Programme Objectives The objectives of the programme can be summarized as follows: To introduce students to GIS science and technology, thereby providing them with background knowledge to assist them advance the technology; To develop students’ confidence in handling new problems and processing, analyzing and visualizing data to support the decision-making process; To build competence in...Read More

Course Description: This course introduces students to the current approaches and issues for accessibility and utilisation of geospatial data. It covers the basic concepts for the development of standards for datasets, data sharing issues such as semantics and access mechanisms. Students are introduced to principles of web mapping for sharing spatial datasets over the web....Read More