Datu Odin Sinsuat, MAGUINDANAO- The Office of Civil
Defense-ARMM has successfully concluded today, 10 September 2016 the three-day
workshop and training course on Geographic Information System (GIS) to at least
fifteen (15) Enlisted Personnel of the 6th Civil Military Operations (Kasangga)
Battalion under the 6th Infantry (Kampilan) Division, Philippine Army.
The activity which took place from September 08-10,
2016 was held at the 6th CMO (Kasangga) Battalion Camp in PC Hill, Rosary
Heights 1, Cotabato City.
Engr. Amier Ashan Aplal,
Operations Officer of OCD-ARMM and Facilitator to the workshop, said that as
part of the training course, the participating army personnel have also engaged
in a Metro Cotabato wide “field exercise” wherein they have applied all the
learning acquired during the indoor lectures and workshops.
“During the field exercise the
group went to various areas, Brgy. Tenorio, Masjid along the City Hi-way,
Cotabato City Peoples Palace, Cotabato Regional and Medical Center, ARMM
Compound, Cotabato City State Polytechnic College Campus, Notre Dame of
Cotabato, Cotabato City Cathedral, Sultan Kudarat Municipal Hall, and the Notre
Dame Archdiocesan Seminary,” said Aplal.
Accordingly, the Geographic
Information System (GIS) is a computer system for capturing, storing, checking,
and displaying data related to positions on Earth's surface. It was learned
that the GIS can show many different kinds of data on one map. Apparently, this
enables people to more easily see, analyze, and understand patterns and
relationships.
Meanwhile, Aplal said he is
elated that the group were able to hit the objectives of the workshop and
training course.
“We have oriented and taught
participants on the proper use of GIS software such as QGIS and Google Earth,
demonstrated the proper and basic functions of the software, and guided them in
producing their own base maps,” said Aplal.
Aplal added that with the GIS
technology, people would be able to compare the locations of different things
in order to discover how they relate to each other.
“One good example, by simply
using the GIS, the same map could include sites that produce pollution, such as
gas stations, and sites that are sensitive to pollution, such as wetlands. Such
a map would help people determine which wetlands are most at risk,” said Aplal.
( GILMHAR A. LAO, Information Officer-OCD ARMM/MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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