Creating Publication Quality Charts with GEE (Online)

Spatial Thoughts is offering a hands-on workshop on creating high-quality data visualizations with Google Earth Engine and Google Charts. This is an intermediate-level class that covers novel datasets and shows how to use the Google Earth Engine and Google Charts to create publication-ready visualizations.

This will be a live online cohort-based course. We will have 3 sessions of 3-hours each. Participants are expected to attend all 3 sessions to complete the course. 

Wednesday, 5 July, 2023: 6pm-9pm IST (3 hours) - Check Local Time

Thursday, 6 July, 2023: 6pm-9pm IST (3 hours) - Check Local Time

Friday, 7 July, 2023: 6pm-9pm IST (3 hours) - Check Local Time

Prerequisite:

End-to-End Google Earth Engine/GEE for Water Resources Managemnet course by Spatial Thoughts.

[OR ]

Good working knowledge of Google Earth Engine API and comfortability with the Code Editor environment.

Course Outline:

Time-Series Charts

• Simple Time-Series (TerraClimate Climate Variables)
• Time-Series with Trendlines (CHIRPS precipitation)
  
• Time-Series at Multiple Locations (GFS Weather Forecast)
  
• Multi-Year Time-Series (MODIS NDVI)

Image Charts

• Image Histogram (Harmonized NTL)
• Image Scatter Chart (Sentinel-2)
• Image Class Areas (Table) (ESA WorldCover 2021)

FeatureCollection Charts

• Image Class Areas (Pie Chart) (ESA WorldCover 2021)
• FeatureCollection Column Chart (WRI Power Plants Database)

Advanced Charts

• DataTable Charts (Big Earth Data Analysis)
• Box Plots (Sentinel-2 NDVI)

Supplement

• Dual Y-Axis Charts (CHIRPS Precipitation vs. S2 NDVI)
• Nighttime Lights Trends (VIIRS NTL Pre- and Post-COVID Trends)
• Population Time Series (Landscan Global)
• Stacked Bar Chart (Big Earth Data Analysis)

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Certification:

Upon successful completion of all the live online sessions and completing the assignments, participants will be issued an employer-verifiable certificate from Spatial Thoughts. Learn more.

About the Instructor:

Ujaval Gandhi is the founder of Spatial Thoughts. He has 15+ years of industry experience and is a world-renowned GIS expert. He previously worked at Google and led the Google Earth Outreach team in India, training over 1000 researchers, scientists, and engineers to use Google Earth Engine.

See the full profile at https://spatialthoughts.com/about

Logistics

• Participants will use their laptops.
• The workshop will be conducted over Zoom. The meeting ID and password will be shared by email 1 day before the event.

Refund policy:

• You can cancel your registration up to 7 days before the class and get a full refund.
• For last-minute cancellations, we will try our best to accommodate you to a future batch of this course without an additional charge.
• In the unlikely event that we need to cancel or move the training to a different date, you will be provided a 100% refund.

Student discounts and scholarships are available. See eligibility criteria and application process.