The main objective of this program is to mentor colleagues and friends in the geospatial world in the use of some open source tools for the development of geoportals .

I will encourage everyone to read around the following below if you have no knownledge on them .However, you should know that knowledge and prior experience in GIS , Remote Sensing and the tools below,will be an advantege .

• QGIS
• Google Earth Engine (GEE)
• HTML/CSS/Javascript
• Leaflet JS
• Geoserver
• Postgresql/Postgis
• Python
• Node Js
• Django / GeoDjango
• GeoPandas
• Geemap
• Git Hub Account

• HTML for Absolute Beginners
• HTML and CSS Tutorial - Create a Website for Beginners
• QGIS tutorial
• Python-Cookbook
• Git & GitHub Tutorial

• If you already have a Google Earth Engine account, you can skip this step.
• Visit https://signup.earthengine.google.com/ and sign-up with your Google account. You can use your existing gmail account to sign-up. It usually takes 1-2 days for approval. Hence do this step as soon as possible.

Tips to ensure smooth sign-up process:

• Use Google Chrome browser.
• When signing up for Earth Engine, please log out of all Google accounts and ensure you are logged into only 1 account which you want associated with Earth Engine.

All interactions will take place on Telegram

• GitHub account
• Fundamental understanding of basic remote sensing and GIS
• Prior understanding of the basic concepts of programming is not required but may be helpful
• Installation of the above tools mentioned
• Google Earth Engine Account
• Install any text editor of your choice . Sublime Text or VScode is recommended .

• Introduction Python
• Using Google Earth Engine Python Api (geemap)
• Django / GeoDjango crash course
• Build an Advanced Geoportal with Django/GeoDjango
• Setting up your own Geoserver in production
• Setting up your own GeoNetwork in production
• Building your own Data collector and Realtime Dashboards

• Becoming a Data scientist / Data Analyst
• Mastering Google Earth Engine
• Mastering Geospatial Data Science with Python:GeoPandas
• Python GUI Development