[juneau-lug] Fwd: Mapping Alaska Communities - GIS Workshop - Anchorage

  • From: James Zuelow <e5z8652@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 19:02:14 -0800

So, this is semi-spam sent to the info@ address.

I think the idea is fine, but do we really want to run ArcGIS? Isn't there 
quality geo information available from US Goverment sources that don't cost 
money?

What other GIS solutions are LUG members running?

Semi-related:  I will take my GPS in hand this summer and start updating the 
open streets map of Juneau [1].  Some small areas are a little odd (MRCS not 
connecting to to back loop, etc.)

James

[1] www.openstreetmap.org

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Subject: Mapping Alaska Communities - GIS Workshop - Anchorage
Date: Thursday 29 May 2008
From: "Gina Clemmer, New Urban Research, Inc." <gclemmer@xxxx>
To: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mapping Alaska Communities Workshop: Intro to GIS and Community Analysis 
August 21st and 22nd, 2008  8:30 am - 4:30 pm (Two separate one day workshops 
offered.)
University of Alaska Anchorage - 3801 Old Seward Hwy. Room 149 Anchorage, AK 
99501

Register Online/Get More Info, please visit www.nur-online.com

Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community 

Participants will learn to use ArcGIS 9.2 to do the following: 

Creating thematic maps 

Participants will learn to create thematic maps of their own data, and display 
spatial trends in information. 

Address mapping (geocoding)

Participants will learn to map addresses of their clients, their projects or 
incidents such as crime or disease.
Download and map Census & American Community Survey data

Participants will learn to extract and map current Census data such as 
poverty, race, language, population,
transportation, education and workforce characteristics.
Participants will also learn to:
Conduct spatial queries
Download free shapefiles 
Create well designed maps 
Mapping techniques transferable to all other communities. Exercises are 
designed for beginners. Intermediate Excel skills required. 
Materials

+ Comprehensive workbook (75 pages), which includes the presentation, 
exercises and reference worksheets, 

+ ArcGIS (ArcView 9.2) software 60-day trial CD set,

+ Thirty day free access to new 2005 Tiger/Line geography files (converted to 
shapefiles) which include streets, zip codes, school districts, voting 
districts, census tracts and many other useful geographies

+ Thirty day free access to our Analyzing Your Community: Local Demographic 
Analysis Online Workshop

What People Are Saying 

State of Alaska - Department of Transportation - "This was truly an 
outstanding class!"
Municipality of Anchorage: "This was a very good "jump start" to my GIS 
education." 
University of Alaska - Anchorage: "This was an excellent workshop."

Alaska Department of Education: "This was great! I am looking forward to 
incorporating our existing data into a mapping system."

New Urban Research, Inc. is a national social research organization and ESRI 
Business Partner specializing in quantitative and spatial community analysis.  
New Urban Research, Inc. 33232 NE 33rd Ave Portland, Oregon 97212 | 
877.241.6576 | www.nur-online.com 
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