By Prashanth G N/TNN (times of india 27-july-2006, page 5)
Bangalore:
Geo-informatics — map drawing and map reading — is emerging as Bangalore’s next fascinating career option.
A great starting point to learn about maps and make a living off it is the M Tech Geo-informatics programme of the Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre.
This is the first time such a course is being offered to students. This one-of-its-kind programme, a collaboration between the Applications Centre, VTU Belgaum and Survey of India, Dehra Dun, recently saw its first batch of graduates.
The Centre’s M Tech programme, which costs around Rs 60,000, is unique not only because no other college, university or institution offers it in the state, (except Mangalore University which offers an MSc) but because the programme also integrates information technology/software and mapping, something that has never happened before in geo-informatics.
“Students are familiar with either IT or mapping. We train in both. Hence, the graduates are well-informed in both disciplines,’’ says centre director, H Honne Gowda.
The programme covers cutting edge areas like GIS, remote sensing, GPS, aerial photography, IT, artificial intelligence, data base management, project planning management and spatial data analysis.
Geo-informatics students can put these tools to good use in a wide range of areas like urban planning, management of natural resources, agriculture, land and water management and the entire range of spatial management.
“It’s a very comprehensive syllabus as we bring together a range of technological tools. Students submit a one-year intensive project work that is evaluated before giving them the degree by VTU,’’ adds Honne Gowda.
IIT Kharagpur and Anna University are the only other institutions offering a technology-driven/intensive geo-informatics programme. The technology angle is crucial. Students learn to use software for mapping — a fundamental exercise in geo-informatics — and mapping in digital environments.
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