Course of Digital Cartography and Geographic Information Systems

The essential objective of the course is the training of technicians responsible for cartographic production and Geographic Information Systems, especially personnel of Geographical Institutes of Ibero-American countries members of DIGSA and institutions of countries belonging to the PAIGH.

Not bad, it's 80 hours with scholarships sponsored by AECID, it will be held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in Bolivia from December 1 to 12, 2008. Applications will be accepted until September 15.

Module I: Digital Cartography
Theoretical mapping.
Mathematical aspects of a map.
Cartographic design
Applied cartography
Analog and digital mapping.
Digital editing tools
Capture, training and digital editing.
Automatic tracing
Destination of the information.
Printing techniques.
Derived Maps Generalization.
Thematic maps
Acquisition of a digital cartography production system.
Conclusions.
Module II: Geographic Information Systems
Introduction. Definition and characteristics of a GIS.
Design of a GIS.
Capture.
Information processing.
Management.
Analysis and exploitation.
SIG Raster.
Digital Terrain Models.
Quality.
Standardization.
Organization of a GIS project.
Spatial Data Infrastructure. (IDEs).
Conclusions.

At Lóleo Eventos, AECID page in Bolivia There is not much, it is only known that this is the contact:

E-mail: jmezcua@fomento.es