This class covers Python from the very basics. Suitable for GIS practitioners with no programming background or python knowledge. The course will introduce participants to basic programming concepts, libraries for working with spatial data, geospatial APIs and techniques for building spatial data processing pipelines.

Upon successful completion of all the live online sessions, assignments and a class project, participants will be issued an employer-verifiable certificate from Spatial Thoughts. Learn more.

An absolutely brilliant introduction to Python for spatial analysis! The course content is comprehensive and perfectly paced for beginners. I feel much more confident in my ability to use Python for my GIS work now. Thank you, Spatial Thoughts Team, for creating such a great resource!

Avishek Adhikari, Postgraduate Student, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.

The Python Foundation for Spatial Analysis course provided an excellent introduction to spatial data processing using Python. The content was well-structured, and the hands-on exercises helped me gain practical experience in handling geospatial data. This course has not only strengthened my foundational skills in Python but also inspired me to explore advanced spatial analysis techniques. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in geospatial analysis and Python programming.

Minh Ngoc Trin, Researcher, VNU Hanoi university of science, Vietnam.

Well organized and executed. I learned a lot from this course, which will definitely be helpful in my professional career. Thanks a lot, Ujaval.

Lokesh BS, Consultant – Geospatial Lab, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India.

As someone with no prior experience in any programming language, I was initially quite intimidated by the idea of learning Python. On the first day of the course, I genuinely doubted whether I could keep up. But after just four sessions and consistent daily practice of about 1.5 hours, I now feel confident reading, understanding, and working with Python—especially for spatial analysis.

This course helped me complete my very first project, where I cleaned crowdsourced spatial data and visualized it successfully. What truly made a difference was the supportive and kind team behind this program. Their mission to offer scholarships to students like me—who face financial challenges—meant a lot. Their time, clear lectures, and encouragement, combined with my curiosity, made this learning journey possible.

This is an excellent course for both beginners and intermediate learners. I’m truly grateful for this wonderful learning opportunity.

Aravind S, Pre-doc Scholar, IIT-Bombay, India.

Thought Python was scary? Same. Now it’s my favourite flex — all thanks to Ujaval Gandhi. He makes everything click, keeps it fun, and the best part? Lifetime tech support. Yep, he’s basically your Python buddy for life. Just do it.

Manas Ranjan Patra, Student, India.

I have taken various different courses for Python and GIS, free and paid. This course was excellent. It gave me exactly the information I needed to be a better programmer focused specifically on spatial analysis. Ujaval is a wonderful teacher. He is incredibly generous with his knowledge and an excellent communicator. I am so happy I found Spatial Thoughts.

Colby Smith, GIS Specialist, Tetra Tech, United States.

A must do course if you are wanting to climb up the ladder in spatial analysis rather than solely relying on GIS software available in the market. This course helped me to automate GIS and spreadsheet tasks. The course content and instructors were smashing in delivering the course and answering doubts, including the swift response time and to the mark on emails even after the course. Besides, their knowledge in the domain is deep, and they provide solutions which are easy and efficient.

Mayuresh Padalkar, Civil Engineering Modeller,AECOM UK Limited United Kingdom.

I have been following Ujaval Gandhi for a long time (since the Covid period), and Spatial Thoughts has been one of my favorite online learning sources. I felt it was a great decision to attend his online class to improve my understanding and learn the concepts hands-on. The course was taught very effectively, with individual attention given to doubts and concerns in all aspects, including installation, coding, and exercises. The periodic quizzes were helpful in verifying our learning progress.

The course topics were designed in such a way that anyone with zero or minimal knowledge of coding could follow and understand the content, starting from the basics and progressing to a level of independent coding. Participants were encouraged to code without the fear of making mistakes or errors, and guidance was provided to help them overcome those challenges. A project involving various ideas was encouraged for participants, not just as a requirement for course certification, but also to make them comfortable executing their innovative ideas into workable Python projects.

I am thankful to both Mr. Ujaval Gandhi and Vigna Purohit for their support throughout the course. My best wishes to them for their future endeavours.

Harish Kumar .S, Consultant (Remote Sensing and GIS), India.

Ujaval and Vigna are great teachers and inspire very much with their knowledge and support. This course helped me get solid foundations with geospatial data with Python.

Emanuele Clemente, Italy.

I recently completed one of the best online teaching courses I have ever come across. For a long time, I had been searching for a course, guide, or tutorial that would help me navigate the foundations of Python programming while focusing on QGIS analysis. Thanks to Ujaval and his assistant Vigna, I am now able to understand not only the basics of Python programming but also the integration between Python and QGIS. This course helped me take my first steps into the world of Python and QGIS. I am looking forward to achieving all my future goals. Thank you, Ujaval, for sharing your deep knowledge and unique teaching methods. It was truly amazing, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There are not many academics who take the time to share their knowledge for free with those eager to learn. The work you are doing is incredible. Your YouTube videos were my first step, and I am glad I took this online course. Highly recommended course!

Maiyourathaan Karunanandarajah, Water modelling sector, Germany.

Thank you Ujaval and team for this great course. It helped me a lot to understand how Python works. The tips and hints for my practical work were very helpful and with your help, I programmed some scripts, which are very efficient and much easier to use compared to a script within QGIS. I will definitely dive deeper into Python programming, so this wasn‘t my last course at Spatial Thoughts!

Konrad Harbort, Germany.

As with other courses, Ujaval and Vigna at Spatial Thoughts provided excellent material and support. I have been struggling with learning python by myself for a while now, after the course I feel much more confident to actually apply what we learned and start coding. It is great to have direct feedback, tips and tricks to make the learning curve smoother.

Marco Hernandez, Design Engineer, Helios Nordic Energy AB, Sweden.

The design of this course is very holistic, and the concept-wise clarity with live examples gave a better understanding of topics. The interactions and discussions opened up different dimensions of working with data. A strong foundation from this course is a blessing for excelling further with knowledge.

Raghavendra S P, Karnataka State Remote Sensing Application Centre, India.

Spatial Thoughts is known for offering excellent courses, and their “Python Foundation for Spatial Analysis” course is no exception. This course likely provides a good foundation in Python programming specifically tailored for spatial analysis tasks. By taking this course, you can expect to learn key concepts and techniques, such as working with geospatial data structures, performing spatial operations, manipulating vector and raster data, and automating spatial workflows.

Younes Abid, Ph.D Senior Data scientist NLP, CV, SAR, BAYANAT-UAE.

My current PhD work involves analysis of large geospatial datasets. With this course, I am able to automate my work using python which can save my time. The course content is vast enough to cover most of the aspects. The best part of the course is lifetime support which can help in future if at any point we get stuck. Another good thing about course is the requirement of project. This can help us revise the concepts just after the course. Looking forward to more of the courses.

Shamaila Fatima, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

This course helped me learn on how to use python libraries with geospatial data. Both the instructors patiently answered all the questions and provided right guidance to continue learning. Thank you Ujaval and Vigna for your efforts.

Atul Chaudhari, United States of America.

I had the pleasure of attending the Python Foundation for Spatial Analysis workshop instructed by Ujaval Gandhi, and it was an excellent learning experience. The workshop was well-organized and executed, providing a comprehensive overview of Python programming applications in spatial analysis. The course materials were also well-designed, with clear explanations and useful examples that made it easy to follow along. Overall, I would highly recommend this workshop to anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of Python programming in spatial analysis. Ujaval’s expertise and dedication to teaching made it a valuable learning experience that I will certainly take with me in my professional pursuits.

Abdillahi Osman Omar, University Putra, Malaysia

This is the second course I have taken with Spatial Thoughts and I am once again highly satisfied with Ujaval’s expertise and teaching style to learn complex topics. He is great at focusing on the critical building blocks to help his students independently create products by the end of the course.

Zach Torres, World Vision, United States of America

I had taken the QGIS Advanced course last month and Python Foundation course this month. I found the both courses most entertaining and useful. The instructor had vast knowledge regarding the courses and provided various different methods to achieve the desired result including the best effective one. The instructor also provided info into other useful plugins. Cannot wait to take another course.

Kaushal Prajapati, Germany.

I really learned a lot from this program. The course instructor and his associate was very helpful and supportive.They are very knowledgeable and clarifies the trainee’s doubt instantly with elaborate examples.The good thing about Spatial Thoughts is that they start with simple programs and gradually built on it for much complex problems. I am looking forward to their next program enthusiastically.

Pema yangzom, NLCS, Bhutan.

I was exactly looking for a course of this type and I was extremely satisfied!
The use of explanations and exercises is a great way to get in touch with Python, even for those who absolutely did not know the logic of the programming language. The possibility of continuing to practice with the teaching material and videos after the lessons is an opportunity to reach an understanding of the operational steps without stress. Very good teachers, who with clarity and patience, have revealed the key points for the use of the fundamental tools. I highly recommend it!

Angela Celauro, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

The training module from Spatial Thoughts allows us to grow gradually and also rapidly giving firm foundation. It would have taken months for me to reach that level if I have taken from other institutions.

Tenzin Norbu, NLCS, Bhutan.

Ujaval is an excellent teacher, is able pass on practical insights in a way that even people from non-technical backgrounds can grasp.

Dr Binu Alexander, CTO SevenX Ltd. India

I’ve taken three training sessions with Ujaval and I can definitely say these are the best online trainings I’ve ever had. The level of organization is just perfect and Ujaval is a great pedagogue. Step by step, you end up building quite complex tasks almost without realizing it. And the price is probably among the most competitive in the market. I highly recommend these sessions.

Sebastian Silva, Freelancer, Ukraine.

Indeed I am extremely satisfied with the course you have offered to us and it was a great learning experience. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to learn coding in Geospatial science at our age.

Samdrup Dorji, NLSC, Bhutan.

As a GIS analyst My career got stuck as some point as I dint have programming background.I have a kind of fear about from where to start with . I know ujaval earlier since we were in same team. So that’s what I have faith on him more than me and I kind of feeling that at least if I stuck somewhere he would help me without feeling if I am asking about silly things. After attending the course I cant say that I have became a developer but yes at least I know where to start. Thanks ujaval to give an amazing course with good material. Looking forward to your next classes.

Arpita Chatterjee, Cognizant, India

This is excellent training, delivered well over an appropriate time period. Ujaval is a patient and well-resourced trainer who really knows the material.

Eoin O’Mahony, University College Dublin, Ireland

Being a geospatial enthusiast and aspiring data scientist, I must say that Spatial Thoughts is the only learning platform that perfectly blends the two worlds – GIS and Data Science. This is something that I have always been looking for, as the thought of dealing with geographic data with programming and statistical concepts is what highly intrigues me. To all people with such a similar interest as me, I shall recommend taking the Spatial Thoughts courses.
Ujaval Sir is a geospatial genius. It was a privilege being instructed by him in a live workshop. He solved many of my doubts in some very fundamental concepts of GIS. The Python Foundation for Spatial Analysis course taught me things in 2 weeks, which I hadn’t learnt in years.

Sougata Ejardar, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Second course I am taking with Spatial Thoughts and once again I am intrigued with the level of knowledge and skills I have acquired during the weekend. The training is top notch and I now have the foundational skills and understanding to work with Python in Spatial Anlysis. Thanks Ujaval and Santhosh for putting up this course. More learning, practice and consultations will follow but for now I have a better foundation to automate several geoprocessing functions.

John Waweru, University of Bonn, Germany

Magnificent course that allows you to know, understand and put into practice many of the possibilities that Python offers for spatial analysis.

Joan Bauzà, Geographer, Spain

The way the course is taught is quite easy to understand for those who are new to programming. It is really a very complete workshop.

Renzo Kenneth Rivero Sullca, Peru

First of all, I would like to thank Spatial Thoughts for giving me the opportunity to do the course on Python for Geospatial Analysis through a scholarship. This course provides a nice starting point to do geospatial analysis using Python. I really recommend this course for those who want to get starting in the amazing world of geospatial data science.

Abraham Coiman, Geomatik Consultores, Venezuelaá.

This is my first time to take a Spatial Thoughts training course and I really enjoyed it. The training materials are well organized, the trainers are very educational and willing to answer all questions, and their technical level is unheard of.
If you are looking for a well-structured base in python directly applicable to your field or other practical technical training, I highly recommend those from Spatial Thoughts.

Arifou KOMBATE, University of Sherbrooke, Canada

It’s a wonderful course that helps us understand and put things into practice regarding doing spatial analysis using python.

Abhilash Rao, Reliance JIO, India

Amazing learning. I had my inhibitions about being able to use Python. Ujaval and Santhosh take care of all the issue to the best possible to resolve them. I hope to extend my learning in Python.

Vaibhav Puri, University of Delhi, India.

Thank you for this course. You are very engaging, encouraging and supportive. The explanations were very clear. Got a ‘under the hood’ peek into Python. Really loved the fact that this course offered me an opportunity to realise, explore and apply. I got a very solid overview and a good starting point to move further to more sophisticated topics and applications. I enjoyed every minute and every aspect of the workshop.

Namrata, India

Well-organized and executed workshop. Appreciate Mr.Ujaval Gandhi’s course content and teaching methods.

Preethi Raj, Ecospatial Research Technologies, India.

I really enjoyed the Python foundation course. It was packed with useful information but delivered in a way that was clear and easy to follow. The structure made it easy to build up knowledge step by step, and having the recorded sessions to go back to was super helpful. Vigna and Ujaval were both great—really knowledgeable and supportive throughout. You can tell they care about helping people learn. I’d definitely recommend this course to anyone wanting to get started with Python for spatial work.

Tinu Susan, Assets and GIS Officer, Loddon Shire, Australia.