Short course/CPD
GIS Fundamentals
Course date: Please enquire
Course overview
GIS is an important technology for handling geographic data and has wide application for studies of the environment.
Location
Course fee:
- £1400 - Standard. 20% discount for Cranfield alumni, 10% discount for colleagues of alumni
- £1340 - Professional/trade association discount
- £1280 - Multiple bookings*
*Minimum of five delegates.
Accommodation fee:
Accommodation is not included in the price.
Speakers
How to register
To request a place on this course, please complete the online Registration Form.
If you have any queries please contact:
Academic Operations Unit.
T: +44 (0) 1234 754176
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
F: +44 (0) 1234 751206
Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedfordshire
MK43 0AL, UK
T: +44 (0) 1234 754176
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
F: +44 (0) 1234 751206
Please be aware that short courses/CPD are subject to:
Booking ConditionsCourse description
- GIS theory - data structures; data formats; data storage; data standards; spatial and non-spatial data; spatial querying; analysis techniques - reclassification, overlay, proximity, mensuration, visualisation, map algebra; hardware and software; system specification; projections; datums; spheriods
- ArcGIS - overview of ArcGIS, ArcMap, ArcCatalog; ArcToolbox, Spatial Analyst
On completion of this course the delegate will be able to:
- Describe the functional components of a GIS
- Define system specifications including projections, data and process modelling
- Organise, using appropriate data structures, geographic data within a GIS
- Analyse data and prepare digital databases using GIS software
- Summarise, using maps and tables, the results of GIS based analyses
