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Geovisualisation principles and examples

Beginner

13 hours

Self-paced

Taught by Zakaria Ngereja, Mahadia Tunga, Wulystan Mtega & Harun Makandi

LESSONS

12

% complete

DURATION

13 hours

Self-paced

STUDENTS

49

enrolled

CERTIFICATE

Yes

on completion

About this course

This sub-module dives into the topic of geovisualisation. Through lectures, exercises, quizzes and stories you will see different aspects of the geovisualisation. We hope you will get inspired and it will help you to make even better visualisation and think outside of the box. In the practicals you need to comment on several visualisations, to make it easier to see the differences and benefits of each type.

Learning objectives:
Students learn the principles of geospatial data visualization and what elements form a good data visualization solution.

students know the key terms and concepts of geovisualization,

Students have knowledge of the diversity of technical solutions and which visualization techniques are useful for a particular type of geospatial data and phenomena.

Students are aware of the importance of the quality of data visualization in decision-making and understand the most important risks related to data visualization.

Course content

12 lessons

%

Story: The importance of community data collection and visualisation

Reading

Reflective questions related to the introduction

Practical · hands-on

Lecture 1: Concepts of geographic data representation (20 min)

Video · 20 min

Lecture 2: Symbolisation and visual variables (17 min)

Video · 17 min

Lecture 3: Visual map design

Slides

Reading

Reading

QUIZ: Revise concepts from lectures 1-3

Quiz · 12 questions · pass 70%

Lecture 4: From maps to interactive visual representations (40 min)

Video · 40 min

Exercise 1: Map evaluation

Practical · hands-on

Exercise 2: Geovisualisation evaluation

Practical · hands-on

List of websites that lists cool visualisations

Reading

Additional reading

Reading

Your instructor

Zakaria NgerejaInstructor
Mahadia TungaInstructor
Wulystan MtegaInstructor
Harun MakandiSuporter

Partners involved

Course details

Format

Self-paced

Language

English

Level

Beginner

Last updated

August 20, 2026

Certificate

Included ✓

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