Thursday, July 24, 2008

Training courses

Introduction to GIS (21-26 April, 2008)
The first training course on GIS was held for the staff of the State Agency on Registration of Rights to Real Estate (GOSREGISTR) from 21 to 26 of April, 2008. This course was organised by Swedesurvey and the Kyrgyz State University for Construction, Transportation and Architecture and was conducted by ACA*GIScience staff members. This course covered basics of GIS and gave an overview of GIS Software. The main focus was on Free and Open Source GIS Software.

Introduction to GIS (16-21 June, 2008)
This intensive training course on GIS was held for epidemiology scientists from Azerbajdjan from 16 to 21 of June, 2008. It was organised by KCGE and the Kyrgyz State University for Construction, Transportation and Architecture and was conducted by ACA*GIScience staff members. The course was focused on use of GIS for tracking, prevention and control of outbreaks and spreading of various diseases and epidemics.

Using of ArcGIS 9.2 (7-11 July, 2008)
The second training course on GIS was held for the staff of the State Agency on Registration of Rights to Real Estate (GOSREGISTR) from 7 to 11 of July, 2008. This course was organised by Swedesurvey and Kyrgyz Agrarian University, and it was conducted by ACA*GIScience staff members. The course was focused on ArcGIS 9.2. functionality.