Part 3 — Online Practical Follow-up¶
29 September and 13 October 2026 · Online · 12:00–16:00 Dubai / 11:00–15:00 Jeddah
Part 3 completes the Batch 2 Foundation Level programme. It runs as two guided online sessions of approximately four hours each, working through the IsDB project cycle with real data.
Both sessions delivered
Part 3 ran on 29 September and 13 October 2026. The session planned for 8 October was called off and combined into the practical session on 13 October.
Recordings, slide decks and the step-by-step case study manual are below. Follow-up sessions on your own projects will be arranged with those who attended.
Sessions¶
| Session | Date | Theme | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | Tuesday 29 September 2026 | Project mapping, baseline and risk screening | Delivered, recording below |
| Practical session | Tuesday 13 October 2026 | Site identification, access analysis and site screening across the project cycle | Combined from the sessions of 8 and 13 October |
Session recordings¶
Session 1 — 29 September: Project mapping, baseline and risk screening¶
The session was recorded in two parts.
Part 1 — recap of the GEIDA framework, spatialising a project, the tools, and the worked case: locating the project area and building the boundary.
Part 2 — the baseline in the eToolkit, climate and risk screening, applied work on participants' own projects, and the project data submission.
Practical session — 13 October: site identification, access analysis and site screening¶
Following a project through the IsDB project cycle, using the Moroto case: census-based targeting, access to schools and health facilities, road corridor screening, and composing a map for the project document.
The session was recorded in two parts.
Part 1 — setup of GeoLibre and the course server, project identification and the census baseline, and the start of the access analysis.
Part 2 — access to health facilities, road corridor screening, composing the map, and linking the results to indicators and supervision.
Slides and manual¶
| Material | |
|---|---|
| Practical session slides | GEIDA Batch 2, Part 3, Practical Session |
| GeoLibre for GEIDA | Introduction to GeoLibre and the course server |
| Case study manual | Moroto case studies, step by step |
| Course data | Moroto_course_data.zip |
The practical session — 13 October¶
The session follows a project through the IsDB project cycle, using a real country case built on national census data and the locations of schools, health facilities and roads.
Objectives¶
- Identification and preparation: defining the project area and establishing a geospatial baseline from census indicators
- Design and appraisal: measuring access to services, estimating beneficiaries and prioritising investment locations
- Risk and site screening: screening a road corridor for physical constraints and the facilities it would serve
- Results and supervision: deriving spatial indicators that link to the Results Framework and can be tracked through PIASR, PCR and PPER
Agenda¶
| Time (Dubai) | Activity |
|---|---|
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Welcome, recap of Session 1, session objectives |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Guided walkthrough: project identification and baseline. Loading administrative boundaries, exploring census indicators such as out-of-school rates, and selecting the priority area for the case |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Break |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Applied work: project design and appraisal. Measuring the population living more than 5 km from a school or health facility, taking account of facility level, and ranking sub-national areas to prioritise investment |
| 14:30 – 14:40 | Short break |
| 14:40 – 15:30 | Self-work: risk and site screening. Building a road upgrade corridor, excluding steep slopes, reviewing land cover, counting the schools and health facilities served, and composing a map for the project document, with trainers available in breakout rooms |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Share-back. Linking the results to Results Framework indicators and supervision, and next steps |
Expected output: project area baseline, access indicators and corridor screening map for the case. Illustrative sector cases: Education, Health and Transport.
After the session¶
The exercises continue after the session, at your own pace. Follow-up sessions will then be arranged to carry out the same analysis for your own projects, and details will be shared with those who attend.
Hands-on exercises — Moroto district, Uganda¶
The exercises run in GeoLibre in your browser. The heavy processing runs on the GEIDA course server, so nothing is installed on your laptop.
Access code
The access code is shared during the session. It is typed into the plugin only, and is not published on this site. If you have missed it, contact the trainers.
Setup, about ten minutes¶
You need Chrome, Edge or Firefox, the access code, and Moroto_course_data.zip unzipped on your laptop.
| Step | What to do |
|---|---|
| 1. Open GeoLibre | web.geolibre.app — no account needed |
| 2. Install the plugin | Settings › Manage Plugins › Settings, paste the manifest URL below under Manifest URLs and click Add. The panel should show version 0.5.0 or later; if an older version is installed, remove the URL and add it again |
| 3. Turn it on | Plugins › Installed › Remote Processing, then Remote Processing › Server connection and files |
| 4. Connect | In the Settings & help tab, enter the server address below and the access code, leave Measure in metres ticked, then Save and connect. The status turns green and the panel switches to the Data tab |
What to paste
| Plugin manifest URL | https://geolibre.terrawatch.net/plugin/plugin.json |
| Server address | https://geolibre.terrawatch.net |
| Access code | Shared during the session |
After connecting, note your folder id in the Data tab, for example /data/u-7f3k9q2m1x. Your outputs are written there as /data/<your folder>/<name>.tif.
Course server and setup Moroto_course_data.zip Step-by-step guide
Unzip the course data and open the vector files with Add Data › Vector Layer. The three rasters are already on the server, under Data › Shared course data: the Copernicus DEM at 30 m, ESA WorldCover 2021 at 10 m, and WorldPop 2024 at 100 m.
Untick Run locally (WASM)
In every Whitebox tool dialog, untick Run locally (WASM) at the top right. If it stays ticked the tool runs on your laptop and cannot read the server files, and every later step fails.
The five exercises¶
| Part | Question | Main tools |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Where in Uganda should a programme focus? | Select by Expression, Export Selected Features |
| 1 | Who lives more than 5 km from a school? | Vector Points To Raster, Euclidean Distance, Reclass, Multiply, Zonal statistics |
| 2 | Who lives far from a health centre, and from a proper one? | The same chain, with a filter on facility level |
| 3 | What would a Moroto–Tapac road upgrade cross? | Buffer, Slope, Reclass, Zonal statistics, Select by Location |
| 4 | How do I share a result as a map? | Style, Layout Composer plugin |
Part 4 uses the Layout Composer plugin, installed from the list in Settings › Manage Plugins. The IsDB logo is in the course zip as isdb-logo.png, and the layout exports to PNG at 300 dpi or to PDF.
The projects used in the exercises are hypothetical. The data and the places are real.
Applying it to your own project¶
Each exercise has an equivalent for your own operation.
| From Moroto | The same question for your project |
|---|---|
| Part 0 | Which district or region does your project cover, and how does it compare with its neighbours? |
| Part 1 | Who does your project reach, and who is left beyond a reasonable distance of it? |
| Part 2 | Does the service your project provides meet the standard, not just exist on a map? |
| Part 3 | What does your corridor, command area or site cross, and who lives in it? |
| Part 4 | One map your task team can put in the PCN, PAD or supervision report |
This is the subject of the follow-up sessions. For the project locations submitted through the Project Data Submission Form, the trainers will prepare the equivalent population, land cover and terrain layers for your area.
Sharing your results¶
Work through the parts that were not finished during the session, then share what you produce, a result table or a map, in the Batch 2 Teams channel or by email to the trainers. Questions between sessions are best asked in the channel, where others will have the same question.
If something fails¶
| What happens | What to do |
|---|---|
| The tool says it could not read the input, or runs very slowly | Untick Run locally (WASM) in the tool dialog |
| "Failed: Tool execution failed" | Check the input path, using Copy path, or pick the layer from the list. Check the Reclass values are separated by semicolons |
| The result is not in the Data tab | Click Refresh. If it is still missing, the tool failed: read its message |
| Status says Wrong access code or Not connected | Re-type the server address and code in Settings & help, then Save and connect |
| Your files are gone | You are in a new browser, or its data was cleared. Under Your folder, open Use an existing folder id and enter your old id |
| The corridor looks wrong | Use GeoLibre's own Buffer tool, not Whitebox Buffer Vector, which mishandles long winding lines |
| The plugin disappeared | Settings › Manage Plugins › Settings: remove the plugin URL, add it again, and turn it on under Plugins › Installed |
Preparation¶
Confirm the single ongoing or pipeline IsDB project you will use, and have to hand:
- Location coordinates, boundary or area of influence, in whatever format is available
- Key project components
- The Results Framework and its indicators
- Project start and expected completion dates
Participants are grouped at Regional Hub level for this training, so kindly coordinate within your Hub team when selecting the project.
Continue to use the eToolkit credentials issued to you earlier.
Key features of Part 3¶
| Guided technical support | Expert trainers provide structured support throughout each session |
| Project-based learning | GEIDA tools applied to real data, with practical outputs |
| Peer learning | Sharing experience and ideas with peers across regions and sectors |
| Foundation Level completion | Completing Part 3 fulfils the practical requirements of the Foundation Level |
| Operational impact | Strengthened geospatial decision-making across the project cycle |
Outcome: participants apply GEIDA tools to real projects, strengthen geospatial decision-making across the project cycle, and complete the GEIDA Foundation Staff Certification, Batch 2.
Data sources¶
Uganda Bureau of Statistics, National Population and Housing Census 2024. OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Copernicus DEM GLO-30. ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0). WorldPop 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
Materials from each session are published on this page as the sessions are delivered.