school-of-data/open-geodata-curriculum

Data for Good at Meta has partnered with the Open Knowledge Foundation to design, develop, and deliver a training focused on how governments and nonprofits around the world can utilise free and open geospatial data and geospatial software. This website contains a training curriculum built around the powerful free and open source GIS, QGIS, for learning how to utilize free and open geospatial data such as OpenStreetMap (OSM) and Meta's High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL). The curriculum is localized for 16 countries and available in 7 languages (Amharic, Arabic, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese). # WE ARE CURRENTLY MIGRATING FROM AN OLD WEBSITE TO THIS NEW ONE - The old curriculum repository (which contains all current localizations) can be found here: github.com - The old website (Jekyll-based) is at: school-of-data.github.io ## FROM THE OLD WEBSITE/REPOSITORY ### Localisations - Argentina - Australia - Bangladesh (in English) - Brazil - Egypt - Ethiopia (in English) - Ethiopia (in Amharic) - Germany - Ghana (in English) - India (in English) - Kenya (in English) - Nigeria (in English) - Mexico - Philippines (in English) - South Africa (in English) - Sri Lanka (in English) - United Arab Emirates - Vietnam ### Modules - **Module 0**: Gentle Introduction to GIS concepts - **Module 1**: Introduction to QGIS - **Module 2**: Layers in QGIS - **Module 3**: Introduction to OpenStreetMap and the High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) - **Module 4**: Layer Styling and Symbology - **Module 5**: Basic Cartography and Map-making - **Module 6**: Layer Attributes - **Module 7**: Layer Creation and Editing - **Module 8**: Vector Processing and Analysis - **Module 9**: Raster Processing and Analysis - **Module 10**: QGIS Plugins ## Data The data used in the modules for each country can be found below: - **Argentina** - **Bangladesh** - **Brazil** - **Egypt** - **Ethiopia** - **Germany** - **Ghana** - **India** - **Kenya** - **Mexico** - **Nigeria** - **Philippines** - **South Africa** - **Sri Lanka** - **Vietnam** ## Team ### Module Authors - Ben Hur Pintor - Modules 0 - 3 - Ketty Adoch - Modules 4 - 7 - Codrina Maria Ilie - Modules 8 - 10 ### Curriculum Editor and Review - Ben Hur Pintor ### Translation and Localization - Australia - Codrina Maria Ilie - Argentina - Ines Alberico, Malena Libman, and Hernan Casaubon - Bangladesh - Codrina Maria Ilie - Brazil - Bernardo Loureiro - Egypt - Ali Rebaie and Samah Hijazi - Ethiopia - Ben Hur Pintor - Germany - Knut Hühne - Ghana - Ketty Adoch - India - Ben …