Makerere University GIS Centre – Centre for GIS Research and Learning in Makerere University

Centre for geospatial research and learning.

WELCOME

The Makerere University GIS Centre is an organization operating under the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology at Makerere University. At the GIS Centre, we operate under the principle of delivering the highest quality output achievable throughout all our undertakings. The centre offers GIS short courses, consultancy services, community outreach and geospatial research.
Our goal is to build the best geospatial research and GIS learning centre that is equipped with modern and efficient systems to harness GIS as a tool for enhancing the efficiency and productivity of various sectors such as; commerce, health and agriculture. In order to achieve this, the GIS Centre boasts of a number of high tech equipment and highly qualified and experienced staff

EVENTS

26th - 30th April 2021

Spatial Databases Short Course

Venue: The GIS Centre
Time: 9am-5pm

14th-18th December

Fundamentals of GIS and Spatial Data Analysis Short Course

Venue: The GIS Centre and Online
Time: 9am-5pm

EVENTS IN PICTURES

THE MAK-RIF DRONE PROJECT DISSEMINATION SEMINAR

THE AGRC 2021

ACTIVITIES

In line with the goals of the center, we carry out a number of activities that, all together, are driven towards achieving the best workable information from our various resources. These are some of the several services offered

GIS Research

The center carries out research aimed at harnessing the full potential of GIS applications in the various sectors like Transport and Urban planning, Health, Commerce and Agriculture.

Consultancy

With a team comprising of highly qualified and experienced individuals in the fields of surveying and GIS, the centre also lends professional advice and assistance in GIS related projects. To know how we can enable you salvage the potential in GIS

Community Outreach

As a way of enhancing lives in the society and giving back to the communities around, the Makerere University GIS Centre participates in a couple of projects aimed at helping the community

Short Courses

The GIS Centre provides and facilitates a number of short courses that enable one to take their GIS expertise and career to the next level. For more information on these,

PROJECTS

Methodology to Inform Compensation on Road Infrastructure Projects

Modelling Innovation Solutions for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Usage on Infrastructure Projects in Uganda

Investigating the Operational Environment for Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Road Infrastructure Projects in Uganda

Evaluation of the Use of UAV Models in Rapid Valuation for Compensation on Road Infrastructure Projects

CLIENTS

GALLERY

SHORT COURSES

Fundamentals of GIS

This course provides participants with fundamentals of GIS. Participants get to understand how to carry out basic GIS processing aimed at solving real world problems.

Geospatial Data Analysis

This course provides an introduction to a range of statistical techniques used in the analysis of Geospatial data. It provides examples of spatial analysis in selected application domains.

Remote Sensing: Satellite Imagery Analysis

This course is designed to enable one understand the content of remotely sensed data and how to retrieve information from it to suite ones needs.

Building and Maintaining Spatial Databases

An essential course that imparts skills that participants need to capture, store, manage, and maintain GIS data.

Web and Mobile GIS

A course aimed at facilitating creation of interfaces to enable collection, visualisation and analysis of geospatial data both on the web and mobile devices.