| The Center for Business and Technology at Springfield Technical Community College has announced that it will offer "Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)" during the upcoming term. Geographic information is used in business to determine site locations for new stores, in utility companies to locate service lines and towers, in local government to determine site locations for roads, landfills, and water supplies, in law enforcement to track and analyze crime incidents, by health agencies to determine patterns of disease, by fire and rescue officials to map fire spread and property damage, by bankers to map mortgage loans, by marketing professionals to analyze demographic data to target advertising expenditures, and even in the Pentagon to plan invasion strategies for the U.S. armed forces. This course will cover the fundamental GIS concepts including hands-on exercises that will allow participants to follow the GIS analytical process and work with a variety of tools to solve realistic problems. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Interested individuals can call the Center for Business and Technology at 755-4225 or 755-4501 to enroll or to request a copy of the detailed brochure. |
