Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid

Degree in Engineering of the Technologies of the Information Geoespacial

Total ECTS Credits 240 ECTS Credits
Objectives

To train professional with the capacity to:

  • Use the principles of cartography and visualization and apply them to the design, production and interpretation of maps and the visualization of the geo-referenced information in low and, on the surface of the land in 2D and virtual balloon systems.
  • Know the main concepts, development and technologies of photogrammetry, tele-detection, Geographical Information Systems (SIG), geo-referencing techniques and the determination of location, that are part of Geospatial Information Technologies, to reason and discuss its application.
  • Capacity to reason and discover the importance of Geospatial Information Technologies  in different contexts by means of projects, articles and proceedings.
  • Master the analytical components of Geospatial Information Technologies and put them into practice by means of projects in several disciplines including natural resources, the business environment, renewable energy, security and governance.
  • Capacity to make decisions, leadership, management of human resources, interdisciplinary team management related to geo-information and geographical information infrastructures.
  • Capacity to gather, process and interpret georeferenced/georeferenciable information related to all activities in society.
  • Capacity to design and manage large databases of dynamic information coming from networks of sensors to analyze and visualize data spatially together with its temporal dependency.
  • Design, develop, manage and implement projects related to Geospatial Information Technologies and the Web la web both in the area of research, innovation or production.
Study Centre School of Land Surveying, Geodesy and Mapping Engineering
Campus Sur
Camino de la Arboleda s/n Km 7 de la Carretera de Valencia
28031 Madrid
91 336 79 16
Web Page www.topografia.upm.es/