GIS for Economics and Business Course

INTRODUCTION

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping has been deployed by many diverse organizations throughout the public and private sectors. Many government and nonprofit organizations are using GIS to add value within the public sector. While these organizations are more open and public about disclosing their GIS activities because of the nature of the environment that they operate in, companies in the private sector are less forthcoming with information about their technology systems because of fears that their competitors may copy their technology systems, and thus the company will lose a competitive advantage that makes them better than their competitors.

This course provides hands-on skill of how companies can integrate GIS technology to improve strategic business decision making. These areas of application includes: Marketing, Transportation/Logistics, Real Estate, Financial Services and Insurance.

WHO SHOULD APPLY?

Non GIS Users, entrepreneurs ,general managers, administrators, professionals working in insurance industry, finance managers, bankers, program managers ,project managers risk assessors, procurement officers, Planners, Database administrator, system administrator, IT expert among others.

DURATION

5 days

OBJECTIVES

• Understand the principles and concepts of GIS in business and economic
• Acquire hands-on skill on how to integrate GIS in key business decision making
• Understand spatial data collection using mobile phones
• Understand to visualize business and economics data
• To understand how to design and publish maps on the web
• Understand spatial data analysis skills
• Acquire cartographic skills in map making

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• Geographic approaches to Business and economics
• Introducing GIS in business and economics applications
• Spatial data collection techniques for business and economics applications

Case study: GIS for regulatory purposes to display residential mortgage lending activity on maps

Designing maps for a business and economics study

GIS in Retail Analysis

Case study: Using GIS to identify high-policy concentration areas in insurance

GIS analysis and mapping techniques

Exploring open data, voluntary Geographic Information, and crowd Sourcing

Case study: Web GIS to display locations of automated teller machines (ATMs)

Online Publishing of maps and GIS outputs

REQUIREMENTS

No prior knowledge of GIS is required.

How to participate

• Tailor Make A Course
• Register Individual
• Register Group
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