This course will show how GIS is being used to collect, store, and organize the locations of underground utilities, along with the valuable data associated with those utilities. We will explore how we can get this important, historical data into GIS so that it can be viewed in an online web viewer. Imagine having to deal with an emergency water main break. Rather than combing through drawers of paper plans, you can simply pull up the details of your water system on any computer or device with Internet access. Other ideas about how GIS is being used by surveyors will also be presented. This course will get you thinking about how GIS should be viewed as another tool in the toolbox: an investment that pays for itself through increased efficiency. In this digital age, we must accept that the abundance of data needs to be effectively managed, organized and shared.
Objective
- Provide a basic understanding of how GIS can be used to store, organize, and analyze underground utility data
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Understand the land surveyor’s role in utilizing GIS
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Explain how investing in GIS should be looked at as an opportunity, and define the returns on that investment
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Learn other ways land surveyors can leverage GIS
I learned how involved some of the databases can be