GIS Essentials™ Workshop - March Tele-Classes

GIS Essentials™ Workshop - March Tele-Classes

This is a series of tele-classes taught on Mondays and Wednesdays throughout March 2011. Each student uses a toll-free number to phone into class. Student must have ArcGIS 10 setup on their desktop (or a sixty day trial version of the software can be arranged).

Audience : Anyone interested in learning the essentials of ArcGIS. Some familiarity with ArcGIS recommended, but not necessary.

Registration Fee: $1,000 (We cover twenty exercises over sixteen hours of instruction, meeting for eight class, two hours each)

Software: ArcGIS 10 (9.3.1 also available)

Dates/Times: Mondays and Wednesdays in March - 10 am - 12 pm PST (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST). First class is on March 2nd. *Note: Recordings are available of all classes.

Materials for both classes

+ A copy of The GIS 20: Essential Skills by Gina Clemmer, will be provided in class and used as the primary text. The price of the book is included with the price of the registration. The GIS 20 is a focused workbook that demonstrates how to perform the most frequently utilized twenty essential GIS skills. The skills were indicated by 500 GIS practitioners through a survey, as well as through questions, projects and suggestions from 15,000 GIS students over the past decade. This book can be treated as a weekly self-assignment or an as-needed reference making it useful for the professional practitioner, the teacher and student. Each chapter offers clear steps, written in plain language, that illustrate exactly how to complete the presented essential skill exercise. In addition, the book helps beginners and non-native English speakers cut through technical jargon by using everyday language to explain the steps. If you are a GIS beginner, The GIS 20: Essential Skills will help you quickly master the most essential GIS skills in practice today.

+ ArcGIS (ArcView 10) software 60-day trial CD set (ordered in class).