Description
Material provided: Personalized training for end-users
Unit definition: Individual one week training at provider premises
Location: Zoersel, Belgium
Short description: Personalized training to identify and process covariates for spatial modelling with VECMAP.
Description of the facility
Avia-GIS NV is a Belgian SME founded in 2001 that specializes in spatial risk mapping and modelling as a basis for the development of tailored spatial decision support systems applied to public-, animal- and crop health and integrated pest management. Our company has a unique market position. Only few companies operate in our domain and developed such close contacts with the industrial, institutional and academic world. We have offices in Belgium, South Africa and Guadeloupe, and are active in more than 50 countries. We focus on the development of state-of-the-art techniques that broaden the scope of conventional analyses, convert data into new insights and bridge the gap between research and decision-making including: mathematical and spatial-temporal modelling, environmental monitoring using satellites and drones, wireless “Internet of Things” (IoT) sensor networks, and satellite navigation. Our experts are specialised in environmental engineering, biology, entomology, spatial epidemiology, meteorology, spatial modelling and ICT. We focus on the development of approaches that reduce the cost of spatial sampling and increase the knowledge that can be extracted from data. Our core is understanding the spatial distribution of emerging vector-borne diseases and are now expanding this to new domains in urban- and agricultural pest management.
Training Overview
The Avia-GIS research and development team has a long experience with covariate extraction, processing and manipulation. The course is aimed at advanced VECMAP users who want to go beyond the use of standard covariate data sets. Trainees should have a baseline knowledge of ‘R’.
R, Python and bash code to download and process covariates will be provided and the development of the scripts will be conducted on the user’s personal computer at Avia-GIS premises.
The personalized 5-day course will enable trainees to learn methods for covariate processing to use in their vector risk assessment models with VECMAP. The course will provide an opportunity for the researcher to develop skills in the following practical aspects:
- Obtaining covariate data from:
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- Numerical weather prediction models;
- Reanalysis products;
- Wireless Sensor Network ground data;
- Weather station ground data;
- Earth observation satellite data;
- Climate projection data;
- Data from land surface parameterization schemes.
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- Retrieving data through automated API calls
- Cleaning and pre-processing the data through a 5-tier quality control procedure
- Scaling and processing the data
- Data manipulation and formatting for input in user-specific vector risk assessment models
The focus of the training can be one, multiple or all of the above-mentioned aspects depending on the needs of the trainee.
The 1-year license price of VECMAP is included in the course cost.
For more information about the application process please contact us.
Website: https://www.avia-gis.com
Technical Inquiries: info@avia-gis.com