Basic Level Training on GIS at Kathmandu Forestry College

Basic Level Training on GIS is an event organized by Kathmandu Forestry College(KAFCOL) which will take place from January 16 to January 22, 2020. The Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing are helpful scientific tools to analyze the earth system, phenomenon and characteristics of the objects on the earth. The RS and GIS help to explore spatial information captured by the satellite or scanned images. These days, GIS and Remote Sensing are considered as reliable and convincing tool to generate the spatial based data from the field, conduct geographic analysis and visualize the information in meaningful and demonstrative way.

Several institutions have been using GIS and RS in their activities. So, the demand of GIS and RS experts has been increasing day by day. Realizing this, Kathmandu Forestry College (KAFCOL) has been offering MSc in Geographical Information Science and Systems (UNIGIS MSc) since 2012, in cooperation with the Department of Geoinformatics –Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Austria (Europe). This program has been approved by the Ministry of Education, Government of Nepal and accepted as equivalent to Master’s Degree by the Tribhuvan University. This international MSc degree course is pioneer of its type offered in Nepal, which has worldwide recognition. Individuals and practitioners with Bachelor degree who are interested to pursue GIS/RS higher degree course (including those who are already active in this field) will find this course very useful.

Alongside offering UNIGIS MSc course, KAFCOL organizes different relevant activities to promote application of GIS and remote sensing in Nepal. This week-long training in basic GIS is one of such activities.

Objectives:

The training has two main objectives: 

1. To introduce GIS Science, impart knowledge about its different aspects and utilities, and provide basic practical skills for applying GIS and remote sensing in the field of interest
2. To develop a foundation to facilitate enrollment and successfully complete the UNIGIS MSc course by those undergraduate degree holders who have not yet entered the geospatial field but have interest in it

Expected outcomes:

On the completion of the training course, the participants are expected to:

• Be able to prepare different types of maps in arcgis
• Gain basic knowledge in geospatial analysis
• Be able to handle arcgis for spatial and non-spatial data integration
• Formulate and conduct GIS projects in the area of their interest

Tentative Session plan:

Day	7:00 -8:15 AM	Resource Person	8:20 to 9:30 AM	Resource Person
Day 1	Introduction to GIS and Installing ArcGIS	PK	Getting started in ArcGIS	PK
Day 2	Fundamentals of map projection and transformation	HLS	Geo-referencing of Topo Map of Kathmandu Valley	HLS/PK
Day 3	Digitization theory and rules	HLS	Points; Line & Polygon Digitization	PK
Day 4	Fundamentals of GPS	HLS	Boundary Survey by GPS	PK
Day 5	Map preparation from GPS data	PK	Block Division, Grid & Fishnet Creation and Area; length Calculation; Conversion to KML	PK
Day 6	Clipping,  Masking & Buffering	PK	Symbolization, visualization and cartography	HLS
Day 7	Basic of Spatial Analysis (Vector and Raster)	HLS	Preparation of final Map Layout	PK

Course Fee: NRs 4000/-

Training Instructors:

1. HLS - Dr. Him Lal Shrestha, Program Coordinator, UNIGIS Program, KAFCOL - 9841302139

2. PK - Mr. Prashid Kandel, Program Officer – UNIGIS Program/Faculty, KAFCOL - 9851237575

Assistant:

1. Ms. Aakriti Adhikari (Intern)

Note: The participants must have their individual laptop/personal computer.

Participants must bring their recent photo at the time of registrations.

Contact:

Kathmandu Forestry College (KAFCOL)

Tel: 01-5147211

Email: mail@kafcol.edu.np

Web: http://www.kafcol.edu.np/