Digital Earth Africa Training

Note

As of June 2021, DE Africa Landsat data has been upgraded to Collection 2. Datacube names have been updated to ls5_sr, ls7_sr and ls8_sr. Deprecated naming conventions such as ls8_usgs_sr_scene will no longer work. For more information on Landsat Collection 2, visit the DE Africa Landsat documentation. Additionally, the deafrica_tools package has replaced the deprecated sys.path.append('../Scripts') file import. For more information on deafrica_tools, visit the DE Africa Tools module documentation.

Welcome to the Digital Earth Africa training course!

This is a 6-week, self-paced online course. It should take around 2 hours per week to complete. Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a Certification of Completion at the end of training.

To get started, watch the short introductory video below. Then click Session 1: Introduction to begin. Other sessions will be added as the course progresses.

Should you require help, see the Frequently asked questions and Contact us pages.

Lessons

• Session 1: Introduction
• Session 2: Datasets
• Session 3: Composites
• Session 4: Indices
• Session 5: Vegetation Analyses
• Session 6: Water Analyses
• Course conclusion & wrap-up
• Extra session: Python basics

Latest Updates

• 01/06/2021: Digital Earth Africa Landsat datasets have been upgraded to USGS Collection 2. Datacube names have been updated to ls5_sr, ls7_sr and ls8_sr. Deprecated naming conventions such as ls8_usgs_sr_scene will no longer work. Additionally, the deafrica_tools package has replaced the deprecated sys.path.append('../Scripts') file import.

• 21/01/2021: Virtual live sessions run by our course convenors have resumed for 2021. We encourage all current and past course participants to join in.

• 15/12/2020: If you have completed any or all sections of the Digital Earth Africa training course, complete our participant survey.

• 14/12/2020: An extra session on Python basics for geospatial analysis has been added. The session is optional, standalone, and provides a more detailed introduction to the Python programming language.

• 09/12/2020: All six assessment quizzes can be accessed from the Quiz index. page. Score full marks on each quiz to receive a Certificate of Completion. Questions about the Certificate of Completion? See the FAQ.

Other information

• Contact us
• Frequently asked questions
• Download course content
• Events
• Sandbox help documentation
• Quiz index
• Geomedian widget
• Map portal user guide
• GIS web services
• Import external datasets
• License information