Name of the Eve:  Geographic Information Systems Diplomat Course (2006)

Date:              January 24 to April 25, 2006
Schedule:     Tuesdays 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. and Saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. 
                                            (128 hours)

Presentation:                     
Advancess in information-gathering technic technologies and their analysis methods ahve generated a new tool for data mangement at a great scale: the Geographic Information System (GIS), indispensable tool for the optimum professional and technical development of problem-solving solutions for the urban problems of cities. The GIS’s are support tools for research and development of projects linked to Urban Planning, Development of Housing Projects and investments.
 
Bennefits:      Participants in this program will be able to:

• Handle the fundamental concepts of G.I.S
• Constul and analize a spacial data base
• Prepare broadcast maps
• Represent geographic information for project presentation
• Plan and design urban housing financial investment projects, complementing with the application of digital technology in the creative and graphic presentation of Aractical case.

Addressed to: Professional and public and private organization of Agriculture, Landscape Architecture, Urgan Design, Housing Design, Human “Asentamientos”, Planning, Urban Administration, Economy and Finance, Ecology, Marketing and Advertisement, Statistics, Political Marketing, distribution and services entreprises, oceanology, etc., in which the geographic environment (distance, density, variations in time, location and distribution, etc.) represents a variable that influences other activities.
Information: portega@ulat.ac.pa
Telephones: 230-8681 / 82
Fax. 230-8683 / 84