This three-day course explains the fundamental design concepts and planning requirements for map production and presentation. Students will conduct thorough reviews of the special requirements of Internet mapping and will complete a series of exercises on developing useful maps for presentations, publication, and decision support. Also explores map projections and coordinate systems and examines which are appropriate for a variety of applications.
This course is also available on a contract basis and can be tailored to suit your organization's needs. Please contact us to discuss your onsite opportunity.
George Mason University
Office of Continuing Professional Education
10900 University Blvd.
Manassas, VA 20110
Telephone: 703-993-8335
Fax: 703-993-8336
FEATURES
Courses are offered in a three-day seminar format. Classes can be taken individually to strengthen your working knowledge or as part of the certificate program to enhance your career development. Certificate and non-certificate students are awarded 1 CEU (Continuing Education Unit) per ten hours of successful classroom participation. It is possible to complete the certificate in 4 to 36 months. Tailored seminars taught on your premises can be arranged through the Program Manager.
Matthew Bechdol has a BS in Public Affairs and Environmental Science from Indiana University;
a Certificate in Public Affairs from the Rijksuniversiteit, Leiden - The Netherlands; and an MS in Geographic and
Cartographic Science from George Mason University. Mr. Bechdol is a federal account manager at the Environmental
Systems Research Institute (ESRI) in Washington, D.C. As an account manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
he assists in the integration of software, hardware, data, and personnel to solve agricultural problems ranging
from precision farming to global crop forecasting. Mr. Bechdol previously provided GIS and Remote Sensing support
as a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center subcontractor, where he investigated Hyperspectral Imaging, GIS, and
mobile/wireless geospatial field data and imagery classification technologies utilizing parallel processing systems.
