GIS Workshops will be offered on Monday, March 26 and Tuesday, March 27 at the West Virginia GIS Technical Center, located on the downtown campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown. Workshops are free of charge to Conference Registrants, but each workshop is limited to 20 participants. Register early to ensure your place in the workshops of your choice. The deadline for workshop registration is March 15, 2001.
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WORKSHOP 1: West Virginia GIS Data/FGDC Metadata. Monday, March 26, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Instructors: Nicole Edwards and Kurt Donaldson, West Virginia GIS Technical Center. Description: Metadata overview. Discussion on procedures and software tools for creating full metadata. Clearinghouse node demonstration. Overview of West Virginia GIS data sets.
WORKSHOP 2: Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Technology and Software. Monday, March 26, 11:00 AM to Noon. Instructor: Charlie Yuill, NRAC. Description: Demonstration of Trimble GPS units and associated Pathfinder software. Will include discussion of using data collected with GPS with various GIS software formats.
WORKSHOP 3: Basic ArcView GIS. Monday, March 26, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Instructor: Nicole Edwards, West Virginia GIS Technical Center. Description: An introduction to using ArcView and fundamental GIS concepts.
WORKSHOP 4: Advanced ArcView GIS for Natural Resource Management. Monday, March 26, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Instructor: Jackie Strager, NRAC. Description: Brief demonstration and discussion of advanced ArcView GIS topics commonly used in resource management, including the use of tabular data (such as GPS data); use of ArcView's Spatial Analyst extension; and descriptions of other available extensions, such as Patch Analyst.
WORKSHOP 5: ArcGIS 8.1. Tuesday, March 27, 9:00 AM to Noon. Instructor: Jason Fry, ESRI. Description: ArcMap/ArcToolbox/ArcCatalog and extensions overview. ESRI will use materials from the ArcGIS Rollout Sessions that begin in February.
WORKSHOP 6: ArcIMS. Tuesday, March 27, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Instructor: Jason Fry, ESRI. Description: Overview of technology; setting up a site and having it up and running.
WORKSHOP 7: Practical Issues in Internet Mapping. Tuesday, March 27, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Instructor: Jackie Strager, NRAC. Description: The serving of live, interactive maps to Internet users is rapidly expanding and evolving. Will include discussion of current Internet-based mapping capabilities and ESRI Internet mapping software. Demonstration of existing web sites using different forms of Internet mapping.
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