Build hydrological models using QGIS and PCRaster. In this one-on-one course, you’ll learn how to delineate watersheds, apply map algebra, and develop dynamic models with PCRaster. Through online modules and hands-on assignments, you’ll develop skills you can apply immediately. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to independently create and analyze hydrological and spatial models in GIS.
PCRaster is a powerful open-source GIS modeling tool, specifically developed for hydrological analysis and environmental modeling. It enables users to process spatial data, analyze hydrological patterns, and develop dynamic models for landscape and environmental processes.
In QGIS, PCRaster is used via the QGIS PCRaster Tools plugin to, among other things, define watersheds, simulate water flows, and perform spatial analyses. For more advanced applications, the PCRaster Dynamic Modelling Framework in Python offers an efficient method for modeling and simulating spatial processes over time.
This course guides you step by step through the use of PCRaster in QGIS, starting with the basics in the graphical interface and then delving deeper into Python scripting for advanced spatial analysis and modeling.
In this QGIS PCRaster Blended Learning course, you’ll learn how to use PCRaster for hydrological analysis, spatial modeling, and GIS workflows.
You’ll start with PCRaster in QGIS and learn to work with the QGIS PCRaster Tools plugin. With this, you’ll perform watershed determinations and runoff analyses and apply spatial calculations. You’ll learn to find and download SRTM DEM tiles via EarthExplorer, merge raster layers into a virtual raster layer, reproject rasters, and create subsets. You’ll also discover how to fill sinks in a DEM, calculate and visualize flow directions, and apply Strahler orders for river network analysis.
Next, you’ll get started with map algebra in Python and learn how to use PCRaster in Python for spatial calculations and interpolations. You’ll learn to convert raster data with GDAL in Python, style raster layers for clear visualization of water flows and drainage basins, and how to determine flows and drainage basins with PCRaster.
In the final part of the course, you will delve into dynamic modeling using the PCRaster Dynamic Modeling Framework. You will learn how to use PCRaster Dynamic Modeling concepts and data formats to simulate spatial processes over time. Ultimately, you will be able to develop dynamic models for water management and environmental applications.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to effectively apply PCRaster within GIS workflows and perform complex spatial analyses.
Blended learning combines independent online learning with practical, interactive sessions, so you gain both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience with QGIS and PCRaster. The online modules offer you the flexibility to study at your own pace and include interactive lessons on hydrological analysis, spatial modeling, and GIS workflows. You’ll learn to work with the QGIS PCRaster Tools plugin, apply map algebra in Python, and develop dynamic models.
During the practical online sessions, you’ll immediately apply the knowledge you’ve gained. You’ll work with real GIS datasets and receive guidance from experienced instructors. You’ll learn to analyze water flows and watersheds, combine and edit raster layers, and create dynamic models for hydrological applications.
Through this combination, you will not only learn how to use PCRaster in QGIS, but also how to apply it in realistic GIS projects. After completing this course, you will be able to use PCRaster for hydrological modeling and spatial analysis, enabling you to achieve more well-founded and accurate results in your GIS work.
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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