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We’ve recently awarded our ‘Assessed for CGeog’ logo to a whole host of exciting professional development activities, part of our long-standing commitment to supporting professional growth.

This logo is our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) mark which spotlights high-quality CPD opportunities that align with the Chartered Geographer (CGeog) standard, supporting geographers in building their knowledge, skills and competencies.

CPD is a core requirement for achieving and maintaining CGeog accreditation. What makes these ones so special?

• Reviewed by Chartered Geographer Assessors
• Include clearly defined CPD hours
• Recognised as valuable for professional accreditation

CPD activities we’ve recently approved:

British Cartographic Society (BCS)

• : This year’s conference in November is based on the theme of Managing our Landscapes, and includes a broad range of speakers from DEFRA, BGS, Registers of Scotland, ESRI and leading academics.
• : A free and insightful series exploring topics from historic mapping to cutting-edge data visualisation.
• : A structured programme for developing skills in cartography, map-making, and geographic data visualisation.

Esri UK

Ten newly approved courses, including:

• : A course building on foundational Web GIS knowledge.
• : This course introduces ArcGIS Survey123, to create user-friendly, form-centric data collection tools from scratch.
• : A course which teaches people to create immersive, mapcentric and datacentric web apps using modern design principles.
• : This course covers essential workflows and best practices for adding and sharing authoritative GIS resources.
• : This course covers workflows and key considerations for displaying, processing, and creating derived raster products in ArcGIS Pro, with a focus on imagery applications like disaster recovery, damage assessment, and forest canopy assessment.
• : A course teaching cartographic techniques and workflows in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online.
• : Building on the Creating Python Scripts for ArcGIS Pro course, this course explores advanced ArcPy workflows.
• : Working with 3D Analyst: This course introduces fundamental 3D GIS concepts using ArcGIS Pro and 3D Analyst.

Consulting Where

• ): A professional course supporting geospatial technical managers in leadership, team development, communication and business case development.

If you would like your professional development activity assessed for Chartered Geographer, please contact cgeog@rgs.org

Find out more about the CPD mark for employers and professional development providers.