General info

Lecturers:

• Alexander Kmoch (Python), Email: alexander.kmoch@ut.ee

• Holger Virro (Python)

• Sandeep Thayamkottu (Python)

• Anto Aasa (R), Email: anto.aasa@ut.ee

• Iuliia Burdun (R)

Course websites for Python part

• General Moodle course site: https://moodle.ut.ee/course/view.php?id=10545

• Lectures course site (Python): https://kodu.ut.ee/~kmoch/geopython2021

Textbooks

There are no required textbooks for this course. This course uses a wide range of sources for course information and the main textbooks are given below.

Recommended textbooks (in order of relevance):

• Zelle, J. (2010) Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, Second edition. Franklin, Beedle & Associates.

• Lawhead, J. (2015) Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python: An effective guide to geographic information systems and remote sensing analysis using Python 3, Second edition. Packt Publishing.

• McKinney, W. (2012) Python for Data Analysis: Data wrangling with Pandas, NumPy and iPython, First edition. O´Reilly Media.

Optional textbooks:

• Gary Sherman (2018) The PyQGIS Programmer’s Guide: Extending QGIS 3 with Python 3. With PyQGIS you can write scripts and plugins to implement new features and perform automated tasks.

• Westra, E. (2016) Python Geospatial Development: Develop sophisticated mapping applications from scratch using Python 3 tools for geospatial development, Third edition. Packt Publishing.

• Zandbergen, P. (2013) Python Scripting for ArcGIS, Alternate edition. ESRI press.

• Diener, M. (2015) Python Geospatial Analysis Cookbook: Over 60 recipes to work with topology, overlays, indoor routing, and web application analysis with Python. Packt Publishing.