Courses

Computational Design: A guide to visual programming for 3D modeling, geospatial modeling, and geospatial analysis of landscapes. Software covered includes Rhino and Grasshopper. Tutorials are posted on Youtube. Syllabus

GIS for Designers: A guide to Geographic Information Systems for landscape architects, urban planners, and other designers. Topics include terrain modeling, hydrology, landscape ecology, and urban analytics. Software covered includes GRASS and QGIS. Tutorials are posted on Youtube. Syllabus

Course Datasets

• Natural Earth Dataset for GRASS
• Governor’s Island Dataset for GRASS

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Tutorials

Computational Design

A collection of tutorials teaching creative computation with Grasshopper and Python:

• Random walk with Grasshopper
• Random walk with NumPy
• Random walk with scripting in Grasshopper
• 3D random walk with NumPy

Geocomputation with GRASS

Official tutorials for the GRASS geocomputation engine:

• Basics of map algebra
• Procedural noise
• Earthworks
• Earthworks: Basics
• Earthworks: Modeling Coastal Infrastructure
• Earthworks: Gully Modeling
• Earthworks: Terrain Synthesis

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Miscellanea

Landscape Evolution Tutorial: A guide for using the landscape evolution model r.sim.terrain in GRASS.

Tools for Open Spatial Science: A brief introduction to tools for open spatial science.

Terrain Modeling Workshop: A gentle introduction to terrain modeling in Grasshopper.

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License

Open educational materials licensed Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 by Brendan Harmon.