GIS Courses

Below you will find courses and dates offered. 
Class size is limited.  Please contact Phyllis Poché at (501) 569 - 8534 for more information. 

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All classes are taught by a certified ESRI instructor.

ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality (9.3) - 3 day class

The ArcGIS 9.2 version of this course was titled Introduction to ArcGIS I.

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.

Prerequisites and recommendations:

Registrants should know how to use windows. This course provides the fundamental ArcGIS knowledge and experience needed to enroll in ArcGIS Desktop III: GIS Workflows and Analysis, as well as several other ESRI courses.

Feb 1-3, 2010

Cost: $1,050

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ArcGIS Desktop III: GIS Workflows and Analysis (9.3) - 2 day class 

The ArcGIS 9.2 version of this course was titled Introduction to ArcGIS II.

Understanding how and when to apply ArcGIS tools and functions is the key to creating an efficient GIS workflow. Building on the skills and knowledge taught in ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality, this course shows how to apply ArcGIS tools in a workflow context with a focus on working with data stored in a geodatabase and performing geoprocessing and analysis. In the course exercises, you organize and edit data stored in a geodatabase, prepare data for analysis, create and edit geoprocessing models using ModelBuilder, and work through a challenging analysis project.

Prerequisites and recommendations:

This course is for those who have completed ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality. If the prerequisite course is not completed, a student should have comparable experience with ArcGIS before taking this course.

Feb 4-5, 2010

Cost: $750

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Introduction to Python Scripting 

The ArcGIS geoprocessing framework includes a scripting environment, and Python® is the scripting language included with ArcGIS. This two-day day course introduces the Python scripting language and shows how it can be used to access and automate geoprocessing functionality. Students learn Python scripting syntax and then begin writing scripts to automate geoprocessing operations. Students also learn how to incorporate Python scripts as custom tools in ArcToolbox.

Topics Covered

Those completing this course will be able to:

• Understand the basics of the Python scripting language.
• Understand how scripts can be used in the ArcGIS geoprocessing framework.
• Incorporate tools and environment settings into scripts.
• Incorporate cursors, describe objects, and enumerations into scripts.
• Work with scripts in ArcToolbox.
• Access resources for debugging Python code.

 

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Getting Started with VBA for ArcGIS 8.x,
This three-day course is an introductory class for ESRI’s Version 8 software and it’s customization environment. The class will explore the VBA development environment and ArcGIS’s customization dialog in order to provide users with useful knowledge for developing customizations for ArcGIS. Day one will introduce users to object-oriented programming and Visual Basic for Applications, VBA. We will talk about the Component Object Model (COM), visual basic code structures, useful functions and statements. Day two will focus on ArcObjects, ESRI’s object model, on which all your customizations will be based. We will spend the day reading the object model diagrams and creating custom code in VBA for ArcGIS. Day three will give us an opportunity to apply our knowledge of COM, ArcObjects and VBA to real-world customizations.

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Topology in the Geodatabase 

In this two-day course, students will be introduced to topology in the current ArcGIS Geodatabase environment. Local data will be used for the course. Participants learn how to create, use, edit and manage spatial and attribute data stored in the Geodatabase. Data loading, topology rule creation, and maintaining data integrity through spatial and attribute validation will be covered. Participants are encouraged to bring their local data, if possible.

Audience

This course is for spatial data managers and analysts who have an understanding of the ArcGIS desktop applications (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and ArcToolbox) and are ready to make use of the Geodatabase environment. New and existing data managers interested in migrating to the Geodatabase environment can benefit from taking this course.

Goals

• Geodatabase creation and data loading
• Creation of topology in the Geodatabase
• Spatial validation of topology
• Creation of Subtypes and Domains
• Attribute validation
• Perform topologic edits

Topics covered

Geodatabase overview, Introducing Topology in the Geodatabase, Spatial and Attribute validation in the Geodatabase, and Performing Topologic edits.

Prerequisites and recommendations

Registrants should have taken Introduction to ArcGIS II (for ArcView 8, ArcEditor 8, and ArcInfo 8), or have equivalent knowledge. Attendees should be familiar with ArcMap and ArcCatalog. It is NOT required that registrants have extensive experience with Geodatabases before taking this course. The focus of the course is to provide an introduction to Geodatabases and Topology in the ArcGIS environment with hands on exercises using local data.

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Working with ArcView Spatial Analyst 

This three-day course explores how this ArcView GIS software extension allows the use of raster and vector data in an integrated environment. The course teaches basic raster concepts and introduces GIS models. It emphasizes problems that are best solved in a raster environment, such as surface analysis and distance measurement. Class participants learn to use the raster tools in ArcView Spacial Analyst Extension, how to convert between feature- and grid- based themes, and how to access additional functionality by issuing Avenue requests with the Map Calculator.

Prerequisites: No programming experience is required, although registrants should be familiar with ArcView GIS software.  

Please contact Phyllis Poché at (501) 569-8534 for more information

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