Geospatial Essentials

Career & Technical Certificate

Modes of Instruction

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The Geospatial Essentials certificate is an important vehicle for gaining knowledge and skills in working with GIS software and spatial data, as a means of preparing for a career in this fast-growing field.

Geospatial techniques are used to aid in decision making in fields as diverse as business, marketing, homeland security, public policy, environment, engineering, public health, archeology, and criminal justice by identifying patterns between graphical information (maps) and data.

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