Academy-Course-DAT31053
An Introduction to GeoJSON
This course is a CrashProgram (short course) introducing the GeoJSON format for working with geographical data. The course is at an introductory technical level. It requires some familiarity with data specifications such as JSON and a very basic knowledge of Python
Course objectives
- You will be able to confidently discuss the geojson standard
- You will be able to dive into geojson related development projects with confidence
The course is live at the Open Risk Academy, this repository hosts the python scripts used in the course. The scripts can be used standalone but documentation is minimal
Brief Description
- Step 1: In this first step of the course we start with a high level review of GeoJSON
- Step 2: In this step we review the elements of the GeoJSON specification in some detail with examples
- Step 3: In this step we will go over the basics of using geojson in python
- Step 4: In this final step we cover a number of special topics that are quite useful to be aware of
Where To Get Help:
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- If the issue is related to the course topics / material, check in the first instance the Course Forum (Chat)
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- If the issue persists contact us at info at openrisk dot eu