Powering Your GeoDatabase and ModelBuilder for Management / Analysis v9.3
Bruce Kessler: Kessler GIS – 2 days
bruce@kesslergis.com | kesslergis.com
Are you still fuzzy on GeoDatabase and topology? This class gets you into the center mass of GeoDatabases in version 9.3 using an uncluttered and systematic approach -- a powerful building of simple and powerful GeoDatabases under a File GeoDatabase (excluding enterprise GeoDatabases). This course starts with a thorough review of objects within a GeoDatabase and the different types of GeoDatabases, then moves deeper. Many users need a strong basis in using the GeoDatabase for daily activities that don't require elaborate designs. Students learn how work with every day topology applications through creation of rules, investigation of specific changes in the data due to validation, work with editing tasks for management issues such as coincidence, and learn how to manage some confusing topology errors. This class uses natural resources and urban data so concepts can be easily transferred to other types of applications. Using ModelBuilder in conjunction with the tools found in ArcToolbox powerfully enhances your GeoDatabase building/maintenance procedures as well as simple analysis. The focus of this ModelBuilder portion of the class is to learn the tools: creating, editing, and documenting models. Students will leave this class with the confidence for building basic and sound GeoDatabases as well as confidence in constructing their own models from scratch.
ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality
(3 day class paired down to 2 days for the conference
ESRI – 2 days
acoyle@esri.com | esri.com
ArcGIS Desktop software is an integrated system that includes all the tools needed to get the most out of a GIS. This course teaches the range of functionality available in the software and the essential tools for visualizing, creating, managing, and analyzing geographic data. The hands-on course exercises emphasize practice with ArcMap and ArcCatalog (the primary applications included with ArcGIS Desktop software) to perform common GIS tasks and workflows. The tools for creating and managing geographic data, displaying data on maps in different ways, and combining and analyzing data to discover patterns and relationships are highlighted, and you learn how ArcGIS Desktop provides a complete GIS software solution. By the end of the course, you will be prepared to start working with the software on your own. This is a 3 day course being taught in 2 days. The students will receive the complete manuals but only 2 days worth of material will be taught.
The 2-day course will center on being productive with ArcPad in the field and understanding how to collect and process high quality GPS data with ArcPad, the Trimble GPScorrect extension for ArcPad, GPS Analyst for ArcGIS and/or GPS Pathfinder Office software. ArcPad’s integration with ArcGIS will be highlighted. Although Trimble GPS equipment and software will be highlighted, any GPS platform running ArcPad is welcome. You will gain confidence and the skill set to efficiently manage the mobile GIS work flow.
Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
John Schaeffer: Juniper GIS – 2 days
john@junipergis.com | junipergis.com
This 2-day course introduces participants to the Spatial Analyst extension. Spatial Analyst allows users to work with Raster data and perform a variety of analysis functions not available in vector GIS. Students will learn the basics of Spatial Analyst by completing an exercise to site a solar greenhouse, and then will delve into more advanced topics by using Spatial Analyst in several projects.
Introduction to Geoprocessing Scripts using Python
ESRI – 2 days
acoyle@esri.com | esri.com
The ArcGIS geoprocessing framework includes a scripting environment, and Python® is the scripting language included with ArcGIS. This course introduces the Python scripting language and shows how it can be used to access and automate geoprocessing functionality. Students learn Python scripting syntax, then begin writing scripts to automate geoprocessing operations. Students also learn how to incorporate Python scripts as custom tools in ArcToolbox.
Evening Workshops
Tuesday, October, 21
Understanding Projections for ArcGIS (Free)
John Schaeffer: Juniper GIS – 1.5 hrs
john@junipergis.com | junipergis.com
This presentation will take the mystery out of projections, coordinate systems, and datums. We’ll start with an overview of projection concepts, and then specifically discuss how these concepts and issues apply to GIS and also how to apply this knowledge correctly working with ArcGIS. This presentation is useful for anyone working with GIS or GPS, and is especially useful for people working with different projections in ArcGIS.
This short course shows you how the rugged Ricoh 500-SE GPS camera can be used to capture spatially aware photos with attributes. The camera can be used as a standalone data collection platform, capturing photos, WAAS-corrected GPS positions, up to 5 attributes from pick lists, bar codes, and laser offsets. GPS PhotoLink software easily processes the data, outputting to GIS and other formats
Managers don’t have a lot of time to attend a week or two of training. This course is developed to provide you with a much better idea of all the needs for GIS, a plan for implementation, and many references to help you beef up your GIS Management knowledge. This seminar presents required information for managing a GIS that is outside the technical operation of the GIS (such as how to change mapping symbols or convert different types of data). GIS is a “system” made up of components not typically covered in a typical GIS course: People – thinking of them as a resource and working to reduce turnover; Hardware/Software – the real costs and the real work; Data – not as easy as many people think; Procedures – often mistakenly left to be developed while feet are to the fire; Product – developing a firm concept of what GIS can realistically do.