Crash Course: GIS with Python & Data Science
🎯 Outcome: Learn GIS fundamentals, automate with Python, apply spatial
analysis, and build smart GIS tools.
🗓️ Course Plan
🔹 Week 1: GIS & Python Foundations
● Intro to GIS, coordinate systems, vector vs raster
● Set up Python, Jupyter, and GeoPandas
● Load shapefiles & GeoJSON, plot maps
● Spatial operations – clip, buffer, dissolve
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● Export results, automate simple tasks
Mini Project: Buffer waterbodies near schools
🔹 Week 2: Automating GIS & Intro to Spatial Data Science
● Automate batch processing with Python (os, glob)
● Merge, join, and clean spatial data
● Spatial EDA – centroids, area, grouping
● Cluster analysis – KMeans, DBSCAN
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● Visualise results with Folium heatmaps
Mini Project: Find high-density zones in your city
🔹 Week 3: Advanced Spatial Analysis + Agentic AI
● Intro to PySAL – spatial autocorrelation & hotspots
● Predict location-based values with ML
● Web map with Folium (popups, colours, layers)
● Agentic AI overview – what & why
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● Create a GIS agent (buffer + export task)
Mini Project: Build an AI-powered file cleaner & exporter
🔹 Week 4: Capstone & Final Deployment
● Capstone Project (choose one):
○ Urban growth detection
○ Smart green cover analysis
○ Village resource mapping
● Generate report, map, and code output
● Demo, feedback, and certification
🧰 Tech Stack:
● Python: GeoPandas, Shapely, Rasterio, Folium, scikit-learn
● Optional: QGIS, Google Earth Engine, LangChain/CrewAI for agents
● IDE: Jupyter Notebook or VS Code
🏁 You’ll Walk Away With:
● ✅ Strong command of spatial data & Python
● ✅ 3 mini projects + 1 full capstone
● ✅ Smart automation using AI agents
● ✅ Web maps + report-ready visuals
● ✅ Certificate + GitHub project portfolio