Geographic Information Systems – Geospatial Management in Niagara College, Canada

Geographic Information Systems – Geospatial Management in Niagara College

Highlights

• Expert faculty with significant geospatial expertise and first-hand consulting experience.

• Program outline is continuously updated to meet current industry needs.

• State-of-the-art learning lab offers leading GIS software and is open to students 24/7.

• Hands-on applied learning via year-long thesis project that involves working with employers to design and implement a real-world GIS project.

• Three-semester program focuses on geospatial modelling, geodatabase, Internet GIS and new technologies such as the use of drones as a mapping tool.

Career Opportunities

GIS graduates can work at environment management agencies; GIS consulting firms; map design companies; municipal, provincial and federal governments; natural resource conservation authorities; oil and mining industries; survey and engineering firms; the tourist industry; and utility companies.

• Civil engineering technician or technologist
• Geomatic or meteorologic technician or technologist
• Land survey technician or technologist
• Technical sales specialist in wholesale trade

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