Training on GIS for the Basix NGO members

A nice map rather than a sheet of numbers ?

This is the option chosen by the NGO Basix with whom the Microfinance team of the IFP works, for its geo-referenced data. The IFP-Basix cooperation led to a short 2 days training on GIS by the Laboratory of Applied Informatics and Geomatics to a team of 11 people from Basix. It was more specificaly aimed at evaluating the representation tool aspect, and to master the methodological chain which goes from the collect of data (GPS, Census of India, data files) to their simple cartographic representation.

The main elements of the training were :

• 1) Introduction to GIS
• 2) Usage of topographic maps simultaneously with other maps
• 3) Cartographic representation
• 4) Usage of different databases (Census of India, specific databases)
• 5) How to present a map
• 6) Usage of GPS systems

Speaker

Mr Muthushankar, GIS specialist, French Institute of Pondicherry

Organizers

Laboratory of Applied Informatics and Geomatics, French Institute of Pondicherry

Venue

Premises of the "BASIX" NGO, Hyderabad