At least 15 personnel of the 6th Infantry Division, 6th
Civil Military Operations “Kasangga” Battalion, have graduated from the
three-day workshop and training course on Geographic Information System (GIS)
after earning skills in map reading and analyze important data for combat and
disaster response operations.
Engr. Amier Ashan Aplal, Office of Civil Defense in the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OCD-ARMM), facilitated the training from
Sept. 8 to 10 at the 6th CMO-battalion headquarters here.
As part of the training course, Aplal said the participating
Army personnel have also engaged in a Metro Cotabato wide “field exercise”
where they have applied all the learning acquired during the indoor lectures
and workshops.
The GIS is a computer system for capturing, storing,
checking and displaying data related to positions on earth's surface.
“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,” Aplal said.
“Such a map would help people determine which wetlands are
most at risk,” he said.
The graduates are expected to share what they have learned
during the training to their comrades in different battalions and operational
units under the 6th ID area of operation.
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