Mapping and Geo-Info Engineering

The four-year BSc track in mapping and geo-information has six study clusters:

1. Technion basic science and engineering courses
2. Faculty basic civil engineering courses
3. Track required courses: The foundations of the field of mapping and geo-information
4. Specialization chain in the field of mapping and spatial information (for photos for mapping needs, digital surface models, geographic information systems etc.) or alternatively, a specialization chain in the field of geodetic and engineering measurement (control networks, GPS measurements etc.) Elective courses from a broad variety of courses in the area of mapping and geo-information, computer science, civil and environmental engineering and town planning (marine mapping, remote sensoring, systems planning, graph theory, regional planning etc.)
5. Free elective courses.
6. The three-year BSc track in mapping and geo-information: The three-year track is similar in structure to the four-year track; however, students only need to accumulate 120 academic points. Graduates of this track do not receive an engineering degree.

Teaching and research in the Mapping and Geo-information Unit deal with information received from ground, air and satellite systems, and with information extraction using computer processing methods. The areas include:

• Photogammetry and remote sensoring:
• Remote sensoring
• Laser systems
• Analytical (and short range) photogammetry
• Digital photogammetry

Mapping and GIS

• Computerized mapping
• Marine mapping
• Geographic information systems (GIS)
• Chromatography

Geodesy

• Navigation systems (INS and GPS)
• Engineering measurement
• High geodesy
• Satellite geodesy

Cadastre

• Land information systems (LIS)
• Cadastral measurements

Public sector

• Government institutions and authorities
• Municipalities and local councils
• Infrastructure companies
• Land administration authorities
• The Israel Mapping Center
• Defense organizations

Private sector

• Civil engineering firms
• Mapping and measurement firms

IT industries

• Software companies
• Hi-tech companies (product and hardware development for the mapping and measurement fields(
• Navigation technologies (cars, plans, shipping and leisure)