A Simple Expectation Guide to GIS Training in Nigeria

• Software Installation and Deployment to workforce —(ArcGIS 10x Licensed, Grass, MapInfo and Quantum)
• Exploring GIS Maps and Getting Info on map features.
• Adding Geographic Data to maps.
• Structuring GIS maps.
• Using GIS to represent real- world objects.
• Exploring ways of drawing features on maps.
• Accessing Feature information in different ways.
• Exploring Spatial Relationships of map features.

Module 2 of (Expectation Guide to GIS Training in Nigeria): — Title: Working with GIS Symbologies —

• Choosing symbols for point, line, and polygon features.
• Modifying symbol properties (colour, size, and outline).
• Labeling map features using via attribute and by adding text.
• Symbolizing features to show type, rank and amount.
• Grouping features and their symbols to classes.
• Comparing different methods of grouping features into classes.
• Correcting visual distortion caused by differences in area.
• Showing proportional amounts on a map by normalizing data.
• Symbolizing map features to show density.

Module 3 of (Expectation Guide to GIS Training in Nigeria): — Title: Referencing Systems in GIS —

• Exploring coordinate systems types and properties in GIS.
• Identifying components of coordinate systems in GIS
• Assign coordinate system information to a dataset.
• Set display units for a data frame and measure distances on a map.
• Explore major categories of map projections.
• Explore spatial properties that may be distorted when different map projections are applied.
• Change map projection for data frame and describe the effect.
• Describe two common data models used to represent geographic data.

Module 4 of (Expectation Guide to GIS Training in Nigeria): — Title: Organizing Data in GIS —

• Explore geographic data formats.
• Determine the data source of a layer in ArcMap.
• Identify and use data formats in ArcCatalog.
• Create a geodatabase.
• Add data from different formats to a geodatabase.

Module 5 of (Expectation Guide to GIS Training in Nigeria): — Title: Working with Geoprocessing Tools —

• Exploring Geoprocessing tools in GIS
• Exploring Geoprocessing options in GIS
• Choosing appropriate Geoprocessing tool for GIS tasks.
• Applying Geoprocessing operations to GIS data.
• Interpreting Geoprocessing results in GIS
• Creating, identifying and running models in GIS.

Module 6 of (Expectation Guide to GIS Training in Nigeria): — Title: Creating and Editing GIS Data —

• Exploring steps in GIS editing process.
• Moving and adjusting features in GIS.
• Editing shapes of lines and polygon features.
• Editing shapes of spatially related features.
• Exploring different ways of editing feature attribute.
• Creating new features by digitizing.
• Creating new point features from x and y coordinates.

Module 7 of (Expectation Guide to GIS Training in Nigeria): — Title: GIS Analysis and Reporting—

• Interpreting analysis from GIS tools, criterias and workflows.
• Extending layer attribute tables by joining another table to it.
• Creating and modifying features by attribute and location.
• Exploring differences between attribute and location queries.
• Examining analysis results via maps, tables and reports.
• Generating map reports for GIS Analysis.

Module 8 of (Expectation Guide to GIS Training in Nigeria): — Title: Designing Maps with GIS —

• Exploring cartographic designs in GIS.
• Exploring map layout elements in GIS.
• Creating simple and complex map layouts.
• Creating and modifying map legends.
• Adding and modifying decorative map elements in GIS.
• Converting feature labels to annotation.
• Applying templates to design a map layouts.

Module 9 of (Expectation Guide to GIS Training in Nigeria): — Title: GIS Applications to Nigerian Workforce —

Application to Telecom and Network services, Real Estate and Property Management, Crime mapping and Analysis, Waste Management, Compensation Management, Urban Planning, Accident and Hotspot Analysis, Transportation Planning, Vegetation Mapping and Conservation, Disaster Management and Mitigation, Land Use and Land Cover Changes, Flood Damage Estimation, Natural Resource Management, Banking, Digital Taxation, Land Information Systems & Administration, Wetland Mapping, Coastal Development and Management, Assets Management and Maintenance, Pipeline Route selection, Tourism Information Systems, Public Infrastructure Management, Public Health, Fire Response, Energy Tracking and planning, Defense, Deforestation and Desertification Monitoring, Traffic Density Studies, Site Selection.

NOTE: This article pertains only GIS Training. We also offer Remote Sensing and Mobile Mapping/GPS Training. See our ICT Training Page for More Info.

For inquiries, see our contact page or call the following number; +234 90 3562 6042. To get interactive, kindly drop your comment below;