Passport to the Future: The new GIS Program at the Faculty of Technology, University of Qatarby Prof. Steven Rose, GIS
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There are currently over 100 people working in GIS in Qatar and this number is expected to at least double over the next few years. The new GIS Program at the Faculty of Technology, University of Qatar is a two and a half year technology program designed to train Qatari citizens to fill many of these exciting GIS career opportunities - their passport to the future. The paper identifies the GIS Program's objectives, describes the curriculum and state-of-the-art GIS facilities designed to meet these objectives, and highlights the challenges which must be met to make this a highly successful, internationally recognized GIS Technology Program.
Steven Rose - Profile :
Prof. Steven Rose graduated from the University of New Brunswick, Canada with a B.Sc. Forestry in 1978. He worked as a Systems Analyst for a major forestry company for 6 years where he developed several systems - one of which would now be called a raster GIS. He worked for one year as a Senior Systems Analyst with a provinicial government agency to develop forestry, wildlife and environmental GIS applications. In 1985 he joined Sir Sandford Fleming College to teach in its recently formed GIS Technician Program. In 1987 he became the Coordinator of this Program and was instrumental in developing its reputation as one of Canada's top three GIS training institutions. In 1996, he moved to Qatar to help design and establish the new GIS Program in the Faculty of Technology, University of Qatar.
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