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Geospatial Data Quality

Beginner

12 hours

Self-paced

Taught by Niina Käyhko, Zakaria Ngereja, Venla Aaltonen & Msilikale Msilanga

LESSONS

13

% complete

DURATION

12 hours

Self-paced

STUDENTS

995

enrolled

CERTIFICATE

Yes

on completion

About this course

The course consists of three sections: learning the concepts, obtaining digital skills and applying these skills for your own data. We suggest you mark your progress when you are done with the activities and materials. Please do the sections in the order, as it helps you to learn the subject step-by-step. Also, you need some outcomes from the earlier sections, to make sure you can complete all the practicals.

Learning Outcomes
In this submodule you will learn the principles, practical skills and good practices of assessing geospatial data quality, using geospatial data of different origin and characteristics, focusing of the data sets of the CRD Geonode and related data sets. At the end of the module, you will be able to assess data quality in practice and the usability of the data set based on its spatial, thematic and temporal properties.

Course content

13 lessons

%

Quiz 1: Geospatial data quality

Quiz · 4 questions · pass 70%

Lecture 1: Domains of geospatial data (16min)

Video · 16 min

Lecture 2: Key components of geospatial data quality (47min)

Video · 47 min

Lecture 3: Data quality parameters (27min)

Video · 27 min

QUIZ 2: Geospatial data quality

Quiz · 9 questions · pass 70%

Practical 1: Downloading data from Climate Risk Database (30 min)

Practical · 30 min

Practical 2: Visual quality assessment in QGIS (2 hours)

Practical · 2 h

QUIZ 3: Geospatial data quality

Quiz · 10 questions · pass 70%

Practical 3: Topology check in QGIS

Practical · hands-on

Practical 4: Fixing topology errors in QGIS (2 hours)

Practical · 2 h

Quiz 4: Geospatial data quality

Quiz · 10 questions · pass 70%

Additional reading materials

Reading

Your instructor

Niina KäyhkoTeacher
Zakaria NgerejaTeacher
Venla AaltonenTeacher
Msilikale MsilangaTeacher

Partners involved

Course details

Format

Self-paced

Language

English

Level

Beginner

Last updated

August 20, 2026

Certificate

Included ✓

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