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MBO

2020

MOOC on Open Spatial Data Infrastructure

Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) have evolved from government-driven initiatives for data sharing among public authorities to important building blocks in the implantation of open data policies oriented towards users outside the public sector. With governments becoming more open and transparent, SDIs have also become more open so that also nongovernment data and actors are considered as a key to the performance of the infrastructure. This MOOC introduces participants to this holistic, multidisciplinary view on SDI in a series of 5 modules, each covering a different aspect of Open SDI and consisting of short video lectures, readings, assignments and quizzes for self-evaluation.

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Bastiaan van Loenen

January 1, 2021

Introduction to Academic Research

This is the textbook (reader) for the course Introduction to Academic Research, taught at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen. This is a compilation of four chapters from 3 different textbooks that are classified as open educational resources (OER) and together provide the accompanying literature for the course. The chapters cover the following topics: Academic research and the research process What are spatial sciences? Theories in scientific research Research ethics The original sources of the chapters in this textbook are mentioned on every page. These texts are taken almost verbatim from the mentioned sources; small adjustments have been made for the consistency of referencing, providing a little context, or aligning the numbering of sections.

Open (Access) Text Book

Sander van Lanen

2020

Development of new active teaching practices in Spatial Data Infrastructure

This report provides a set of newly developed active teaching practices on new topics related to Open SDI. These practices apply the methodologies on active teaching and learning on Open SDI that were developed in the SPIDER project.

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Bastiaan van Loenen, Frederika Welle Donker

2022

Social Science Approaches to Urbanism Seminar Series

This is the slide deck of the first session of the seminar series entitled "Introduction to social sciences and urbanism"

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Clémentine Cottineau

2020

Showcase of Existing Active Teaching Practices

This report presents showcases of active teaching and learning in spatial data infrastructure education in the SPIDER partner universities. It includes detailed descriptions of the practices that have been implemented, as well as the results of the evaluation of the practices from an active teaching-learning perspective.

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Bastiaan van Loenen, Frederika Welle Donker, Ali Mansourian

August 18, 2025

Geoscripting

The course is not a pure programming course, but has a rather strong focus on programming and scripting to solve geographical or spatial applied problems. During the course you will learn how to deal with both vector spatial data and raster data; such as satellite imagery used in remote sensing studies. The programming languages dealt with during the course are R and python. Professionals in private companies and research institutes are increasingly using scripting languages for applied spatial analysis. We notice that students still have a kind of 'scripting' barrier to overcome. Some students are afraid of scripting and others stick very closely to the examples given. We like to relax this attitude. From the perspective of an advanced course we like to change the cookbook approach in favor of a more explorative approach. Becoming more relaxed towards scripting and a more explorative approach means that some generic scripting principles must be known to create a 'core' script. On the other hand students have to learn which libraries are available for spatial data analysis and visualization and how these libraries can be used within the 'core' script.

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Dainius Masiliunas, Arend Ligtenberg, Corné Vreugdenhil, Nandika Tsendbazar

January 2, 2023

Drang naar Samenhang | #52 Je weg vinden (update)

Dit is een update van aflevering 24 met een nieuwe intro (waarin Rolf ontmaskerd wordt als iemand die stiekem opnamen maakt) en de toegevoegde bespreking van een recent artikel. We hebben het in eerdere afleveringen van deze podcast gehad over hoe wij onszelf, anderen en (complexe) gebeurtenissen begrijpen. Maar hoe zit het met de ruimte waarin wij ons bevinden en waarin deze gebeurtenissen plaatsvinden? Hoe begrijpen we die eigenlijk? Zijn we daar - net als andere dieren - goed in? Taxichauffeurs in Londen in ieder geval wel--die kennen de hele stad uit hun hoofd. Hoe hebben zij dit geleerd? En heeft ons gebruik van een GPS invloed op hoe wij de ruimte om ons heen begrijpen? Aan de hand van recent psychologisch onderzoek bespreken Rolf en Anita antwoorden op deze vragen. Meer over het begrijpen van kaarten vind je in Hoofdstuk 3 van het boek Drang naar Samenhang: De Psychologie van het Begrijpen. Bronnen Sea Hero Quest https://citizensciencegames.com/games/sea-hero-quest/ Farzanfar, D., Spiers, H.J., Moscovitch, M. et al. (2022). From cognitive maps to spatial schemas. Nature Reviews Neuroscience https://doi-org.eur.idm.oclc.org/10.1038/s41583-022-00655-9 Griesbauer, E.-M., Manley, E., Wiener, J. M., & Spiers, H. J. (2022). London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London. Hippocampus, 32(1), 3–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23395 Peer, M., Brunec, I.K., Newcombe, N.S., & Epstein, R.A. (2021). Structuring knowledge with cognitive maps and cognitive graphs. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(1), 37-54. Weisberg, S.M., Schinazi, V.R., Newcombe, N.S., Shipley, T.F., & Epstein, R.A. (2014). Variations in cognitive maps: Understanding individual differences in navigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40(3), 669–682. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035261

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Anita Eerland, Rolf Zwaan

September 1, 2026

Integrated Infrastructure Design Guide

Infrastructure forms the backbone of our society – from roads and railways to waterworks and ports – as critical part of vital systems for mobility, water and space. But that backbone is under strain. Ageing systems, climate change and scarce resources force us to rethink fundamentally how we design, use and value infrastructure. This Design Guide starts with one urgent question: how can we make infrastructure future-proof in a world of uncertainty? It introduces integrated approaches in which design, engineering, policy and societal value come together through a wide range of inspiring examples related to urban and regional accessibility and development, spatial quality, flood protection, and ecological restoration. The book demonstrates how infrastructure can be more than merely a functional system. It becomes a driver of societal value and prosperity, and a strategic instrument that connects quality of life, sustainability and economic development. This Design Guide offers a clear conceptual framework to understand and design infrastructure that is not only more efficient, but also more sustainable, inclusive and meaningful. Drawn from thematical insights and lessons, and applicable methods, techniques and strategies by a broad range of scientists and professionals of practice with a background architecture, urban development and design, landscape architecture, civil engineering, economics, governance or policy. A substantial and indispensable guide for designers, engineers and policymakers committed to shaping the infrastructure and the society of tomorrow.

Open (Access) Text Book

Hans de Boer, Mark Voorendt, Maurice Harteveld, John Baggen

November 5, 2024

Network quality control

The aim of computing a geodetic network is to determine the geometry of the configuration of a set of points from spatial observations (e.g. GPS baselines and/or terrestrial measurements). The configuration of points usually consists of newly established points, of which the coordinates still need to be determined, and already existing points, the so-called control points, of which the coordinates are known. Network quality control deals with the qualitative aspects of network design, network adjustment, network validation and network connection. By means of a network adjustment the relative geometry of the new points is determined and integrated into the geometry of the existing control points. Prior to the network adjustment, the geometry of the network is designed on the basis of precision and reliability criteria. The adjustment and validation of the overall geometry can be divided in two phases, the free network phase and the connected network phase. In the free network phase, the known coordinates of the control points do not take part in the adjustment and validation. The possible use of a free network phase is based on the idea that a good geodetic network should be sufficiently precise and reliable in itself, without the need of external control. Moreover, it allows one to validate the quality of the external control. In the connected network phase, the geometry of the free network is integrated into the geometry of the control points. Adjustment and validation in this second phase differs from the free network phase. The adjustment in the second phase is a constrained connection adjustment, since it is often not practical to see the coordinates of the control points change every time a free network is connected to them. For the validation of the connected network however, the unconstrained connected adjustment is used as input. This allows one to take the intrinsic uncertainty of the coordinates of the control points in the connection phase into account. The goal of this introductory text on network quality control is to convey the necessary knowledge for designing, adjusting and testing geodetic networks. For the purpose of network design, the precision and reliability theory is worked out in detail. This includes the minimal detectable biases and the bias-to-noise ratios. For the purpose of the network adjustment, the principles of unconstrained-, constrained-, and minimally constrained least-squares estimation, are treated. For the network testing, the principles of hypothesis testing are presented and worked out for the different network cases. For the free network phase this includes the overall model test, the w-test, and the data snooping procedure. For the connected network phase, it includes the T-test, with an emphasis on the detection and identification of errors in the control points.

Open (Access) Text Book

Peter Teunissen

2015

Manual QGIS for fieldwork

Instructions for students to use aerial photos, Google Earth and QGIS to explore their fieldwork area prior to their field trip. This material was designed for first-year undergraduate Earth Sciences students, in preparation to a fieldwork in the French Alps. The fieldwork and this guide focuses on understanding the geology and geomorphology.

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