GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS GIS – This training is in 3 phases;
Introduction to GIS: In this course, you will learn the fundamental principles of GIS. You can work with GIS maps, explore and analyze maps and data. ArcGIS techniques are also implemented in this course.
Location: Online and Physical
Duration: 3 Weeks
Price: ₦70,000
Beginners to Intermediate: This course covers the principles of GIS and implements ArcGIS techniques to simulate real-world features, explore patterns, and make better decisions. You will learn how to use ArcMap and how to Apply Python in GIS.
Location: Physical
Duration: 4 Weeks
Price: ₦140,000
Advanced Class: This course will develop your skills in spatial data analysis, making maps, application of Python and SQL as a standard language for accessing and manipulating database. SQL is a Structured Query Language used to create variety of spatial data analysis, processing and analyzing vector and raster data, making maps and apps, Carry out attributes and spatial queries and edit both versioned (traditional) and non-versioned datasets in geodatabases.
Location: Physical
Duration: 6 Weeks
Price: ₦200,000
DRONE PILOT TRAINING: This training is in two phases;
Beginners Drone Pilot Training: In this course, you will learn basic Drone operations from scratch. You will also be opportuned to meet with other professionals to collaborate and apply Drone technique to your field.
Location: Strictly Physical
Duration: 3 Weeks
Price: ₦90,000
Professional Drone Pilot Training: This course contains modules on drone hardware components, drone regulations and applications, reconnaissance survey, calibration and so much more.
Location: Strictly physical
Duration: 4 weeks
Price: ₦ 200,000
SCRIPTING WITH ARCGIS (ArcPy from Introduction to Mastery): This is a relatively new course that was added to the curriculum due to popular demand. This course will help take your GIS analytical experience to the next level using ArcGIS. It focuses on coding in ArcGIS and will help you become a more experienced GIS professional using highly demanded skills
Location: Online and Physical
Duration: 10 weeks
Price: ₦ 200,000
REMOTE SENSING AND GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE: In this course, you will learn how to use Google earth engine and remote sensing software like an expert acquire information about an object or phenomenon (Land, Water, Rock, Settlement or landforms etc.) without making physical contact with the object.
Location: Physical
Duration: 2 weeks
Price: ₦ 200,000
AUTOCAD FOR SURVEYING AND MAPPING: In this course you will be introduced to Surveying using AutoCAD, you will learn the basics of how to apply surveying techniques, objects and databases, field measurement taken from the surveyor’s instruments and processed into AutoCAD.
Location: Physical
Duration: 4 Weeks
Price: ₦90,000
MAPPING WITH GIS FOR MARITIME BOUNDARY: This course teaches you how to create, cartographically, and maintain marine data, coordinate plotting and boundary delineation from start to finish. Advance your skills professionally and apply advance GIS in Maritime database management and chart manufacturing program incorporated in geodatabase templates.
Location: Strictly physical
Duration: 4 weeks
Price: ₦ 350,000
All courses come with training packages including an End-user certificate, Practical Training, Free Software, Manual and Jotter.
You will be required to write an assessment exam at the end of each course before you are issued your certificate.
All courses are also available in Lagos and Abuja except Autocad for Surveying and Mapping which is only available in Abuja for now.
Register now to join the first batch as registration closes soon.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has called for the use of geospatial data by the military and other security agencies in the fight against insurgency in the country.
The Surveyor General of the Federation (SGoF), Mr. Abuduganiyu Adebomehin also tasked the military to fully deploy the already collated data by his office to track and monitor criminals from the position of strength of its operatives.
The duo made this charge during the 2022 Survey Coordination Conference and Meeting of the Advisory Board on Survey Training tagged; ‘Geospatal Intelligence for National Security’ held at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State on Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
Former Lagos state Governor Fashola, who was represented by Head of Department, Nigerian Cadastral, Coker Robert, noted that the office of the Surveyor General of the Federation (SGoF) is assigned to provide data of geospatial intelligence.
He urged the defense and security agencies to hold regular meetings with SGoF to tackle insurgency.
According to him, “With the help of Geospatial intelligence the movements and activities of the armed criminals can easily be tracked or monitored thus providing the military and all other security agencies the advantage of taking decisions and prosecuting war against criminal elements from positions of strength.“
Similarly, Adebomehin said, “Geospatial intelligence is nothing other than data in its right quantity, data saved, data disseminated, the implementation of that data in all spheres of life is what we have gathered to discuss and how it can be of importance to the nation as a whole and we are very hopeful that insecurity will be tackled successfully. We have one or two that we have identified.
“As surveyor, I will plead and enjoin each and everyone of us to follow the Survey Coordination Act Data. When you have data and you keep data your cover and you could not give the data to relevant authority, in that quest, for the insurgence in whatever form, then, the data is useless.
“We have deployed data and you can see the changes in the warfare away from the normal numerical strength of troops. You can see that bombs are being dropped and we have not heard any complains of dropping the bombs in wrong places,” he added.
Geographic Information Systems GIS is a tool mainly used to gather, analyse, and interpret data captured during the remote sensing process.
It is applicable in different sectors where it is used by professional analysts to analyse data for different uses.
Housing is one of the basic needs of humans along with food and water. A good shelter should protect the person in it from unfavourable weather conditions all year round.
Apart from natural disasters which occur occasionally, shelters should be able to withstand most conditions.
Even in cases of natural disasters, GIS has been known to help rescue efforts and help detect the best place to settle to prevent reoccurrences.
One of the main applications of GIS use in the housing sector has been in the area of dealing with environmental hazards such as floods, landslides, soil erosion, and drought. It is not possible to stop these events but GIS can be used to mitigate or decrease their impact
GIS aids effective land administration, providing the platform for structured housing and land management.
GIS can help individuals and businesses protect property rights, encourage open and competitive real estate markets, bring efficiencies in land administration (SDI, government, taxation, land consolidation etc)
GIS aids in Land Use Classification and planning.
GIS aids in the creation and management of Creation of address registers in partnership with local government areas, for easy analysis and upgrade of community database and mapping.
Besides mapping areas in real estate, GIS can also play an important role in spatial analysis and determination of the absolute location where houses need to be situated.
GIS Makes Performing Market Analysis Better: Market analysis is one of the most essential steps in housing. Research needed for each may differ in depth, but both require analyzing comparative sales in a given location. Prior to analysis, additional research is conducted on comparable properties recently developed in the subject property’s area.
GIS enables tasks including site selection, land suitability analysis, land use and transport modelling, the identification of planning action areas, and impact assessments.
LEARN THE APPLICATION OF GIS WITH PYTHON AT 5% DISCOUNT
Learn Application of Gis With Python at 5% Discount
Hi there,
If you have been on our website for a while or visited our social media pages, you already know that trainings are one of the core services we offer.
We recently introduced a new course curriculum and I’d like to enumerate the advantages, the need for the course, the package, the price and why you should register for this course to boost your skill and make your knowledge relevant in the marketplace and in today’s world.
As we all know, tech is the new oil boom and everyone is trying to get into it one way or the other. Although almost all our training courses are tech related, let us focus on the foremost that incorporates the basics and rudiments of today’s most popular technology-Python.
SCRIPTING IN ARCGIS (ARCPY FROM INTRODUCTION TO MASTERY)
With this course, you can take your GIS analytical experience to the next level using ArcGIS. This course focuses on coding in ArcGIS.
It covers all you need to know to become an expert GIS specialist with Scripting in ArcGIS. You can kickstart your career as a GIS developer and become a more experienced GIS professional with this high-demand skill.
Although the course was introduced in October and started on November 2, you can still register and begin at your convenience as the classes are hybrid. Better still, you get a 5% discount if you register this month as our Anniversary discount is still ongoing.
Python programming language foundations for GIS professionals
Geographic Information System Foundations for I.T professionals. (Hands-on ArcGIS inclusive )
Using the Python interface in ArcGIS to do more than the conventional software interface
Running your scripts on the command line (Shell)
Writing Standalone Scripts for your GIS operations
Customizing your tasks and operation by creating Python toolboxes
Creating Shareable Tools, Buttons, and Toolbars for easy workflow in ArcGIS
WHAT DO I STAND TO GAIN FROM THIS COURSE?
Hands-on Learning with industry-standard projects
Increased skills for promotion in current and future roles
Increased opportunity to land new roles in the industry
Possess skills relevant to a great career in geospatial technology development
Job Opportunities /interview preparation guides
Career mentorship
Verifiable Certificate of Completion
There you have it. If you have been looking for an opportunity to upgrade your skill or knowledge of GIS and related courses, scripting in ArcGIS is the course for you.
It incorporates knowledge of GIS software with Python in order to achieve solutions to more complex issues.
Source for the Old Maps and Digital Elevation Model The first step in the process is to find an old digital vintage map of an area with some relief and a decent image resolution
Historical maps are contemporary maps from a specific point in time, showing land use and settlement patterns as recorded at that point. Historians use historical maps for several purposes:
As tools for reconstructing the past, to the extent that maps provide records of features, landscapes, cities, and places that may not exist anymore or that exist but have been transformed
Historical maps can be challenging to read, hence their recent transformation into three-dimensional views. 3D Mapping technology is used to profile objects and create a 3-dimensional view that can be mapped onto the real world.
As the name suggests, it is a 3-dimensional representation of objects meaning it maps objects on the x, y, and z-axis. 3D mapping represents elevation and location, making it helpful in developing scale models of features in buildings or the Earth.
This added layer or rather added dimension helps visualize data and has increased the number of applications and use cases for Geodata.
The Following paragraphs give a detailed explanation of how to turn your historical map into 3D.
Software Used:
ArcGIS
QGIS
Blender
Source for the Old Maps and Digital Elevation Model
The first step in the process is to find an old digital vintage map of an area with some relief and a decent image resolution or if you have an old paper map of an area, you can scan and use it.
Tip: Look at the contour lines in the map and take note of the height and how packed or spaced the contour lines are – tightly packed contours have higher relief than spaced contours.
A map of flat lands will not produce the beautiful result we want, we need some mountainous terrain that will make the 3D effect pop up. A good source to get old vintage maps is the USGS TopoView which serves a large collection of georeferenced topographic maps covering the US.
There are dozens of other sources of old maps on the internet. Download the DEM of the area from the USGS Earth Explorer.
Georeferencing the Map
This is the first and most important step – we would use the ArcGIS software in georeferencing the map using the coordinates on the map to register the four (4) points around the map. It is important as the concept to create the 3D map is overlaying the old map on the DEM (Relief)/Hillshade.
After we have successfully georeferenced the map. We then create a polygon around the border of the map area. This will be used to clip the DEM to the map extent.
We’ll then create an outer boundary for the paper boundary of the map.
QGIS
We’ll import the DEM and the shapefile into QGIS and use the create new raster tool ‘r.mapcalc.simple’ this will create a new raster from the DEM using the paper boundary polygon. Then we use the ‘r.null’ tool to calculate the null values. After creating the raster we’ll save it as a render format (RGB) ‘.tif ‘
BLENDER
We suggest watching a few videos on how to navigate a blender before moving on to the next steps. If you haven’t installed Blender yet, it can be downloaded Here.
We hope the above steps will help you get the hang of using the ArcGis And QGIS Software for turning maps into 3D. You can also experiment with other kinds of maps and let us know how the transformation worked.
