Google Earth Engine for Water Resources Management (August 2025)

When
Aug 4–20, 2025
Duration
27 hours 9 sessions of 3 hours
Format
Online Live, instructor-led
Fee
US$229
The aim of this course is to introduce Google Earth Engine platform to apply remote sensing techniques using openly available Earth Observation datasets. The course also teaches participants how to build water-related applications for state and country-wide analysis, mapping and monitoring. We cover applications for surface water mapping, trend analysis, landcover mapping, flood mapping, and drought monitoring.

Schedule

All times are India Standard Time (IST, GMT+5:30). Use the local time link on each session to see it in your time zone.

Week 1
  1. Session 1 Mon, Aug 4, 2025 4 pm–7 pm IST Check local timeLocal time
  2. Session 2 Tue, Aug 5, 2025 4 pm–7 pm IST Check local timeLocal time
  3. Session 3 Wed, Aug 6, 2025 4 pm–7 pm IST Check local timeLocal time
Week 2
  1. Session 4 Mon, Aug 11, 2025 4 pm–7 pm IST Check local timeLocal time
  2. Session 5 Tue, Aug 12, 2025 4 pm–7 pm IST Check local timeLocal time
  3. Session 6 Wed, Aug 13, 2025 4 pm–7 pm IST Check local timeLocal time
Week 3
  1. Session 7 Mon, Aug 18, 2025 4 pm–7 pm IST Check local timeLocal time
  2. Session 8 Tue, Aug 19, 2025 4 pm–7 pm IST Check local timeLocal time
  3. Session 9 Wed, Aug 20, 2025 4 pm–7 pm IST Check local timeLocal time

Course outline

  • Module 1: Google Earth Engine Fundamentals
    • Hello World
    • Working with Image Collections
    • Filtering Image Collections
    • Mosaics and Composites
    • Feature Collections
    • Clipping
    • Calculating Indices
    • Computation on Images
    • Export
  • Module 2: Surface Water Mapping
    • Load Global Surface Water Data
    • Create a Water Mask
    • Find Lost Waterbodies
    • Get Yearly Water History
    • Locate a SubBasin
    • Create a Surface Water Map
    • Convert Raster to Vector
  • Module 3: Precipitation Time Series Analysis
    • Mapping a Function
    • Reducers
    • Calculating Total Rainfall
    • Aggregating Time Series
    • Charting Monthly Rainfall
    • Import
    • Zonal Statistics
    • Trend Analysis
  • Module 4: Land Use Land Cover Classification
    • Basic Supervised Classification
    • Accuracy Assessment
    • Feature Engineering
    • Using Satellite Embeddings
    • Using Existing Landcover Datasets
    • Calculating Area
  • Module 5: Flood Mapping
    • Load and Filter Sentinel-1 Data
    • Visualize RGB Composites
    • Apply Speckle Filter
    • Apply a Threshold
    • Apply Masks
    • Calculate Flooded Area
  • Module 6: Drought Monitoring
    • Load MODIS NDVI
    • Apply Cloud Mask
    • Extract and Scale NDVI Band
    • Create Monthly Images
    • Calculate Min Max Composites
    • Calculate VCI
    • Classify VCI Image
  • Module 7: Earth Engine Apps
    • Client vs Server
    • Building an App with UI Widgets
    • Performing Calculations
  • Supplement
    • Drought Monitoring
    • Hydrology
    • Surface Water
    • SAR
    • Time Series Analysis

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What participants say

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I had a wonderful experience participating in the Google Earth Engine for Water Resources Management course. The instructors explained complex concepts clearly and engagingly, supported by practical exercises and real-world case studies. The workshop was even better than I expected—everything was well organized and on time. I especially enjoyed the coding exercises, and the materials and recordings are very helpful for practice and revision. The course strengthened my coding confidence and introduced me to valuable datasets and workflows essential for water resource applications. I highly recommend this course to students, professionals, and researchers who want to enhance their skills and apply GEE effectively in their work.
Kushal K.C
Satellite Data Analyst, Antarikchya Pratisthan
Nepal
Google Earth Engine for Water Resources Management
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For the 2nd and 3rd week of the class, I’ve been experiencing poor internet because of the typhoon. I got worried because I was thinking that it would be much harded for me to not be on live. But, I was wrong. The team’s approach has made my catching up through recorded videos very easy. The materials are all provided, questions are catered through email, and the additional materials are all provided. The team is not gatekeeping! That’s why they are very blessed and I’m declaring for more!
Alex Maverick C. Pabillaran
GIS and Remote Sensing Staff, DOST - Northern Mindanao (Project SARAi)
Philippines
Google Earth Engine for Water Resources Management
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I had the opportunity to participate in the Google Earth Engine for Water Resources Management course offered by Spatial Thoughts, and it was an incredible experience. Spatial Thoughts offers two scholarships for each course, and I am fortunate to be one of the recipients of this opportunity, which covered the course fees. The commitment and profound skills demonstrated by Ujaval, the instructor, truly empowered me to code with Google Earth Engine. I highly recommend taking any courses provided by Spatial Thoughts, as they provide valuable knowledge that can enhance your skills in the field of water resources management and beyond.
Jemal Mohammed Hassen
Researcher, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research/Werer Agricultural Research Center
Ethiopia
Google Earth Engine for Water Resources Management

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