CEM offers basic geoprocessing courses for social policy. Between 2001 and 2007 more than 480 professionals have been trained in our courses in the areas of education, housing, health and others.
Course on Geoprocessing using Terra View Social Policy Software |
The Geoprocessing developed for the free program Terra View Social Policy Software gives a general overview of the system from conceptual and practical points of view. The participants will learn basic usage and will be able to explore possibilities for presentation and spatial analysis of social, economic and population data allowed by the program and by the available databases. At the end of the training, we expect that participants will be able to visualize research and analyze geographic data and tables and generate maps of cartographic quality.
Topics Covered in the Course
- Introduction: Fundamentals of Geoprocessing
- Program Structure: Databases, Information Plans, Views and Themes, Importing Vectoral Data, Selecting Objects
- Basic Analytic Tools: Spatial search, searches by attributes, Thematic maps, graphics
- Working with attribute tables: Importation and integration of data originating from Data Tables of Various Origins, selection of data in a table, working with a grade area.
- Geographic operations: aggregations, sums, intersection, difference, attribution of data for location, collection, distribution, creation of areas of influence.
The participants will receive:
- Material with examples used in the course
- CD with the Terra View Social Policy Software and Databases
- Course Certificate
Total Course Hours: 20 Hours
Available course dates in 2007:
November 7-9, 9am to 5pm
December 5-7, 9am to 5pm
Location: IBTA
Rua Vergueiro, 1759 – Ground Floor (next to Metro Paraíso)
Click here to access a map of the course location
Cost: R$400
Registration: Complete the registration form. Click here to access the form.
A deposit for the course fees can be made to Account no: 22878-8, Agency: 0646-7 Banco do Brasil in the name of the Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP)
Send proof of deposit via fax or email to the care of Daniel W.T. da Silva, Fax (011) 5574-5928 or email danielt@cebrap.org.br (*)
(*) In the event of cancellation, the student may be given a refund or given the choice of an alternate class.
