Universities and Colleges
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Every day, students in colleges and universities are introduced to data about the world. They are also exposed to data about their own community, all related to various topics specific to their discipline. In today's global community, the more information you have at your fingertips, the easier it is to make an informed decision. A geographic information system (GIS) can help you to manage and effectively use this data.
Research
GIS plays a vital role in helping researchers understand patterns, relationships and events. More than 100 different academic disciplines covering every major division within a typical university use GIS tools for research.
Community Service
Many universities use GIS to provide important services to their communities. GIS can be used to plan community bikeways, route deliveries of meals-on-wheels for the elderly and provide community access to information about toxic materials or hazardous waste sites.
A university can provide an important service to the local community by combining the strengths of GIS and the World Wide Web to create a civic network. Web-based civic networks are an important first step in creating a societal GIS where citizens have access to a wide range of spatially referenced data about their community.
Training
Esri Canada offers a variety of training programs designed to support users of our GIS solutions. Our training programs offer educators, administrators and students an opportunity to pursue GIS curricula through instructor-led training, hands-on lab exercises and self-paced on-line courses.
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