Saint Lucia FOSSGIS Training

The project consisted of a multifaceted approach of providing training, as well as the development and implementation of infrastructure and processes which were handed over to stakeholders with the necessary capacity to continue support and maintenance operations.

Various topics were covered according to specific departmental needs, and delegates proved capable of building tailored solutions that solved real world agency needs as a part of the competency evaluation. These solutions spanned across various domains and included some of the following projects:

1. Highlighting landslide risk on critical water pipeline infrastructure
2. Identifying suitable sites for emergency shelters
3. Identification of water sources which may pose a risk to increased gastroenteritis related illness
4. Regional distribution of COVID-19 Assessment
5. Shortest path routing and travel times between firestations
6. Property value distributions
7. Identification of High Risk Flood Sites
8. Integrated desktop and mobile solution for fire hydrant discovery, access, and surveillance
9. Field data capture of crime and generation of reports
10. Groundtruthing operations for topographic data validation
11. Statistics and census map atlas production

By the conclusion of the project, the valedictorian had begun the programme with no GIS experience and went on to attain a new position leading the geospatial capabilities for emergency services on the island.

In addition, a new map service providing a national topographic map service, imagery, and other content of significance was configured and deployed, with a copy of the training materials remanded to The Sir Arthur Lewis Community College for future training programmes.

Various topics were covered according to specific departmental needs, with learning tracks and topics of interest outlined for particular roles within specific agencies. Advanced learning topics included the following:

1. Data Visualisation and Dashboarding
2. Docker
3. GNSS
4. PostGIS
5. GeoNode Administration & System Administration
6. Introduction to Python & PyQGIS
7. Spatial Analysis with SQL
8. Database Administration with PostgreSQL
9. Generating Reports in QGIS
10. Metabase
11. Advanced Digitizing
12. CoGo Plugin
13. Cadastral Management and Processing Workflows
14. Advanced Cartography
15. Mobile Field Data Capture and Mergin Maps
16. Intermediate & Advanced Geoprocessing
17. Digitization of Historic Data Archives
18. InaSAFE
19. National Map Production
20. Locality and addressing systems
21. Beginer to Intermediate OpenDroneMap
22. Photogrammetry and Point Clouds
23. FOSS Web Map Services
24. Mission planning and operational considerations
25. Post Processing Survey Data
26. Introduction to Remote Sensing
27. SALC QGIS Plugin
28. BIM and GIS
29. Quality Control Procedures
30. Version Management
31. Quality Assurance Workflows
32. Intermediate Raster Analysis
33. Permissions Management Workflows
34. Survey Officer Workflow
35. ETL Pipelines
36. Publishing data with GeoServer
37. Interaction with Legacy Data Systems
38. QGIS Temporal Controller
39. Introduction to Networking
40. Introduction to Map Servers
41. Introduction to Vector Tiles
42. Web Map Design
43. Application architecture and solution design
44. GIS Integrations