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    This 2-day training course covers the fundamentals of GIS including an introduction to the ArcGIS platform and components, understanding GIS data and coordinate systems, acquiring and selecting GIS data, interacting with maps, performing spatial analysis, and sharing results. The course consists of 8 lessons involving lectures and hands-on exercises using ArcMap and ArcGIS Online to work with and analyze spatial data.

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    This 2-day training course covers the fundamentals of GIS including an introduction to the ArcGIS platform and components, understanding GIS data and coordinate systems, acquiring and selecting GIS data, interacting with maps, performing spatial analysis, and sharing results. The course consists of 8 lessons involving lectures and hands-on exercises using ArcMap and ArcGIS Online to work with and analyze spatial data.

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    This 2-day training course covers the fundamentals of GIS including an introduction to the ArcGIS platform and components, understanding GIS data and coordinate systems, acquiring and selecting GIS data, interacting with maps, performing spatial analysis, and sharing results. The course consists of 8 lessons involving lectures and hands-on exercises using ArcMap and ArcGIS Online to work with and analyze spatial data.

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    Training for Continuous Professional Development

    Foundation
    Course Content

    ArcGIS 1: Introduction to GIS


    Duration: 2 Days (16 Hours)

    Day 1

    1. The ArcGIS platform

    - Lesson introduction
    - The ArcGIS platform
    - Using GIS
    - Getting to know the ArcGIS platform
    - Components used in this course
    - Lesson review

    2. The basics of GIS

    - Lesson introduction
    - What is GIS?
    - The geographic approach
    - What can you do with GIS?
    - Think of ways to apply GIS
    - Exercise 2: Create and share a map with ArcGIS Online
    - Training Services account credentials
    - Sign in to ArcGIS Online
    - Choose a basemap
    - Add a data file to your map
    - Save and share your map
    - View a classmate's version of the map
    - (Optional) Locate a user group related to your work or area of interest
    - Lesson review
    Training for Continuous Professional Development

    Foundation
    3. Understanding GIS data

    - Lesson introduction

    - Turning geographic information into GIS data


    - GIS data models

    - Explore GIS data models in ArcMap

    - Which data model fits better?

    - Working with tables

    - Documenting your data


    - Exercise 3A: Explore GIS data using ArcMap

    - Open ArcMap and create a folder connection

    - View data in a GIS

    - Identify various file types


    - View an item description

    - Correct an error in an item's metadata

    - Preview a dataset's geography and table

    - Add data to the map


    - ArcGIS Online content

    - GIS services and web maps

    - Web mapping applications and mobile apps

    - Tools and data from ArcGIS Online

    - Exercise 3B: Explore GIS content using ArcGIS Online


    - Browse ArcGIS Online for web content

    - Browse ArcGIS Online for desktop content

    - View an item's details

    - Examine options for opening ArcGIS Online items


    - Lesson review
    Training for Continuous Professional Development

    Foundation

    4. The importance of coordinate systems

    - Lesson introduction
    - What is location?
    - How spatial data stores location
    - Geographic coordinate systems
    - Working with data in different geographic coordinate systems
    - Projected coordinate systems
    - Spatial properties and distortion
    - Understanding distortion
    - Exercise 4: Work with coordinate systems
    - Identify the coordinate system for a dataset
    - Identify the coordinate system for another dataset
    - Identify a dataset with a different coordinate system
    - Identify a dataset with an unknown coordinate system
    - Assign a coordinate system to a dataset without a spatial reference
    - Change the coordinate system for a dataset
    - Three key concepts
    - Lesson review

    Day 2

    5. Acquiring and selecting GIS data

    - Lesson introduction
    - Methods for obtaining GIS data
    - Accessing GIS data
    - Considerations for creating GIS data
    - Creating data
    - Considerations for choosing GIS data
    - Evaluating GIS data
    - Exercise 5: Gather and evaluate GIS data
    - Consider the data you need
    Training for Continuous Professional Development

    Foundation
    - Examine the data you have
    - Add data from another organization
    - Add data from ArcGIS Online
    - Transfer files from one geodatabase to another
    - Import shapefiles into the geodatabase
    - Lesson review

    6. Interacting with a map Lesson introduction

    - Symbology and visualization Finding, identifying, and selecting features


    - Asking questions and getting answers
    - Getting information from a GIS map
    - Exercise 6A: Explore a map using ArcMap
    - Navigate the map
    - Modify symbology
    - Identify features Find features
    - Export selected features from a file to a geodatabase
    - Select features
    - Examine an attribute table View data change over time
    - Exercise 6B: Explore a map using ArcGIS Online
    - Navigate the map
    - Modify symbology
    - Identify features Locate addresses and features
    - Select features and view an attribute table
    - Lesson review

    7. Performing spatial analysis

    - Lesson introduction
    - The geographic approach revisited
    - Questions you can answer with GIS
    - What is spatial analysis?
    - Geoprocessing in analyses
    Training for Continuous Professional Development

    Foundation
    - Common analysis tasks Perform spatial analysis with common analysis tools
    - Exercise 7: Analyze hurricane storm surge data
    - Open ArcMap and examine the map document
    - Extract features in your area of interest
    - Identify vulnerable facilities in Lee County
    - Overlay the Cat3 layer with Lee County
    - Identify hospitals close to the storm surge inundation polygon
    - Lesson review

    8. Sharing results

    - Lesson introduction
    - The importance of sharing results
    - Sharing content through ArcMap
    - Sharing content through ArcGIS Online
    - Exercise 8: Share hurricane analysis results
    - Export the map as a PDF
    - Create a map package and upload it to ArcGIS Online
    - Create a web map
    - Customize map symbology and save the map
    - Create a web mapping application
    - (Optional) Access the web mapping application on a mobile device
    - Lesson review

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