Workshop Duration: 48 HR (2 Weeks – 3 Days/Week)
Number of Participants: 10-12 students/workshop, 30-36 students/round
(only two rounds are available).
Coordinator: Dr. Ayman Assem
This is an introductory workshop covering the principles of geographic
information systems (GIS). The workshop aims to provide the participants with fundamental concepts of GIS and to familiarize them with a GIS software by hands-on experiences.
Workshop Content
- Overview of the workshop, GIS definitions, components, and applications.
- GIS data models and projections and coordinate systems
- Different types of data sources and data entry.
- Attribute data: queries and analysis; spatial data: spatial queries and basic spatial analysis
- Joining different types of data based on spatial location or database content.
- Using geo-referencing to adjust the location of raster and satellite images.
- Carrying out the main geo processing functions using toolbox.
- Data representation and producing different types of maps.
- Basic uses model-builder
Workshop Output:
