In-person Course – 16 hours (per level)
Level I: 15-18 September 2025
Level II: 22-25 September 2025
The course provides a practical introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing, with a focus on the use of open-access tools and free software. It is composed of two sequential modules:
Participants may register for one or both levels. Completion of Level I or equivalent prior experience is a prerequisite for the participation in Level II.
Fee:
Registration deadline: 31 July 2025
This course aims to provide participants with the essential knowledge and practical skills to work with geospatial data, using free and open-source tools. Through a two-level structure, the course covers both foundational concepts and applied techniques in GIS and remote sensing.
In Level I, basic knowledge is provided on how and where to obtain geographical data (from national and international databases), and on how to visualize, process and analyse this data using online platforms and tools, and open-source GIS software.
In Level II that knowledge is applied, allowing the participants to work with real-world geospatial data, like satellite and drone imagery, using advanced tools for visualization and analysis in both web-baseds and desktop geospatial environments.
Level I
Level II
Students will need to bring and use their own laptop.
Downloaded and installed the last long term release version of QGIS (QGIS 3.4 ‘Bratislava’, https://qgis.org/download/)
Downloaded and installed the last version of Integrated Data Viewer (IDV 6.3, https://downloads.unidata.ucar.edu/idv/)
José A. Gonçalves holds a degree in Surveying Engineering from the University of Porto (UP), a master degree in Geographical Information Systems and a PhD in Photogrammetry, from University College London. He is currently assistant professor at UP, where he is the course director of the Degree in Geospatial Engineering, and teaches subjects in the fields of photogrammetry, GIS and map production. He is a collaborator of the ISPRS working group in Mobile Scanning and Imaging Systems for 3D Surveying and Mapping. As a member of CIIMAR his main research interests are in the application of photogrammetry and Remote Sensing for coastal monitoring.
Ana Bio is a biologist, with a PhD from Utrecht University on vegetation-environment models. She is the leader of the Interactions Land-Ocean-Atmosphere group at CIIMAR. Her main research area is the monitoring and evaluation of estuarine and coastal ecosystems and coastal morphodynamics. She has vast experience in: empirical analysis and statistical modelling; image and remote-sensing data analysis; and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In recent projects, she focused on coastal adaptation to climate change and on blue carbon ecosystems.
Isabel Iglesias is an Assistant Researcher and Co-PI of the LOAI research team of the CIIMAR. Isabel’s main scientific areas are physical oceanography, atmosphere-ocean interaction, marine litter, nature-based solutions, anthropogenic interventions impacts, deep-sea mining, extreme events, climatology and climate change. She works with numerical models applied to oceanic, coastal and estuarine regions to understand present and future hydrodynamic conditions, providing knowledge, technology and solutions for a sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystem services. She also has experience in planning, performing and analysing data from short- and long-term campaigns, and in the evaluation of remote sensing data.
Manuel de Figueiredo Meyer is an environmental engineer and researcher specialising in remote sensing. He holds a degree in environmental engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and a master’s in environmental science from the University of Porto, where he studied the use of satellite imagery to estimate plant biomass. He currently works as a researcher at CIIMAR and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. His research involves using drone and satellite imagery to map vegetation cover and estimate carbon storage in coastal ecosystems.
Ingrid Cárdenas Rodríguez is a geographer with a specialization in Public Policy and advanced training in Human Rights. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture at the University of Porto. She has experience in Python programming and satellite image processing, with a focus on oceanographic and coastal analysis. Her work involves the use of remote sensing tools to monitor and analyse marine and coastal ecosystems. Ingrid is a researcher at CIIMAR, where she contributes to projects on blue carbon in mangroves in São Tomé and Príncipe and salt marshes in Ria Formosa (Portugal), using geospatial technologies and remote sensing applications.
In case of any questions, please contact CIIMAR’s Advanced Training & Careers‘ office.
