Colombia Regional Support Office
UN-SPIDER's Remote Sensing expert Antje Hecheltjen during a training session.

Dominican Republic: Training on Space-Based Information for Floods

The National Emergency Commission of the Dominican Republic (NEC) and the UN-SPIDER Programme are organising a training course in Santo Domingo to increase the knowledge and skills of 27...
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Opening Ceremony of Opening Specialization GIS Programme, Bogota

IGAC: Opening of GIS Specialization Programme

On 22 April 2013, the Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), in agreement with the Distrital University (Francisco Jose de Caldas), welcomed new students specializing in Geographic Information...
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Degree Erosion Map of Paipa, Boyacá, Colombia

IGAC: Using Remote Sensing to map land degradation

UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office in Colombia IGAC (Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute) is currently working on elaborating approaches of using remote sensing and GIS for monitoring soil erosion...
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The Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC) of Colombia and UNOOSA signed a cooperation agreement to establish a UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office in 2011. IGAC is promoting the use of space-based information within Colombia for a variety of purposes and has been supporting UN-SPIDER in activities conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean. As an RSO, IGAC continues to provide experts for UN-SPIDER's technical advisory support to countries within the region and to contribute to capacity building efforts in the region.

The IGAC develops and provides information and knowledge related to cartography, agrology, cadastral, geography and geospatial technologies. It supports the planning processes and the integral development of the country. Given the experience in the geographic field, the Institute has a strong component allowing the development of thematic products in the risk and disaster management field.

Geoportal: http://geoportal.igac.gov.co/ssigl2.0/visor/galeria.req?mapaId=7&title=Mapa%20Base
Thematic maps: http://sigotn.igac.gov.co/sigotn/
Online Courses: http://www.icde.org.co/web/guest/inicio
Colombian Space Commission: http://www.cce.gov.co/web/guest/inicio
Service WMS flood areas of Colombia: http://geoservice.igac.gov.co/dgr?

The Institute offers several training activities, including 13 short courses, three specializations, three master degrees and a doctoral programme. Furthermore, IGAC has a virtual training center that includes courses of remote sensing techniques, basic cartography and GIS. All the training activities are available on the official webpage http://www.igac.gov.co.

Dr. Iván Dario Gomez
General Director
Instituto Geográfico Agustin Codazzi
+157- 3694000 – 3694001
direccion@igac.gov.co

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Main Contact:
Dr. Elena Posada
Director
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Información Geográfica - CIAF
+157- 3694000 – 3694001 – ext: 4087
epossada@igac.gov.co

Alternative Contact:
Mauricio Ramirez
Remote Sensing Group
+157- 3694000 – 3694001
hmramirez@igac.gov.co

Address:
Instituto Geográfico Agustin Codazzi
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Información Geográfica - CIAF
Oficina Sede Central Bogotá - Carrera 30 Nº 48-51

http://www.igac.gov.co

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