The training course addressed workplan (Annex IV) item 6.2 (ii): Advanced Training Course on bathymetric / topographic data management and map construction (including GIS basic knowledge), which was approved during the COAST-MAP-IO Kick-off Meeting in Bangkok, 24 - 26 October 2007. This course, short title: "GIS Inundation Mapping", achieved an important milestone in the framework of the general objectives of COAST-MAP-IO by strengthening the capacity of participating countries to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for accurate risk-mapping in the coastal zones.