Location
iDiv Leipzig, Beehive
Dates
26 – 27 June 2025,
10am – 4pm
Credit points
2.0 CP
Contents
The participants will learn the fundamentals of GIS, including how to read, write and plot basic data types and basic operations most commonly used. The two days are divided into 45-minutes long lectures with practical exercises. Participants are expected to develop a small, final individual/group project of their interest.
The participants will gain a basic understanding of spatial data and analyses for ecological research. In addition, they will familiarize themselves with GIS software and tools commonly used in the field.
Lecturer


Emilio Berti: I am a macroecologist/biogeographer turned theoretician, with particular interest in biotic interactions and movement ecology. I have been using GIS for over six years and developed R packages for it.


Guilherme Pinto: I am a computer/data scientist interested in the impacts from climate change on the Baltic sea and on fisheries. I have been working with GIS in R over the last 7 years with atmospheric and oceanographic data and also developed a package with other colleagues (heatwave3).