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ArcGIS Desktop I: Getting Started with GIS

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Attributes
  • Class Time: 8:30am-5:00pm daily
  • CEUs: 1.6
  • FBPE PDHs: 0004040: 16
  • FDEP OCP DS/DW/WW CEUs: 1.6 Advanced 4604
Coordinator Stephanie West, (352) 392-9570 x216
Description

Authored by ESRI

This 2 day (16 hour) course is part of the ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 Foundational Training Curriculum. The ArcGIS 9.2 version of this course was titled Learning GIS Using ArcGIS Desktop.
This course provides the foundation for understanding what GIS is, what it can do, and how others are using it. You learn the basic functions of a GIS, why a GIS database is powerful, and what coordinate systems and map projections are and why they are important. In course exercises, you work with ArcMap to visualize geographic data, create maps, query a GIS database, perform spatial analysis using common analysis tools, and solve geographic problems using a systematic approach. This course teaches the skills and knowledge needed to take ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality.
Prerequisites: Students should know how to use Windows-based software for basic file management and browsing.
This course is designed to work with the following software:

ArcGIS Desktop*
Version
ArcView
9.3
ArcEditor
9.3
ArcInfo
9.3

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for those who are new to GIS and ArcGIS, or those who are infrequent users of ArcGIS who do not have a GIS background.
 
Course Objective
Those completing this course will be able to:
 
  • Explain what a GIS is and what it can do
  • Work with and create GIS maps in ArcMap.
  • Access and query a GIS database.
  • Describe two common GIS data structures.
  • Explain what geographic data is, how it is made, and where to get it.
  • Explain what spatial analysis is and solve geographic problems using ArcGIS analysis tools.
 Course Instructor 
Suzanne Roulston-Doty
 
Ms. Doty is the President of GIS Associates, Inc., a firm providing consulting services, training, and software sales related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS).   She has 18 years of GIS experience with the ESRI suite of products and 12 years as an ESRI-Authorized Instructor.  Her expertise includes database design and development (including GPS field data collection); raster and vector modeling and analysis; programming; map, metadata, and report production; and training.  She has a Master of Arts Degree in Urban and Regional Planning with an emphasis on GIS from the University of Florida.