TRAINING PROGRAM ON GIS

Geographical Information System (GIS)

Most organisations now spend large amounts of money on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and on geographic databases. It is estimated that in the near future huge amounts will be spent on these items. Why should this be true when even just a few years before, GIS was a rarity? The reasons are lower costs and globalisation.

GIS is capable of holding and using data describing places and features on the earth’s surface. It is used to efficiently capture, store, update, analyse, query, and display all forms of geographically referenced information. Some of the geographic features include hydrological data, topography, landuse, utilites (telecommunication lines, power transmission lines, oil & gas pipelines, etc.) soils, streets, districts, land parcels etc.

Like wordprocessing, spreadsheets, databases, and web publishing, GIS is becoming another demanded skill in the workplace and has developed into its own profession complete with associations, conferences, specialized data and software companies, consultants, and a career path.

For Information on GIS jobs and careers visit GISjobs.com and find out what GIS-jobs are available on the job market. Other job and career sites are: The GIS Jobs Clearinghouse, GIS Connection, and others listed at GIS.com.

Faculties:

Mandar Mehta is a senior IT professional with more than 22 years experience in GIS, CAD, GPS, survey, civil engineering, mapping and ERP/ Business Applications Software. He has an exposure to various market segments including Government, Infrastructure/ Utilities, Municipal Bodies, Software Exports, Finance, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Manufacturing, Distribution, Marketing, Project Management, MIS, Social Services, Construction, CAD, engineering, etc.

He has served in various capacities as GIS Advisor to Government organisations, Visiting Professor, Vice President and Consultant. Mr. Mehta was a GMIS Advisor at SSPA for 1 year. As GIS Advisor, he successfully completed and launched a GIS based Web Enabled Environment Database for Gujarat under a 75 manmonth World Bank funded project. Such a website is a first of its kind in India. He also recently successfully completed a 60 manmonth GIS project on Emergency Response & Assets Management/ Facilities Management (AM/FM) for India's largest gas utility company - Gas Authority of India, Noida. He has recently been registered with Asian Development Bank (ADB) as IT/ GIS Consultant.

GIS For Whom?

	Land information/development systems (LIS)		Flood Propagation/ Submergence Analysis
	Disaster Management & emergency services		Cadastral/tax mapping
	Forest		Drainage
	Municipal Planning		Transportation
	Network Analysis		Census
	Defence		Map Publishing
	Public Works		Petroleum companies
	Terrain Modelling		Agriculture
	Topographic /contour maps		Police
	Urban Development		Demographic mapping
	Roads, buildings		Water Resources and hydrology
	Oil/Gas and Natural Resource Planning		Asset Management
	Utilities like Telecommunications, Power, Water, Gas		Cross-country Pipeline projects (ROU/ROW) (Right of User/ Way)
	Route surveys for ODCs (Over Dimensioned Consignments)		Site location, Market Analysis & Trade Area Mapping
	Ecological and Environmental Studies, Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA), Land Use Planning		Cartographic Map production like vegetation, soil, rockiness, salinity, desertification

Topics covered in the training program:

Introduction	Topology/ Coverages/ Themes/ Layers
What Is Gis?	Gps
What Does Gis Do?	Introduction to GIS software
Why Use Gis?	Displaying Data
The Development Of Gis	Querying Database
The Future Of Gis	Working with Spatial Data
Map Basics	Working with tables
Projection & Datums	Editing Data
Georeferencing	Working with georeferenced data
Digitizing	Presenting data

What this course will achieve:

At the end of this course, participants will be able to work independently with GIS software. They will be able to digitize and input maps in GIS and carry out spatial analysis.

Fees:

The fee for this training program is Rs. 10,000/- per person. Cheque/ DD should be drawn in favour of “Data Point Computer Services” payable at Vadodara.

Duration:

The training program is conducted for 2 hrs/ day, 3 days a week spread over one month.

Venue:

The programs are held at Data Point.

Registration:

Click here to register online (only during Office Hours)