Five Powerful Tools. One Comprehensive Training Hub.
Whether you are a complete beginner or a GIS analyst wanting to automate workflows with Python — Space Borne’s Mumbai-accessible online courses take you from zero to job-ready across the five most in-demand GIS and remote sensing platforms in India’s geospatial industry.
All Levels
- QGIS interface, project setup & layer management
- Vector & raster data — import, edit, style, classify
- Spatial queries, geoprocessing & analysis tools
- Coordinate Reference Systems & reprojection
- Digitizing, attribute tables & field calculator
- Print layouts & publication-quality map export
- Plugins — SRTM, OpenStreetMap, Semi-Auto Classification
- QGIS for remote sensing — image classification workflows
Tools & Data
QGIS 3.x
OpenStreetMap
SRTM DEM
Sentinel-2
Mumbai Case Studies
🏙 MMR Urban Mapping
🌊 Thane Creek Mangroves
Who It’s For
Students, planners, NGOs, government staff — anyone needing professional GIS at zero software cost
All Levels
- ArcGIS Pro interface, geodatabases & project management
- Feature classes, topology & relational data models
- Spatial Analyst — raster processing, surface analysis
- 3D Analyst — terrain modelling, Scene views
- Network analysis — routing, service area, logistics
- Model Builder — visual workflow automation
- Sharing & publishing to ArcGIS Online / Portal
- Mumbai: MMRDA, MCGM, infrastructure GIS workflows
Tools & Extensions
ArcGIS Pro 3.x
Spatial Analyst
3D Analyst
Model Builder
Mumbai Case Studies
🏗 Mumbai Metro Corridor
🌊 Coastal Flood Zones
Who It’s For
Engineers, urban planners, MMRDA/MCGM staff, infrastructure consultants, Esri-ecosystem professionals
All Levels
- GEE Code Editor — JavaScript API from zero experience
- Image collections, filtering, compositing & cloud masking
- Vegetation indices — NDVI, EVI, NDWI, MNDWI time-series
- Supervised & unsupervised classification in GEE
- Change detection — deforestation, flood, urban growth
- GEE Python API + geemap for Jupyter workflows
- Building shareable interactive GEE web applications
- Mumbai: Mangrove loss, urban heat, Ulhas flood monitoring
Satellite Datasets
Sentinel-1/2
Landsat 8/9
MODIS Daily
SRTM DEM
Mumbai Case Studies
🌿 Thane Mangrove Loss
🌡 Mumbai UHI
Who It’s For
Researchers, ecologists, urban planners, government analysts, anyone needing satellite data at city-to-national scale
Intermediate
- Python basics for QGIS — variables, loops, functions
- PyQGIS API — QgsProject, QgsVectorLayer, QgsRasterLayer
- Automating geoprocessing with processing.run()
- Batch processing — apply tools to hundreds of layers
- Building custom QGIS plugins from scratch
- Geometry manipulation — create, edit, buffer, intersect
- Styling & map export automation via Python console
- Integrating GDAL, Fiona & Shapely inside QGIS Python
Libraries & Tools
PyQGIS API
GDAL/OGR
Shapely
Fiona
Automation Projects
🗺 Auto Map Reports
🔌 Custom Plugin
Who It’s For
QGIS users wanting to automate repetitive tasks, build plugins, or add Python scripting to their GIS workflow
Intermediate
- ArcPy environment setup — Python Window & standalone scripts
- arcpy.da cursors — reading, inserting & updating feature data
- Geoprocessing with arcpy — RunTool, environment settings
- Batch processing — iterate datasets, fields & workspaces
- Raster analysis with arcpy.sa (Spatial Analyst module)
- Map automation — arcpy.mp for layout & PDF export
- Building custom script tools & Python Toolboxes (.pyt)
- Integrating ArcPy with Pandas & NumPy for tabular analysis
Libraries & Modules
arcpy.sa
arcpy.mp
arcpy.da
Pandas / NumPy
Automation Projects
📋 Batch Map Reports
🧰 Custom Toolbox
Who It’s For
ArcGIS Pro users in government, engineering & consulting firms who want to automate workflows and build production-grade GIS tools
Why Learn GIS in Mumbai Right Now?
Mumbai’s booming infrastructure, smart city ambitions, coastal risk exposure and climate commitments are creating unprecedented demand for spatial data professionals across every sector.
Mumbai Metro & Infrastructure
Metro Lines 2–7, coastal road, Navi Mumbai airport — every major project needs GIS professionals for corridor planning, impact assessment and spatial reporting
Coastal & Flood Risk
Mumbai’s vulnerability to cyclones, sea-level rise and monsoon flooding drives demand for flood risk mapping, coastal zone GIS and disaster management analysts
Mangrove & Environment
Thane Creek and Ulhas mangroves require satellite monitoring — ecologists, MCZMA, MMRDA and NGOs all need remote sensing professionals
Smart City & Urban Planning
MCGM, MMRDA, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corp — urban sprawl monitoring, land use change, property tax GIS and smart city dashboards
Climate Finance & ESG
Mumbai’s financial sector — banks, insurance, ESG funds — increasingly require satellite-based climate risk mapping for portfolio analysis
Growing GeoTech Startup Scene
BKC, Andheri, Powai and Navi Mumbai host dozens of agri-tech, prop-tech and climate-tech startups using satellite data — and hiring GIS analysts
Which GIS Tool Should You Learn?
A quick guide to help you choose the right course — or combine them for maximum career impact.
| Tool | Cost | Best For | Coding? | Scale | Mumbai Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🗺️ QGIS | Free | Vector & raster analysis, map-making, remote sensing classification | No | Local–Regional | NGOs, govt, education, environmental consulting |
| 🌐 ArcGIS Pro | Licensed | Enterprise GIS, 3D analysis, network analysis, Esri ecosystem | No | Local–National | MCGM, MMRDA, infrastructure firms, utilities |
| 🌍 Google Earth Engine | Free* | Satellite image analysis, time-series, planetary-scale monitoring | Yes (JS/Python) | City–Global | Research, urban heat, flood, mangrove, climate risk |
| 🐍 PyQGIS | Free | Automating QGIS workflows, custom plugin development, batch processing | Yes (Python) | Any | Consulting firms, data pipelines, automation |
| ⚙️ ArcPy | Licensed | Automating ArcGIS Pro, enterprise tools, custom Python toolboxes | Yes (Python) | Any | Government GIS depts, engineering firms, BBMP-type orgs |
I was a civil engineer at a Mumbai infrastructure consultancy with zero GIS experience. I completed Space Borne’s ArcGIS Pro course first, then added ArcPy six weeks later. Within three months I had automated our entire corridor impact assessment reporting pipeline — what used to take my team four days now runs in four hours. The Mumbai-specific case studies using the Metro corridor data made every exercise feel immediately applicable. I was promoted within six months. If you work in Mumbai infrastructure or urban planning, learning ArcGIS Pro and ArcPy with Space Borne is the highest-ROI professional investment you can make.
Kiran Desai — Senior GIS Engineer, Infrastructure Consultancy, BKC Mumbai (Space Borne Alumnus)Ready to Start?
Talk to Space Borne about which course fits your background, your goals, and your schedule. Weekend and weekday batches available — all live online, accessible from anywhere in Mumbai.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need any prior GIS or coding experience to join?
No prior experience is needed for the QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, and GEE courses — they all start from absolute zero. For PyQGIS and ArcPy (the Python courses), a basic familiarity with QGIS or ArcGIS Pro respectively is recommended but not mandatory — the courses include a Python fundamentals section before moving into the GIS-specific API.
Are the courses live online or pre-recorded? Can I attend from anywhere in Mumbai?
All courses are delivered as live online sessions — you attend from your own home or office anywhere in Mumbai (or anywhere in India) using a laptop and internet connection. All live sessions are also recorded, so you can revise any class at your own pace. Weekend and weekday batch options are available.
Which course should I start with if I want to do both QGIS and PyQGIS?
Start with the QGIS course — complete it fully, then move directly into the PyQGIS course. The QGIS course gives you the interface knowledge and spatial concepts that PyQGIS builds on. Many students take both back-to-back as a combined 12–16 week programme. The same progression applies for ArcGIS Pro followed by ArcPy.
Is Google Earth Engine really free? What are the limitations?
Yes — Google Earth Engine is free for research, education, and non-commercial use. You register for a free account and immediately access petabytes of satellite data and planetary-scale computing at no cost. The course teaches you to work entirely within the free tier. Commercial use (for businesses generating revenue from GEE data) requires a commercial licence, but for students, researchers, government officers, and NGO professionals, GEE remains completely free.
What kind of jobs in Mumbai will these courses help me get?
GIS professionals are hired across Mumbai’s infrastructure consultancies (L&T, AECOM, Jacobs, WSP), government bodies (MCGM, MMRDA, MCZMA, CIDCO), research institutions (TIFR, IITB, BARC), NGOs (WWF, WCS, Bombay Natural History Society), climate-risk firms, agri-tech and prop-tech startups in Powai and BKC, and the growing ESG/climate finance sector. QGIS and ArcGIS Pro are demanded in planning and infrastructure roles; GEE is most valued in research and environmental monitoring; PyQGIS and ArcPy command the highest salaries as Python-GIS hybrids.
Can I enroll in multiple courses simultaneously?
Yes — many students take two courses concurrently, particularly QGIS + GEE (both free-tool focused) or ArcGIS Pro + GEE (complementary tools). We recommend not combining more than two courses at once if you are also working full-time. The PyQGIS and ArcPy courses are best taken sequentially after their respective GIS platform courses rather than in parallel with them.
