Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility

UW-Madison
LICGF/SIAC
GIS Training Workshops

ArcGIS Desktop 1 Getting Started with GIS

Course Fee: $800

2-day ESRI authorized class.

This course provides the foundation for understanding what GIS is, what it can do, and how others are using it. You learn the basic functions of a GIS, why a GIS database is powerful, and what coordinate systems and map projections are and why they are important. In course exercises, you work with ArcMap to visualize geographic data, create maps, query a GIS database, perform spatial analysis using common analysis tools, and solve geographic problems using a systematic approach. This course teaches the skills and knowledge needed to take other ArcGIS Desktop courses.

Topics covered

• The big picture of GIS: Basic functions of a GIS; Real-world applications.
• Exploring GIS maps
• Exploring a GIS database
• Creating map layouts
• Understanding location
• Understanding raster and vector data
• Querying data
• Analyzing spatial relationships
• Solving problems with GIS

Note:

This class is intended for new users of GIS, who will be casual users of GIS. Here is the Table of Contents for the class workbook (pdf). For a more in-depth introduction, including editing, you might consider ArcGIS Desktop 2.

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