How can you efficiently manage and analyze geospatial data using PostgreSQL and PostGIS? In this one-on-one course, discover the power of spatial SQL and learn how to perform complex spatial analyses and manage geospatial databases. With personalized guidance and hands-on assignments, you’ll gain the skills you need to leverage geospatial data in a new, impactful way. Are you ready to take your GIS skills to the next level?
FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) is a collection of open-source software tools specifically designed for working with geospatial data. These tools enable users to collect, manage, analyze, and visualize geographic information without relying on expensive commercial software. Well-known FOSS4G tools include QGIS, GRASS GIS, and PostGIS, which together provide a powerful suite for geospatial applications, ranging from maps to complex spatial analyses.
PostgreSQL is an open-source relational database known for its reliability and extensibility. It is widely used for storing and managing large amounts of data, including geospatial data. The PostGIS extension adds geospatial functionality to PostgreSQL, making it possible to effectively manage spatial data types such as points, lines, and polygons. This enables users to analyze geospatial data and perform advanced spatial queries.
Together, FOSS4G and PostgreSQL with PostGIS form a robust and cost-effective solution for working with geospatial data. These tools are essential for professionals in the geospatial sector who seek powerful, flexible, and affordable software solutions.
In the Blended Learning FOSS4G and PostgreSQL course, you will develop a strong understanding of open-source geospatial software, with a focus on PostgreSQL and PostGIS. This course is part of a comprehensive curriculum covering the FOSS4G stack, one of the most popular open-source GIS software programs.
You’ll start with the basics of PostgreSQL 11 and learn how to use the PostGIS spatial plugin. You will then learn SQL and spatial SQL for managing geospatial data, including raster, vector, and attribute data. After acquiring these skills, you will apply them in practical examples of GIS projects and geospatial analyses. This will teach you how to solve spatial problems and perform complex queries.
The course uses real-world data from Tompkins County, New York, and offers the opportunity to integrate with other GISadvisor courses, such as QGIS, GDAL, Geoserver, and Python. This provides a comprehensive learning experience, allowing you to work with data that can also be used in other GIS tools.
The curriculum is designed so that you can start with this course or any of the others within the FOSS4G stack. All courses use the same data, allowing you to gain experience with different components of the FOSS4G stack, from desktop to server and developer tools. All of this helps you manage geospatial data professionally and perform advanced analyses.
Blended learning offers an ideal combination of online learning and hands-on, interactive sessions, allowing you to gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience with PostgreSQL and PostGIS. The online modules give you the freedom to study at your own pace and include interactive lessons on spatial SQL, geospatial data analysis, and database management. You will learn how to use PostGIS to manage geospatial data, perform spatial queries, and analyze data.
During the hands-on sessions, you will immediately apply the knowledge you have gained. You’ll work with real geospatial data and receive guidance from GIS experts. You’ll learn how to optimally configure PostgreSQL and PostGIS, how to use spatial SQL to perform advanced analyses, and how to effectively manage and integrate geodata into your projects. By working hands-on with realistic GIS scenarios, you’ll develop efficient workflows that are essential for accurate geospatial applications.
The combination of flexible online learning and practical training ensures that you not only learn how to work with PostgreSQL and PostGIS, but also how to effectively use these tools for advanced geospatial analyses. After this course, you will be able to manage geospatial databases, write SQL queries, and analyze spatial data, enabling you to make informed decisions in your field.
You’ll receive 1-on-1 guidance. After signing up, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule your first session.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Do you have questions about the course content? Or are you unsure whether the course aligns with your learning goals or preferences? Would you prefer an in-house or private course? We’d be happy to help.
After the course, you’ll have another two weeks to ask the instructor questions. Since the instructor is already teaching other courses, it’s best to email your questions to info@geo-ict.nl. Your question will be forwarded to the instructor, and you’ll receive a response within 24 hours.
If you’re a bit further along and encounter practical problems you can’t solve on your own, it’s best to use Online Support. You’ll spend one day online with the instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.
If you run into problems in practice that you can’t solve on your own, you have two options: you can sign up for a beginner or advanced course, or you can sign up for Online Support.
You’ll spend a day online with an instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.
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All courses are taught in person. Course hours are from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Coffee, tea, lunch, and a laptop are provided.
Taking a course online is also possible, but we only offer hybrid courses in exceptional cases. If you wish to participate in a course online, please indicate this during registration—select “Online” as the location. If that is not possible, this course will only be offered on-site in Apeldoorn.
Yes, we do this regularly. Our instructor will come to your location and bring laptops for the participants. All you need to do is arrange a classroom at your location.
Please email your requirements to info@geo-ict.nl, and we will send you a quote. Once you’ve confirmed the order, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule the training days.
After each course, participants receive a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can share your feedback on what you liked and didn’t like about the course. We always do our very best, but of course, there may be times when you have a complaint. Click on “Complaints Procedure.” It explains what steps you can take. Geo-ICT Training Center, Netherlands is a member of the Dutch Council for Training and Education (NRTO).
After the course, we will email you a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can log in and fill out an evaluation form, and you can also download your certificate of participation.
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