects in Developer tools
• Event Handlers
• Variables
• DOM manipulation
• Calculations in javascript
• Loops in JavaScript
• Arrays in Javascript
• Objects and JSON

Module 9: Interacting with Geoserver from the Client with Openlayers 5

• Open Street Maps
• Adding Static Layers from Geoserver
• Using Openlayers to Request Specific Data from Geoserver
• Increasing Flexibility by Using Openlayers to Request Ad-hoc data from Geoserver
• Mouse Interaction in Openlayers to Trigger Geoserver Responses
• Adding Vector Data from Geoserver to Your Open Layers Application
• Mouse Interaction in Openlayers with Vector Objects

Delivery Method

This program is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group work and case studies. Training manuals and additional reference materials are provided to the participants.

CERTIFICATION

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will be awarded a certificate of course completion