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GIS Services specializes in flexibility: classes can be held where you want them, when you need them, and custom tailored to your requirements. Classes are structured to allow the students to immediately apply what they have learned with lectures followed by hands-on exercises. GIS Services brings the training to you providing:

• Competitive Pricing 
• Convenience 
• Customization 
  

Our Instructors

GIS Services instructors have extensive teaching experience and work in their fields providing practical as well as customized classes for ESRI® products. Some of our instructors have been providing training for ESRI products since the 1970's and those involved with the Authorized Training Classes since the inception of the program. For an overview of training clients click on Agencies Trained.

Customized Training Courses

GIS Services specializes in flexibility: classes can be held where you want them, when you need them, and custom tailored to your requirements. We can come to you - classes can be held at your facility, and/or with your computers and data. If that is not convenient, we can schedule classes in your locality.

ModelBuilder (2 days)

In this hands-on short course, students will be introduced to the Geoprocessing environment in ArcGIS. Participants will learn how to create, share, and modify models for analysis and streamlining processing tasks. The focus of the course is to provide an introduction to the Geoprocessing environment in ArcGIS using the ArcGIS ModelBuilder with hands on exercises. This course is for data managers and analysts who have an understanding of the ArcGIS desktop applications and are ready to make use of the Geoprocessing environment in ArcGIS. New and existing data managers interested in migrating to the Geodatabase environment can benefit from taking this course also.

For many users, there are analysis tasks that need to be completed more than once. The ESRI ModelBuilder interface provides a way to graphically model all of the tasks that need to be completed. The resulting geoprocessing models can include tools, scripts, and the data. Whether you're in public works estimating annual street repair costs, emergency services modeling to route vehicles, or a biologists estimating wildlife populations, this class is for you. 

This class will review the basics of ModelBuilder data-flow diagrams and the tools used to create them.

Introduction to ArcObjects 9x Using VBA (3 days)

Introduction to ArcObjects 9x Using VBA is an introductory class for ESRI’s Version 9 software and its 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 introduces 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. including the Visual Basic (VBA) Editor, customize dialog box, and online help resources. Upon finishing the course, participants will have plenty of sample code from which they can build their own applications.

This course is for those who work with ArcGIS on a technical level but may be new to programming with VBA. It is ideal for users who want to increase productivity by extending ArcGIS applications and for developers who want to create custom applications using VBA. Participants must have a working knowledge of ArcMap and ArcCatalog. 

Topology in the Geodatabase (2 days)

In this 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. 

This course is for spatial data managers and analyst 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. Registrants should have taken introduction to ArcGIS II (for ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo), or have equivalent knowledge. Attendees should be familiar with ArcMap and ArcCatalog. 

Options:

1. You may choose to have a class that is structured to your needs; lectures and hands-on exercises would be focused on the functionality that is used in your work environment. 

2. A third-day or half-day workshop can follow an ESRI authorized class or a customized class with additional focus on your requirements.

In both options, the instructor would discuss with you before scheduling the class to determine your interests and requirements and to request sample data for use during the classes.

Classes Provided by ESRI Authorized Trainers

Introduction to ArcGIS I (2 days)

ArcGIS Desktop is ESRI's full-featured GIS software for visualizing, creating, managing, and analyzing geographic data. This course provides the foundation for becoming a successful ArcGIS Desktop user. Students learn fundamental GIS concepts and become familiar with the range of functionality available in the software. In course exercises, they work with ArcGIS Desktop and see how it provides a complete GIS software solution.

Those completing this course will be able to describe the structure of ArcGIS Desktop software, display geographic data, query a GIS database, edit geographic data, associate tables using joins and relates, and create maps, reports, and graphs.

• ArcGIS overview: Capabilities and applications; Interacting with the interface; Basic display. 
• Spatial data concepts: Representing spatial data and descriptive information.
• ArcGIS data model: Geodatabases; Shapefiles; Coverages; Feature types; Attributes. 
• GIS software: Components; Functions; Applications. 
• Spatial coordinate systems and map projections: Georeferencing data; What map projections are; How ArcMap works with map projections. 
• Querying data: Selecting and identifying features; Creating reports and graphs. 
• Map displays: Creating; Symbolizing; Scaling; Adding map elements.

Who Should Attend: This course is designed for those who are new to ArcGIS and to GIS in general.

Prerequisites: Students should know how to use Windows®-based software.

Introduction to ArcGIS II (3 days)

ArcGIS software offers many tools for visualizing, creating, managing, and analyzing geographic data. In this course, students extend their ArcGIS skills in the areas of cartography, data automation and editing, and geoprocessing and spatial analysis. Students work with advanced cartographic tools as they learn how to efficiently create effective maps. A major focus of the course is the geodatabase. Students learn database design considerations and techniques for creating, maintaining, and managing GIS data stored in a geodatabase. The ArcGIS geoprocessing tools for spatial analysis are also covered and, in a course project, students apply many of their newly acquired skills.

Those completing this course will be able to classify and symbolize data, create custom symbols, labels, and annotation, work with map templates, geocode addresses, list database design considerations, create and edit metadata, create a geodatabase and add data to it, set and use geodatabase validation rules, create and edit features using a variety of ArcMap editing tools, describe components of a model, and perform geoprocessing operations using tools, the Command Line window, and ModelBuilder.

Spatial analysis and data management: Buffers; Spatial overlays; Extracting features for analysis; Analytical methods and tools. 

• Geocoding and display of locations from tabular data: Address geocoding; Display of points from x,y coordinates. 
• Editing: Tools for creating and editing spatial data; Editing attribute data; Spatial adjustment. 
• Data automation: Data sources; Digitizing; Data conversion. 
• Project management: Database organization; File and directory naming conventions; Creating and using metadata. 
• Geoprocessing: Introduction to the Command Line window and the ModelBuilder interface. 
• Cartography: Advanced symbology and labeling.

Who Should Attend: This course is designed for experienced ArcGIS users who want to work with the more advanced features of ArcGIS.

Prerequisites: Students should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I or Learning ArcGIS Desktop or have equivalent knowledge.

Introduction to Geoprocessing Scripts Using Python (2 days)

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.

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 and access resources for debugging Python code. 

Who Should Attend: This course is designed for experienced ArcGIS users who want to learn how to automate everyday processes or create complex analytical scripts. ARC Macro Language (AMLTM) and AvenueTM programmers who want to write scripts for ArcGIS will also find the course of interest.

Prerequisites: Students should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I or Learning ArcGIS Desktop and Introduction to ArcGIS II or have equivalent knowledge. Basic programming skills, such as using loops and conditional statements, are also required.

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Contact Information

For registration forms or further information, please contact Barbara Stoddard:

• 520.971.7622 voice
• 520.903.0987 fax
• training@gisservices.net
• Contact form

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Training:
Information & Schedule

Fall 2008 Class Schedule:

Introduction to Geoprocessing Scripts Using Python, Sept 24/25 Sanford FL  

ArcGIS Desktop III: GIS Workflows and Analysis, October 6-7 in Prescott AZ

ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality, Nov 10 - 12 in Tucson AZ

ArcGIS Desktop III: GIS Workflows and Analysis, Nov 13 - 14 in Tucson AZ

ArcGIS Desktop III: GIS Workflows and Analysis, Dec 9 - 10 in Phoenix, AZ (AZ State, County and City Governments only)

ArcGIS Desktop III: GIS Workflows and Analysis, (for EMS), Jan 5-10, 2009 in Jacksonville, FL

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