Mapping Oregon - GIS Workshops - Community Analysis
Mapping Oregon Communities:
An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Portland: January 19th, 2010
Kinetic Computer Solution - Congress Center Building, 1001 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 305 Portland, OR, 97204
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)
- Non-Profit Fee: $350 (Limited to first 5 Non-Profit Registrations per workshop. Must be a 501 c3 Non-Profit to qualify. Government Agencies and Academic Institutions DO NOT QUALIFY. Contact us at nur@urban-research.info for more information)
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