Training/Courses
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Course Descriptions
Essentials of ArcGIS 9.3: This two-day course will explore the new, easy-to-use features in ArcGIS 9.x: ArcMap, ArcToolbox and ArcCatalog. ArcMap is a map-centric application for the editing, display, query and analysis of map data as well as map layout tasks. ArcToolbox is an application for performing geoprocessing operations such as data conversion, overlay processing, buffer creation and map transformation. ArcCatalog is a data-centric application that locates, browses and manages spatial data.
Topics covered
• Displaying, projecting and editing data
• Working with tables
• Working with georeferenced data
• Querying your database and selecting features by location
• Making good maps from the data
This course is intended for both new and experienced users of geographic information systems. Experience us
ing Windows-based applications is recommended.
Essential One Day Intensive ArcGIS 9.3: This intensive one-day course is for those who have already taken basic instruction in ArcGIS 8.x or 9.x but may not have had the opportunity to use the software regularly, and now wish to "catch up" and become more skilled. The course covers most of the topics as Essentials of ArcGIS 9.x (listed above), but in half the time.
Completion of a basic or introductory course in ArcGIS is strongly recommended prior to enrolling in this course.
Essential GPS: An Introduction. This one-day course teaches the basics of the Global Positioning System (GPS), how to collect data using handheld GPS equipment and how to download and manipulate the data in ArcGIS 9.x.
Topics covered
• GPS fundamentals
• Configuring GPS equipment
• Field data collection techniques
• Field data collection session including downloading
collected data to your computer
• Using GPS data in ArcGIS 9.x
Familiarity with ArcGIS 9 is strongly recommended for this course.
Beyond Essentials: 3D GIS Using SketchUp, Google Earth and ArcGIS. In this two-day introductory course, you will learn how to create 3D models in SketchUp and integrate those models into your ArcGIS 9.x system and Google Earth. Three-dimensional modeling provides an easy way to demonstrate how a design proposal will fit into an existing site and allows the client to better visualize the design. A brief overview of displaying and navigating 3D data in ArcScene also will be provided.
Topics covered
• 2D and 3D drawing in SketchUp
• 3D modeling basics
• Digital terrain modeling with SketchUp’s Sandbox
• Materials and rendering
• Working with components
• Importing/exporting attributed GIS data
• Navigating SketchUp models in ArcGIS (ArcScene)
• Exporting SketchUp/ArcGIS data to Google Earth
• Mashup overview (Google Earth)
A basic familiarity with ArcGIS 9.x is required for this course.
Beyond Essentials CommunityViz 3. This two-day course offers an in-depth exploration of CommunityViz’s Scenario 360 and SiteBuilder 3D. Scenario 360 is an interactive decision-making tool that works as an extension to ESRI ArcMap. This software encourages participation and collaboration by engaging users and public audiences through two-dimensional visualization and interactive analysis.
Scenario 360 helps you view, project, analyze and understand potential alternatives and impacts via visual exploration and
alternative scenario construction and analysis. It allows you to experiment with hypothetical scenarios, challenge assumptions on the fly, and view impacts of changes. Proposals, assumptions and impacts can be viewed side by side to illustrate the choices that need to be made.
SiteBuilder 3D can be used to provide real-time exploration of photo-realistic 3D landscapes using your existing data or elements from the 3D model library. Three-dimensional scenes can be exported in a portable format that can be used on other computers, thus allowing friends and colleagues the ability to digitally fly through and explore your scenes at no charge
and without installing any special software.
Topics covered
• Setting up a scenario (analysis) from scratch
• Adding data
• Defining variables and formulas
• Creating dynamic attributes
• Working with assumptions, indicators, charts and alerts
• Presenting data through maps
• Working with SiteBuilder 3D
• Creating terrain
• Adding images as textures
• Navigating in 3D
• Planting features on the terrain
• Creating virtual tours (i.e., making movies)
Familiarity with ArcGIS 9 is strongly recommended for this course.
Beyond Essentials: GIS for Community Development.
This two day course brings together the multiple dimensions of commmunity development for mapping and analysis. Data and data sources explored include economic, social, workforce, retail, utilities, transportation, and environmental. A primary goal is the production of making information visual, and, utilizing GIS data and analysis for decision-making in community development.
The following one day "Beyond Essentials" courses fit well with the One Day Intensive ArcGIS for a two-day package.
Beyond Essentials: Unlocking Census Data.
Many times in the "real world" data does not come ready for us. Getting and organizing the data before beginning any GIS project requires lots of time. This tutorial you will learn to download U.S. Census data, create maps using
the data and do analysis of demographic, social, economic and housing conditions.
US Census Bureau webpage, the Excel program, ArcCatalog and ArcMap will be used in this session. Shapefiles and database files will be downloaded from the US Census Bureau webpage, and then maps will be created using
ArcCatalog and ArcMap.
Topics covered
- Download a shapefile from the US Census Bureau webpage;
- Download data from US Census Bureau webpage;
- Prepare data in EXCEL to be joined;
- Put the shapefile and the table together in ArcGIS;
- Classify the symbology by fields.
Basic level of ArcGIS is strongly recommended for this course.
Experience using Windows-based applications is recommended.
Essential Map Cartography
This one-day course explores how principals of good cartography can be implemented using ArcMap’s symbology, labeling and map layout tools to improve map readability. The course is taught from the perspective of a GIS user and a graphic designer.
Participants in the course will learn how to:
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Better organize a map layout
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Understand appropriate use of sequential, diverging and qualitative color schemes
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Identify appropriate fonts and typographic style effects for legibility
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Customize symbols
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Explore labeling and annotations
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Utilize layer files
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Develop multi-map layouts
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Review maps design for web vs. print
NOTE: Basic ArcGIS skills are required for this course.
Beyond Essential: Cartography
This one-day course builds upon the essential cartography course by introducing cartographic representations and advanced labeling techniques. Utilizing representations, users can store a feature’s symbology in the geodatabase and edit the appearance of individual features on the map without disturbing the geometry of the data.
Participants will learn how to:
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Convert symbology to a representation
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Develop representation rules and geometric effects
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Establish overrides to the rules
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Create advanced labels
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Display geometry based on scale ranges
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Create scale dependent label classes
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Reduce manual label editing time
NOTE: Basic ArcGIS skills are required for this course.
Beyond Essentials: Mapping Economic Development Data.
This one day course will focus on data and analysis related to economic data. Staff from the ISU Office of Social and Economic Trend Analysis will partner with us to provide this training.
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