In modern conditions, strategic decision-making on territorial management is difficult due to the lack of available resources, as well as the lack of quality information on the basis of which it is possible to develop a balanced action plan.
Geographic information systems (GIS) allow to effectively analyze the current state of the territory and predict the consequences of economic activity, but the situation is complicated by the lack of on-site specialists who can use such systems and prepare initial data for informed decisions.
One of the trends in the technological direction of development in the field of spatial planning is the use and transition to open source software products (Open source), such as PostgreSQL / Postgis, QGIS, GRASS and others.
Their main advantages:
a) Budget. Because the software (software) has a free license, it can be used by organizations, institutions, projects with different budgets;
b) the ability to quickly develop, update and correct errors in the work of the software through the joint work of different users and the ability to adapt the base code to specific tasks;
c) independence from the dictates of the conditions of specific producers. Because the software code is open, the user can make adjustments or easily upgrade to a new version of the product.
In our work we actively use the QGIS geographic information system and the PostgreSQL database management system.
With academic and practical experience in the development and use of geographic information systems, we offer training courses in the following areas:
Use of GIS in local communities
We offer courses on the use of geographic information systems in land management.
You can get acquainted with the content of the course here.
A fragment of the course manual can be found here
The course "Use of geographic information systems in urban planning" is designed for students whose activities are related to the creation of documentation for the management of territories. Its purpose is to acquaint students with the specifics and capabilities of geographic information systems, providing basic skills for the development of urban planning documentation in GIS.
The course covers the technical aspects of the documentation development process - territory analysis, processing of initial data, creation of geometry and attributes of territory objects, design of documentation for printing. Methodological approaches to urban planning are not considered during the course. The result of the course is the experience of creating urban planning documentation with basic GIS QGIS tools.
And:
- You will gain skills in creating databases and publishing data online. (Example that you will learn to do yourself: https://qgiscloud.com/jg_map/popasnianskii_rayon/).
- The training is conducted using the free free GIS software QGIS (https://qgis.org/uk/site/), which saves a lot of money by training more professionals.
- We learn from practical examples that can be immediately applied in your work.
- We provide basic universal skills in geographic information systems. Because the principles of operation are the same for all GIS systems, students can quickly adapt to other common GIS, if necessary.
- At the end of the course we provide students with manuals that contain a detailed description of solving the problems covered in the classroom, as well as additional materials and online support for 2 months.
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