GIS Academy 2010

April 5–9

You have the tools: You've worked with ArcGIS and you have access to good data, but now you need to really deliver...

It's time to refine your techniques: Spend a week with skilled King County GIS Center practitioners and learn how to get the most out of your GIS software and data. Our instructors will share their knowledge and help build your skills in a small-class-size, hands-on environment. GIS Academy is not just a collection of classes, but an integrated work-problem-based curriculum designed to help you develop your ability while you apply your skills to a week-long class project. By Friday, you will have gone well beyond the basics, with new confidence to tackle more challenging assignments with enhanced productivity.

GIS Academy Classes

GIS Academy makes it easy to take advantage of KCGIS custom training by packaging these eight GIS Training Express classes in an intense week-long event:

• Staying Current with GIS: Beyond the Basics (half day)
• Essentials of SQL for Advanced GIS (half day)
• Unleash the Power of Business Tables: A Case Study with Assessor Data (half day)
• Topics in Advanced GIS Editing (1 day,)
• Effective Analysis: A Tour of GIS Tools (half day)
• Efficient Geoprocessing Using Model Builder (1 day)
• Document Your Data: Mastering Metadata (half day)
• Putting It All Together: A Project Workshop to Visualize Your Data (half day)

In addition, on Friday afternoon the instructors will be staffing a drop-in clinic where Academy attendees will be able to receive one-on-one consultation and coaching.

Schedule

Cost

Individual classes cost between $150 and $500. Or sign up for the entire GIS Academy and save 33%! — your total will be only $995 (King County employees save even more).

Registration

Fill out our regular Registration form. You can choose individual classes, or sign up for the entire Academy.

More Information

GISCI Professional Certification Points: Most GIS Training Express classes are eligible for educational achievement points awarded by the GIS Certification Institute. Point values are indicated at the bottom of the catalog page for each class.

KCGIS Custom Training has been designed to complement the academic education and GIS software training that most GIS professionals and users begin with. The KCGIS experience has been that custom designed modular training is an effective means to enhance the productivity of GIS users, analysts, and data maintainers. The GIS Training Express program provides for ongoing and relevant GIS education, to empower current and potential GIS community members as proactive spatial thinkers who can visualize their data, support better decision-making, and deliver superior public service using GIS tools. Instructors are seasoned King County GIS professionals who are expert in applying these techniques and tools.

GIS Academy will benefit you and the agency that you work for by expanding your GIS related skills and strengthening your abilities to put GIS to work more productively….so that you can report Mission Accomplished!

To find out more, contact Cheryl Wilder, King County GIS Center Training Coordinator, via e-mail or by phone at (206) 263-5220.