How can you make the most of the Basic Register of Addresses and Buildings (BAG) in your work? In this one-on-one course, you’ll learn how to effectively manage, analyze, and apply BAG data in QGIS to gain valuable geospatial insights. You’ll receive personalized guidance and work on practical assignments and online modules. This will help you develop immediately applicable skills that allow you to solve complex problems quickly and efficiently.
The Basic Register of Addresses and Buildings (BAG) is one of the most important data sources for geographic information in the Netherlands. It contains detailed and up-to-date data on addresses, buildings, and associated geometries throughout the country. Whether you work in property management, urban planning, or at a government agency that relies on reliable location information, the BAG is of crucial importance.
With the BAG, you can manage accurate information about every registered address and building. This is essential for property management and urban development. The BAG also contains geographic coordinates for buildings and addresses, allowing you to perform analyses. You can create visualizations in GIS software such as QGIS. Furthermore, you can combine the BAG with other data sources to gain valuable insights. These include information on population density, property values, or the accessibility of public amenities.
This course provides the basic knowledge you need to work effectively with the BAG. Whether you work with geodata, use a GIS system, or want to apply BAG data in your work, this course covers the fundamental knowledge and skills.
In the Blended Learning BAG Basics course, you’ll gain comprehensive knowledge of the Basic Registration of Addresses and Buildings (BAG). You’ll learn not only how this data is structured but also how to effectively use it in your daily work. The course provides you with the tools to manage, analyze, and apply BAG data in GIS software such as QGIS.
You will learn to understand the structure of the BAG. Additionally, you will discover how to apply the data in various situations, such as managing addresses and buildings or performing spatial analyses. The course focuses on using BAG data to gain valuable insights. You can then use these insights for decision-making and policy. This enables you to effectively integrate the BAG into your work processes and make optimal use of the available geoinformation.
Blended learning combines flexible online learning with interactive, practical sessions. This approach ensures that you not only gain theoretical knowledge about the Basic Registration of Addresses and Buildings (BAG), but also learn how to apply this knowledge in practice. The online modules give you the freedom to study at your own pace, with interactive lessons that focus on the structure of the BAG, the management of BAG data, and how to process it in QGIS for geospatial analyses.
During the practical online sessions, you can immediately apply the knowledge you’ve gained. You’ll work with real BAG data and receive guidance from experts. You will learn how to effectively manage BAG data, perform spatial analyses with QGIS, and efficiently share and integrate this data into your work processes. By working hands-on with realistic geodata scenarios, you will develop practical skills that enable you to ensure accurate and up-to-date BAG data, which is crucial for applying geodata in various applications.
The combination of flexible online learning and practical training ensures that you not only learn how to work with the BAG, but also how to effectively use it for geospatial analysis and project management. After completing this course, you will be able to work independently with the BAG, analyze and apply data, enabling you to make well-informed decisions in your work.
You’ll receive 1-on-1 guidance. After signing up, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule your first session.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Do you have questions about the course content? Or are you unsure whether the course aligns with your learning goals or preferences? Would you prefer an in-house or private course? We’d be happy to help.
After the course, you’ll have another two weeks to ask the instructor questions. Since the instructor is already teaching other courses, it’s best to email your questions to info@geo-ict.nl. Your question will be forwarded to the instructor, and you’ll receive a response within 24 hours.
If you’re a bit further along and encounter practical problems you can’t solve on your own, it’s best to use Online Support. You’ll spend one day online with the instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.
If you run into problems in practice that you can’t solve on your own, you have two options: you can sign up for a beginner or advanced course, or you can sign up for Online Support.
You’ll spend a day online with an instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.
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All courses are taught in person. Course hours are from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Coffee, tea, lunch, and a laptop are provided.
Taking a course online is also possible, but we only offer hybrid courses in exceptional cases. If you wish to participate in a course online, please indicate this during registration—select “Online” as the location. If that is not possible, this course will only be offered on-site in Apeldoorn.
Yes, we do this regularly. Our instructor will come to your location and bring laptops for the participants. All you need to do is arrange a classroom at your location.
Please email your requirements to info@geo-ict.nl, and we will send you a quote. Once you’ve confirmed the order, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule the training days.
After each course, participants receive a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can share your feedback on what you liked and didn’t like about the course. We always do our very best, but of course, there may be times when you have a complaint. Click on “Complaints Procedure.” It explains what steps you can take. Geo-ICT Training Center, Netherlands is a member of the Dutch Council for Training and Education (NRTO).
After the course, we will email you a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can log in and fill out an evaluation form, and you can also download your certificate of participation.
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