Mapping California - GIS Workshops - Community Analysis
Mapping California Communities:
An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Los Angeles: September 10th and 11th, 2009*
ExecuTrain of Los Angeles -
9841 Airport Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90045
San Jose: September 10th and 11th, 2009*
ExecuTrain of San Jose -
2025 Gateway Place, Ste 390 San Jose, CA 95510
Irvine: September 16th, 2009
QuickStart Training Center -
16815 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92606
Sacramento: September 17th and 18th, 2009*
ExecuTrain of Sacramento -
1860 Howe Ave., Ste 250 Sacramento, CA 95816
San Diego: September 18th, 2009
Technical Training Resources -
6920 Miramar Road, Suite 105 San Diego, CA 92121
San Francisco: September 24th and 25th, 2009*
ExecuTrain of San Francisco- 101 Spear Street/One Rincon Center, Suite 245 San Francisco, CA 94105
*Note: These are one day workshops. Participants choose which one day to attend.
This workshop is customized for each city in which it is taught.
- Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community
- Registration Fee: $495 (Credit Cards, Checks, Purchase Orders Accepted)
Breakfast Included
Workshop Overview
Participants will learn to use ArcGIS 9.3.1 to do the following:
Creating thematic maps
Participants will learn how to easily 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.
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.
Workshop Materials
- Comprehensive workbook (75 pages), which includes the presentation, exercises and reference worksheets
- ArcGIS (ArcView 9.3.1) software 60-day trial CD set
Workshop Agenda
Lesson 1
Learn the basic functions of ArcGIS
Setting up ArcMap
Adding data and geography layers
Working with Layouts
Lesson 2
Introduction to American Factfinder
Downloading Census and American Community Survey data to map
Downloading free geography files including tracts, zip codes, blocks and several others
Preparing Census tract data in Excel to import into ArcGIS
Lesson 3
Joining data and geography files
Creating thematic (color shaded) maps to display data
Working with legends and interval breaks
Lesson 4
How to do common spatial queries
Lesson 5
Where to download free business addresses
Geocoding (address mapping)
Lesson 6
Elements of good maps including colors, fonts and map must haves
Critique of several maps
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