DS109BKK
Digital Cartography and Web-based Mapping

Faculty
Juan Galeano
Researcher at the Center for Demographic Studies (CED) in Barcelona, Spain
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Overview
We live in a data-driven world in which people, companies and institutions of the most diverse natures produce tons of information every day that can be geocoded to obtain meaningful insights from it and inform decision-making processes. The course aims to introduce students into the fabulous and growing world of spatial data, geocoding, digital cartography and web-based mapping.
Learning highlights
- This course provides an overview about what spatial data is and what we can do with it.
- It introduces participants to the basics of spatial statistics and analysis, and showcases some techniques for spatial data visualization.
- Participants will learn where to get or how to produce spatial data, how to manipulate it in different environments (R & QGIS) and to visualize it.
Course outline
5 classes
Basic data manipulation using dplyr & Spatial data I
1. Basic data manipulation using dplyr
- 1.1 Group your data and summarize
- 1.2 Tidy your data
- 1.3 Plot your data using ggplot2
2. Spatial data I
- 2.1 Data types: shp, kml, geojson, long/lat, raster, osm
- 2.2 Where to get spatial data?
- 2.3 Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS)
Spatial data II & Digital cartography I
1. Spatial data II
- 1.1 Into R and QGIS
- 1.2 General manipulation of spatial objects
- 1.3 Add data to spatial objects
- 1.4 Conversions between different CRS
- 1.5 Access coordinates /get centroids
2. Digital cartography I
- 2.1 Color palettes
- 2.2 Dot and bubble maps
- 2.3 Choropleth maps
Geocoding engines, Map tiles & Digital cartography II
1. Geocoding engines
- 1.1 The ggmap library (GoogleMaps)
- 1.2 The tmaptool library (OpenStreetMap
2. Map tiles
3. Digital cartography II
- 3.1 Heatmaps
- 3.1.1. The outbreak of cholera in Soho 1854
- 3.1.2 Airbnb in Bangkok 2021
- 3.2 Line maps
Neighborhood Matrices, Raster data & Digital cartography III
1. Neighborhood Matrices
- 1.1 Contiguity based matrices
- 1.2 Nearest neighborhood weight matrices
- 1.3 Distance based matrices
2. Raster data
- 2.1. What it is and where to get it
- 2.2 Plot raster data
- 2.3 The rayshader library
3. Digital cartography III
- 3.1 Shaded relief maps
Web-based mapping, Animated maps & Review of the course
1. Web-based mapping
- 1.1 The Leaflet library
2. Animated maps
- 2.1 The gganimate library
3. Review of the course
Course materials
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Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course, although being familiar with R, data manipulation and shapefiles is a plus.
Methodology
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Juan Galeano is a researcher at the Center for Demographic Studies (CED) in Barcelona, Spain, where he is currently responsible for Data Infrastructures within the Intergenerational Coresidence in Global Perspective: Dimensions of Change (CORESIDENCE) project, supported by an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. He is also the co-principal investigator of the project Bringing Social and Computational Sciences Together: Unravelling Household Composition and Change through the Implementation of the First World-Scale Multilevel Analysis, a collaborative initiative between CED and the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC). Previously, Juan was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds a PhD in Demography, and his research lies at the intersection of demography, human geography, and sociology. Juan is passionate about spatial data, digital cartography, and open-source technologies.
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Digital Cartography and Web-based Mapping
by Juan Galeano
Total hours
15 Hours
Dates
Mar 14 - Mar 18, 2022
Fee for single course
€500
Fee for degree students
€250
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.


