ICAST 2008

Institute of Geographical Information Systems - National University of Sciences and Technology Islamabad (IGIS-NUST) is organizing 2nd International Conference on Advances in Space Technologies “Space in the Service of Mankind” 0n 29-30 November 2008 at Islamabad Click Click Here for details.

(12-06-2008)

CERTIFICATE AWARDING CEREMONY OF DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY COURSE AT GCU

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The Certificate Awarding Ceremony of the 6-day refresher course on Digital Cartography was held on Sunday evening at Fazal-e-Hussain reading room. Addressing on the occasion, Dean of Sciences and Technology GCU Lahore Prof. Dr. Amin-ul-Haq said that the introduction of GIS and digital cartography will be very useful in many different fields of study like biology, geology, ecology, mineralogy, geography, urban studies and regional planning etc. The dean also commended the efforts for organizing the course on digital cartography in a befitting manner.

Chairperson Geography department of GCU Lahore Prof. Ali Iqtidar Mirza said that the refresher course consisted of a series of lectures and lab exercises with hand on training arch view GIS technology. He further said that the major objectives of the course was to introduce the essential elements of the geography information system to the participants and added that the other objective of the course was to stimulate internet in GIS activities that vital role in modern development and cartography. He particularly thanked the resource person Prof. Dr. Jamil Hassan Kazmi for his extending services and guidance to the course participants.

Later the chief guest of the ceremony awarded certificates to the course participants.

(02-06-2008)

Geography department organizes Six-day refresher course on digital cartography

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A six day refresher course on digital cartography with hands- on training on Geographical Information System (GIS) started today in the main lab of the computer science department GCU Lahore. Prof. Dr. Jamil Hassan Kazmi Head of the Geography department Karachi University chaired the inaugural ceremony of the course. Addressing on the occasion chairperson geography department said that the newly launched graduate program has full year specialization/internship-based program in GIS (Geographical Information System), the students after getting honors degree, would also be capable in the areas of remote sensing, spatial planning, geomantic digital cartography and digital image processing. He informed the participants that the Geography department has developed external links with Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency for a comprehensive internship based program. He said that the Vice Chancellor Dr. Khalid Aftab always be very kind and helpful in the promotion of the subject.

The participants who attended the course included: Inam-Ul-Haq, Geologist  Directorate General of Mines and Minerals, Punjab, Lahore,  Prof. Dr. Tabassum Jamal, Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Punjab, Khadija Shakrullah,  Center for South Asian Studies University of the Punjab, Nayyer Nawaz, Ijaz Hadayat, Assistant Director, Allah Yar, Manager Geology Mapping (Punjab Mines & Minerals department),  Lahore, Mumtaz Khan Niazi, Survey and Drawing Officer, Lahore Region, Lahore. Imran Siddique Kokab, Assistant Registrar (Admin-I), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Ambreena Mubashir, Lecturer, Department of Geography, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Luqman Haider, GIS Developer, Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company, Muhammad Arslan Asim, Lecturer, UET Lahore. Muhammad Ashraf Javid, Lecturer, UET Lahore, Zahid Hussain Javed Akhter, Assistant Director (Arch), PHATA, Lahore, Riaz Ahmed, Assistant Director (TP), PHATA Lahore,  Kashif Shafique, Sohail Ahmed Umar Lecturers, Department of Geography, FCC University Lahore, Tallat Naseem, Deputy Manager Cartography & Survey, Directorate General of Mines and Minerals, Punjab  Lahore, Tayab Siddiqui, Geologist,  109-Rizwan Block Awan Town, Lahore, Khalid Javed, Deputy Director (T.P), MDA, Multan, Ch. Muhammad Asghar, XEN, Traffic Survey and Transport, MDA, Multan, Aqeel Victor, Lecturer, Sustainable Development Center GCU Lahore, Muhammad Samee Ullah Khan, Assistant Director (Building Control), RDA, Rawalpindi, Mumtaz Ahmed, Deputy Secretary, HUD & PHED and Anwar Mueen-ud-din, Deputy Director (E&DC), FDA, Faisalabad.

Prof. Dr. Amin-ul-Haq , Dean of Science and Technology would be Chief Guest of the concluding ceremony to be held on June 01, 2008 at Fazal-e-Hussain reading room.

(28-05-2008)

GCU GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT STARTS internship program for Spatial Planning WITH PHATA

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A comprehensive internship program for Spatial Planning in the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHATA) has also been started by the geography department. The Vice Chancellor has highly appreciated this development and termed it a break through in the discipline of Geography. 

(26-04-2008)

GCU PLANNED REFRESHER COURSE ON “DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY”

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The Department of Geography of GC University has planed to organize a refresher course in digital cartography. This course has been designed while keeping in view the rising market demand as it would help in the promotion of sophisticated tools in the process of map making.  

The Chairman Department of Geography told that the course would also include ARC view interface, Arc-view operation, Global Positioning System (GPS), image data processing and would particularly help in the creation and presentation of map. The course would start from May 27, 2008.

(26-04-2008)

GCU’s B.Sc (Hons) in Geography eligible to GET ADMISSION IN M.Sc (CD&EP) UET Lahore

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The students of Geography department of GCU after earning their B.A/B.Sc (Hons.) degree with geography as major subject would be eligible for getting admission in M.Sc program in the Community Development and Environment Planning offered by the Department of City and Regional Planning (CRP) University of Engineering and Technology Lahore (UET).

(25-04-2008)

Geography DEPARTMENT ARRANGES A LECTURE ON 'advace geomorphology'

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Dr. Aftab Ahmad Butt delivered a lecture on the topic of 'Advance Geomorphology'. He discussed the Examples of Relief in Potohar and Shawalk range (Margla Hills). The guest speaker described that MEANDERS are present in old age of (river patron) but these features also shown in mountainous region especially in Kunhar River near Muzfarabad. He told the participants that if you travel through G.T road from Lahore to Rawalpindi you can see many features in Potohar region. Prof. Ali Iqtadar Mirza Chairperson Geography department said that the lecture certainly would help the students in adding to their knowledge and intellect. He thanked the guest speaker for his productive lecture and presented him souvenir.

(23-01-2008)

SPECIAL LECTURE ON GEOMATICS

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Abdul Waheed Mir, Chief Executive Geomatics and Engineering Service Ltd delivered a lecture on "Geomatics, Survey and Photo-grammetry Engineering, Land & Hydrographic Survey, Mapping, Remote Sensing, GPS and GIS" in the PG library. The lecture presentation was a part of the short course studies on serving. The lecture was followed a question-answer session. Prof. Ali Iqtadar Mirza chairperson and faculty of Geography department were also present on the occasion. 

(13-12-2007)

The GEOGRAPHY Department arranges a lecture on” HOTS “

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The department organized a series of lectures on HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILL (HOTS). Master Trainer of City School System Kashif Suhail Malik was the guest speaker. He discussed and briefed about the HOTS and issues related to the intellectual level of students. He said that mostly student used Basic level of HOTS. He further stated that in university level students should use higher order thinking skill. The lecture ended with a question-answer session.

(17-11-2007)

STUDENTS VISITED PMD LAHORE

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A one day study trip to visit Pakistan Metrology Department Lahore was organized. The students took keen interest in the use of modern tools using IT applications in weather forecast and related phenomena’s. The chairperson of the department of Geography supervised the tour.

(06-11-2007)

GEOMATICS INTRODUCED AS A COURSE IN BA/BSC (HONS) COURSE

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Board of Studies Geography department has approved the modern tools of surveying in Geometrics (Total Station, GPS, Auto Level). The department has also introduced a new course of spatial planning based on GIS modules. The internship will be the part of the course.

(24-09-2007) 

A GROUP OF FIFTY STUDENTS VISITS THE NARAN VALLEY

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Fifty students group of Geography Department visited Naran valley. They had researched the geographically land use study. The students also submitted their reports to the department. Sardar Farrakh Abbas Maken and Yasir Sultan were the in-charge of the long tour.

(24-08-2007)