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Fundamentals of Big Spatial Data


NFDI4Earth

Course Status: Under Development

About This Course

The "Fundamentals of Big Spatial Data" course introduces participants to the essential techniques and tools required for managing, analyzing, and interpreting large-scale spatial datasets. Through a series of hands-on lessons, participants will explore topics such as working with Python for spatial data, handling time series, database management, and leveraging platforms like Google Earth Engine for advanced spatial analysis. The course combines theoretical insights with practical exercises, enabling participants to apply learned skills directly to real-world datasets (Access this course on GitLab).

Level

Intermediate

Requirements

Prior knowledge of geostatistics is required.

Subject Area

Geoinformatics, Climate Science, Earth System Science, Hydrology

What You Will Learn

  • Big spatial data and Earth system science
  • Setting up Python to work with big spatial data
  • Handling date and time
  • Reading and analyzing time series
  • Frequency analysis of time series
  • Fourier analysis
  • Big data introduction
  • Xarray
  • Databases and Structured Query Language (coming soon)
  • Advanced handling of databases (coming soon)
  • Introduction to Google Earth Engine (coming soon)
  • Analyze and export using Google Earth Engine (coming soon)

Resources

Geodatenanalyse II by Hydrogeology Modeling Group at KIT
Farzaneh Sadeghi

Administration

Farzaneh Sadeghi

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