Prerequisites#
Experience#
To make this course as enjoyable as possible for you and to make sure you can get something out of it, we expect you to know about the following:
General understanding of geoinformatics, vector and raster data, coordinate systems.
General understanding of either Python, R or use of command line tools, e.g. GDAL, PDAL, …
Basic Unix commands (know how to use these commands in a terminal):
cd, ls, mv, cp, rm, chmod, less, tail, echo, mkdir, pwd.Here are some resources to acquire these skills:
UNIX tutorial for beginners (the first two topics are a good start, try also some editor)
Basic Linux Commands 10 min tutorial video (sit back and watch)
CSC and Linux Cheat Sheet (one page summary of the most important Linux commands – handy to have near you during the course)
This also means that this course is not an introduction to either of the topics. Please refer to other courses to learn more about the topics that interest you.
CSC account#
For the exercises, CSC user account and project with access to Puhti. For Allas exercise also Allas service must be enabled for the project.