Open-Source Geospatial Technologies

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course introduces modern open-source tools and workflows for GIS analysis, data management, and web mapping. It focuses on using QGIS as a core desktop GIS, integrating it with PostGIS for spatial databases, and publishing data through GeoServer for web applications.

Participants will also explore cloud-native geospatial technologies such as Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs (COG), STAC catalogs, and modern data formats for efficient analysis of large and remote datasets. The course emphasizes practical, real-world open-source GIS workflows.

You will learn to:

• Use QGIS for analysis, editing, and map production

• Integrate QGIS with PostGIS databases

• Publish and style GIS data using GeoServer

• Work with cloud-native geospatial data (COG, STAC, GeoParquet)

Level: Intermediate – basic GIS knowledge recommended