“Testimonial for Spatial Thoughts I've had the opportunity to attend multiple training programs at Spatial Thoughts, and each one has played a vital role in reinforcing and expanding my skills in open-source GIS technologies. The courses I’ve completed include: - Introduction to QGIS - Advanced QGIS - Python Foundation for Spatial Analysis - Mapping and Data Visualization with Python - Customizing QGIS with Python - Mastering GDAL Tools - Automating GIS Workflows with QGIS Actions - Visualizing Large Vector Datasets with Lonboard (Colab Notebook : https://gist.github.com/lindangulopez/f1b1f6214f06bd688abbdf5343151b25) Each course was carefully structured to provide practical, hands-on experience with real-world geospatial tools. Whether I was working with raster and vector data, automating GIS workflows in QGIS, or building interactive dashboards with Python, I always came away with deeper insights and applicable skills. A standout experience was the "Mapping and Data Visualization with Python" course. Before the course, I reviewed the Python Data Science Foundations video series on Spatial Thoughts’ YouTube channel, which was incredibly helpful for recapping key concepts. During the course, we explored: - Static visualization using Matplotlib, Seaborn, GeoPandas, and Contextily - Raster visualization with Xarray and rioxarray I- nteractive mapping with Folium and Leafmap - Web app development using Streamlit to build spatial dashboards We also explored emerging libraries like Lonboard, a powerful tool for visualizing large vector datasets. The live Colab-based walkthrough (link) was a great example of how Spatial Thoughts stays on the cutting edge of spatial visualization. The training sessions are highly interactive and learner-friendly, featuring a mix of lectures and exercises. All sessions are recorded and made available afterward, which is great for self-paced learning or revision. What I admire most is that Spatial Thoughts is not just a training provider, but a global learning platform dedicated to modern, open-source geospatial technologies. They consistently bridge the gap between traditional GIS skills and the evolving needs of large-scale spatial analytics and data-driven decision making. I continue to follow their updates and learning materials closely and would highly recommend Spatial Thoughts to any GIS professional, data scientist, or geospatial enthusiast looking to build cutting-edge skills with open-source tools. — Linda Angulo Lopez”
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I spent 15 years at Google building large scale satellite data processing systems and…
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LLMs make the best design assistants part x of ∞: Since Claude knows javascript, it can use D3 to make little locator globes, which can be kicked out…
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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APD - The Association of People with Disability
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Helping streamline registration and field data collection using mobile devices and OpenDataKit (ODK) toolkit.
http://www.spatialthoughts.com/blog/odk/opendatakit-for-apd/
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Advanced Python Workshop
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IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
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