GIS is an application that can benefit from the input of a team
of interdisciplinary professionals. A geomatics professional is a
valuable member of a GIS team when the mapping data is required to
be precise such as the base map for county land ownership or utility
location. Applications requiring precise data typically use photogrammetry
and survey-grade GPS receivers to acquire the data. The ability to
determine the procedures and equipment necessary to acquire a specification
for precise data is one of the benefits from study in our geomatics
program.
GIS is a major component of our Surveying and Geomatics Sciences Program. The student
is offered two courses on the fundamentals and application of GIS.
GIS applications are introduced in the curriculum to demonstrate
the impact that GIS is and will continue to make on your career
in geomatics.
Simply put, a GIS combines layers of information about a place to
give you a better understanding of that place. One of the main benefits
of GIS is improved management of your organization and resources.
A GIS can link data sets together by common locational data, such
as addresses, which helps departments and agencies share their data.
By creating a shared database, one department can benefit from the
work of another.
