Workshop 2026 · Purdue University
Purdue-NSF GIS CyberTraining for the Social Sciences Workshop
A two-day workshop at Purdue University covering GIS fundamentals, remote sensing, Python-based spatial analysis, and data curation.
Day 1
Then choose a track
Track A: Working with GIS Data in QGIS · 3 sessions
Track B: Geospatial Python · 1 extended session
- B1Python Notebook IntroductionNotebooks in Google Colab and the core libraries: NumPy, pandas and Matplotlib.
- B2Acquiring and Exploring Census DataTIGER/Line shapefiles, the Decennial Census and the ACS, through the Census API.
- B3Census Data Analysis with PythonCleaning, sorting and summarizing a Census dataset in a notebook.
Enabling the Geospatial Turn in the Social Sciences
Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Contact: ilindsay@purdue.edu