101 Shortcourse Series

Python Skills Series: spatial Geoscience & Analytics

June 16, 2026, 8am - 5pm

350 Indiana St., Golden CO 80401

Python Skill Series: Spatial Geoscience & Analytics is an intermediate-to-advanced course designed for geologists and engineers in the energy and mining sectors. This one-day, hands-on workshop focuses on applying Python to real-world spatial data challenges, with practical workflows built using open-source tools.

Participants will work through applied examples covering:

• Geometric operations with Shapely (points, lines, polygons)
• Spatial analysis with GeoPandas
• Numerical computing with NumPy, SciPy, and optional acceleration with Numba*
• Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS)
• Public Land Survey System (PLSS) parsing with regular expressions
• Automated well stick generation
• Spatial and offset index merges
• Raster data handling with Rasterio and GeoTIFFs
• Well log analysis with LAS files (lasio)
• Well deviation surveys and modeling (wellpathpy)
• GeoProg generation
• Synthetic well log generation
• LiDAR processing and optional GPU acceleration with CuPy*
• 3D rock property modeling 

Requirements:

Participants should arrive with Python, Git, Conda, and QGIS installed on their laptops. Those interested in optional GPU-based performance enhancements (*) should have an NVIDIA GPU with a compatible CUDA installation.

Detailed setup instructions will be provided in advance. Course materials will be distributed via USB drive on the day of the course.

Instructor Biography:

Mr. Bauer is a quantitative geoscientist with over 20 years of experience helping clients turn complex data into business insights and innovation. He has led projects spanning spatial data science for subsurface operations, energy economics, and resource exploration, and has built ETL and analytics systems for a $75M renewable energy fund. He also managed a mineral portfolio exceeding 16,000 net acres. He currently is an Associate with Agapito Associates, LLC working in solution mining and reservoir storage.

An active educator and mentor, Mr. Bauer served as Affiliate Faculty at Colorado School of Mines and is a Past President of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists. He regularly teaches Python courses for geoscience professional organizations and universities. He is a licensed professional geologist in Kansas and Louisiana.

Registration Details

• $50 for Members
• $75 for Non-Members (not a member? Join Today)
• $25 for Student Members (are you a student and not a member? email staff@rmag.org)

Registration Closes June 14th. 

Refunds for the June 2nd Short Course are only available until June

If you are unable to attend, your registration for all RMAG events are transferable. RMAG members may transfer their registration to another RMAG member, and non-members can transfer their registrations to whomever they wish. Should an RMAG member wish to transfer their registration to a non-member, the non-member would need to pay the balance between the member and non-member price.

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