GIS Course for Beginners in Benin

The organizing group of the ProRUWA GIS for Beginners course, Dr. Nguyen in the middle

GIS and remote sensing application in agricultural sciences for beginners from 2nd to 8th of March 2022 at University of Abomey Calavi, Benin

Lecturer: Dr. Thanh Thi Nguyen, University Kassel

Contents of the Course:

Topic 1:

Theory: - Introduction to Remote sensing and GIS- Technical history, raster and vector basics- Sensor system - Satellite images
Practical: - Install QGIS- Add raster and vector in QGIS- Map layout a social or crop data

Topic 2:

Theory - Light theory and remote sensing data
Practical:- Download free satellite imagery- Preprocess satellite imagery

Topic 3:

Theory -Coordinate systems and projections
Practical:- Georeferencing- Edit vector, attribute table, transform coordinate system- Add tile/basemap

Topic 4:

Theory - Google Earth as a tool for spatial analysis
Practical:- Google Earth tool (points, lines, polygons)- Georeferencing- Layout a Google Earth map

Topic 5:

GPS - Field trip: Collecting Ground Truthing Points (GTPs)
Bring 2 Garmin GPS

Topic 6:

Theory - Classification - unsupervised and supervised classification
Practical: - Calculate NDVI (Greenness)- Supervised land use classification Landsat 8 - Accuracy assessment- Calculate land use class area- Map layout for classified land use maps

Topic 7:

Your research and GIS
Discussion and feedbackPractical: Layout the land use map