It is an independent unit of the center’s units, as it includes (GIS Laboratory), which is the place where the professor and his students test scientific assignments. Many practical presentations and experiments are conducted in it, and therefore the education policy in all departments of the center is keen to form scientific skills and take care of applied aspects.. Education through the laboratory awakens interest and develops the ability to observe, record accurately and conclude based on facts, and develops skills and methods of purposeful value.. Therefore, the laboratory is one of the basics of the educational process, and it facilitates learning for students and the professor’s integrated performance in explaining their lessons and conducting practical experiments with extreme accuracy.. It is the place where the student’s comprehension of information is completed.

GIS Laboratory
The Geographic Information Systems Laboratory was opened at the Urban and Regional Planning Institute for Graduate Studies, University of Baghdad, on 11/29/2024 in cooperation with the PRT organization. The laboratory was opened by the President of the University of Baghdad, in the presence of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Construction and Housing, the Minister of the Agency for Culture and Information, the Director and a group of members of the PRT organization, as well as the Director of the Atlas Company.

No.
Device
Quantity
1Dell computers with all accessories10
2Dell computers15
3
Server1
4Laptop2
5HP plotter1
6Large size scanner1
7HP laser printer1
8GPS device1
9Trimble Geo-Collector GPS device2
10External Hard Drive device2
11Server device1
12UPS protection device15
13Data show device2

 

The laboratory occupies an area of ​​150 m2 (10 * 15 m) of the institute building. Atlas Company has prepared the programs and all the furniture for the laboratory, which are shown below and include: Components of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Laboratory.

Laboratory activities:

Providing lectures to postgraduate students (higher diploma, master’s, doctorate)

Holding reinforcement courses for institute members on GIS programs

Holding external courses for members of the state and private sector, and they are granted certificates licensed by the ESRI Institute

The laboratory has conducted three courses so far, one for the private sector and two courses for members of the Ministry of Culture and Information, the General Authority for Tourism, and the General Authority for Antiquities.
Training Programs
The lab staff is qualified to provide training courses on the programs listed below

Getting started with GIS (Desktop 1) Arc GIS 9.3

Tools and Functionality (Desktop 2) Arc GIS 9.3

GIS work flows and analyses (Desktop 3) Arc GIS 9.3

Creating and editing parcels
Spatial analyst
NET work analyst
Working with geometric networks
ARC GIS server
Geodata base design concepts
Building GDB
Introduction to multiuser geodata base
Managing editing work flow in the multiuser geodata base
Erdas imagine 9.3
Image Analysis