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Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.)
Distance Education Certificate
Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Description of Certificate:
Geographic information systems (GIS) provides the ability to automate map production and to integrate earth imagery with other data to solve geographic
problems. Results can be displayed in a variety of ways including new maps, tables, charts, or all of these in combination. GIS is becoming a widely
available and affordable technology which can be used by nearly every corporation, governmental agency, or nonprofit organization. This certificate is
designed for practitioners who are the managers, technical professionals, and support staff responsible for managing and using GIS. This course is also
designed to appeal to people from varying disciplines such as Urban Planning, Civil and Transportation Engineering, Recourses and Business.
The GIS Certificate consists of 6 courses of 42 hours each, 1 course of 36 hrs and 1 course of 18 hours for a total of 306 hours of instruction.
The Courses
Introduction to GIS INFOCVA03-42 hrs
This 42 hour online theory course provides an overview of the fundamental concepts and terminology and the role of GIS in business,
government, surveying, and natural resources. The course will cover the collection, management, analysis and presentation of spatial data.
Additional topics will include concepts of database systems, data modeling, and digital mapping.
GIS Software-ArcView INFOCVA36-42 hrs
At the end of this 42 hour online course, the student should be able to create data in ArcView, to query and manipulate data, geocode
addresses, perform spatial analysis, produce map outputs and charts. Included with the book is a fully functioning 180-day trail version of ArcView
software on CD-ROM with the book's exercises. Studies will be able to install the software on their home/work computers. Prerequisite: INFOCVA03
Remote Sensing INFOCVA37-42hrs
This 42-hour course is designed to teach principles and applications of remote sensing at the introductory level. This science
which looks at the earth from "above" has made strides into common place use in recent times and the applications are useful to many professions, including
planners, environmental scientists, real estate, agriculture and many others. Prerequisite: INFOCVA03
Global Positioning Systems INFOCV630-42 hrs
This course will start with an overview of GPS, history of GPS and GPS Applications. The course will cover GPS Fundamentals of Satellite Navigation (How GPS Works, GPS Signal Structure, GPS and Time, Pseudo-ranging, Carrier Phase Ranging, Error Budget,
Differencing) Also covered will be types of Receivers, Geoid Modeling, Vertical Positioning, Mission Planning, Glonass System, and GPS Markets and
Applications. The course will finish with future trends in GPS. Prerequisite: INFOCVA03
Access Core INFO10081-36 hrs
Learn to insert, delete and change data in a Microsoft Access 2007 database table. Discover
ways to design, create and use forms, queries, and
reports. Prerequisite: INFO10053 or INFO10113.
Access Expert INFOBW305-18 hrs
Learn to use Access 2007 pivot tables &
charts, import and export data to Excel, work
with table analyzer and junction tables and
use macros. Prerequisite: INFO10081.
Designing, Implementing & Managing a GIS Database INFOCVA14-42 hrs
This course provides a foundation for designing and maintaining a geographic information system. It also familiarizes the student with existing databases, standards and industry
best practices for data management. Prerequisite: INFOCVA03
Internet
Mapping INFOCVA08-42 hrs
Various types and variations of Internet Mapping will be discussed. Various ways of
acquiring, analyzing and converting data for your Internet Map Project, Geographic Markup Language, Web Map Service standards will be studied. Open-source and commercial solutions to serving geographical data and common tasks, pitfalls and issues involved in creating maps will be examined. Prerequisite: INFOCVA03
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