WHY?

• you can do IT!
• you can use IT anywhere :) (e.g. science, data visualization) (https://interaktivni.rozhlas.cz/)
• blurred boundaries – many people use GIS, GIS specialists infiltrate IT

WHY?

• ArcGIS / QGIS can't do XY → I can write a plugin!
• personal computers are programmable – take advantage of it! (https://www.zive.cz/clanky/zacnete-skutecne-vyuzivat-pocitac-programujte-ho/sc-3-a-171279/)
• I have a cool idea! Turn in into reality.

Source: zive.cz, Jakub Čížek

HOW?

2 THINGS

• Logic
  • The the problem apart – cycles (for) and conditionals (if)

HOW?

2 THINGS

• Logic
  • The the problem apart – cycles (for) and conditionals (if)
• Google → English
  • Do you have a problem? Somebody probably had it before.
  • documentation, stackoverflow.com, mailing lists

HOW?

2 THINGS

• Logic
  • The the problem apart – cycles (for) and conditionals (if)
• Google → English
  • Do you have a problem? Somebody probably had it before.
  • documentation, stackoverflow.com, mailing lists
• ​Anything else helps
  • blogs, fun projects, books, courses, meetings

HOW?

WE ARE

USED TO THIS

HOW?

WE ARE

USED TO THIS

Multiple ways:

• for every balloon (colour 1):
  • for every pencil (colour 2):
    • if colour 1 = colour 2
      • color the balloon

HOW?

WE ARE

USED TO THIS

Multiple ways:

• for every balloon (colour 1):
  • for every pencil (colour 2):
    • if colour 1 = colour 2
      • color the balloon
• ​​​for every pencil: for every balloon …
• find all [red, blue, green, …] balloons …

WHAT?

ANY LANGUAGE BASICALLY

• Python
• HTML5 + JavaScript
• C/C++
• C#, Java
• R

Python

• academical language
• heavily used in geoinformatics (ArcGIS, QGIS)
• easy to learn
• natural language-like syntax

JavaScript

Source: http://ihned.cz/mhd

MOST WIDESPREAD

• primarily client side web applications
• server side (node.js), mobile (phonegap)
• cartography visualization
  • leaflet.js
  • openlayers
  • Kartograph

R

STATISTICS

• data analysis
• academic environment
• statisticians

• two tests (with internet): 0–10 points each
• team project: 2–3 members, 0–20 points (5 pt. required)
• homeworks: mandatory and optional (bonus points)

What do I have to do?

CONDITIONS AND GRADING

0–17 F

18–24 E

25–28 D

29–32 C

33–36 B

37+ A

• Team project: 
  • GI theme
  • documented code
  • protocol
  • presentation

• ​Absence:

  • ​​​e-mail

• ​​Homeworks:

  • ​​​​mandatory ungraded​

  • optional bonus points

What do I have to do?

ORGANIZATION