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TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES
Workshop
on Integrating GCDB into your GIS Framework
Tuesday, May 9, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Conference Rooms 1& 2 (by the cafeteria)
Federal Building, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA
Sponsored by: US Geological Survey US Bureau of Land Management
This workshop will cover:
- The foundation of the Public Land Survey
System (PLSS)
- The foundation of the Geographic Coordinate
Data Base (GCDB)
- The foundation of the National Integrated
Land System (NILS)
- Introduction to the Land Survey Information
systems (LSIS)
- Existing boundary alignment issues
- How to contribute to and improve GCDB
- How to access the LSIS web based interface
- How to stream LSIS Web Map Services into
ArcMap
- How to download GCDB data, and related BLM
shape, and coverage files
- How to convert GCDB data to coverages and
geodatabases
- How to adjust local boundaries to be coincident
with GCDB
- How to maintain boundaries as GCDB is updated
- See examples of how you can benefit through
the use of GCDB
The morning session will provide a high level
overview of the public land survey system, the current and future
methods of integrating related geographic coordinates (GCDB) into
your Geographic Information System (GIS), and the benefits of
doing so. The afternoon session will cover the technical aspects
using real world examples of acquiring GCDB data, and using it
to create coverages and geodatabases.
The use of GCDB as a common framework
for all PLSS based boundaries will improve your data quality,
reduce your data acquisition and maintenance costs, and improve
data sharing among the GIS community. Some counties in California
are already yielding benefits through the use of GCDB in their
GIS. Please join us for this free workshop. Contact Carol Ostergren
at costergren@usgs.gov
(916-278-9510) for reservations or further information.
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University
of California Riverside, Extension
Spring 2006 Geospatial Analysis and Technology Programs
Introduction to ArcGIS Earth Science
802.2 (1.5 CEU)
Date/Time: Sat., Sun. 8 am-5 pm, May 6, 7.
Location: PALM DESERT: UCR Palm Desert, 75-080 Frank Sinatra
Dr.
Fee: $425 (includes text, 2 meetings)
Reg #054-SCG-G03
ArcObjects for Coordinate Geometry (COGO)
Applications
Earth Science 807.7 (3 CEU)
Date/Time: Wed. 6-9:30 pm, Apr. 12-May 31.
Location: UC RIVERSIDE: Extension Center, 1200 University
Ave.
Fee: $395 (8 meetings)
Reg #054-SCG-N10
Online software training also available. Check out the website
at www.extension.ucr.edu/gis.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Project
Management
Earth Science X450.1 (3 units)
Date/Time: Mon. 6-9:30 pm, Apr. 17-Jun. 12. (no meeting,
May 29th)
Location: UC RIVERSIDE: Lab 208, Extension Center, 1200
University Ave.
Fee: $395 (8 meetings)
Reg #054-SCG-G01
GIS Applications Lab Earth Science
X453.4 (3 units)
Date/Time: Thur. 6-9:30 pm, Apr. 27-June 15.
Location: UC RIVERSIDE: Lab 208, Extension Center, 1200
University Ave.
Fee: $395 (8 meetings)
Reg #054-SCG-G13
Cartographic Design Earth Science
X104 (3 units)
Date/Time: Fri. 5:30-9:30 pm, Apr. 21-June 9.
Location: UC RIVERSIDE: Extension Center, 1200 University
Ave.
Fee: $395 (8 meetings)
Reg #054-SCG-N05
Introduction to Photogrammetry Earth
Science X453.5 (1.5 units)
Date/Time: Tue., Thur. 6-9 pm, May 30-June 13.
Location: UC RIVERSIDE: Extension Center, 1200 University
Ave.
Fee: $315 (5 meetings)
Reg #054-SCG-G06
Using Geographic Information Systems in
Landscape Archaeology
Earth Science X453.7 (1.5 units)
Date/Time: Sat., Sun. 8 am-5 pm, May 20, 21.
Location: PALM DESERT: UCR Palm Desert, 75-080 Frank Sinatra
Dr.
Fee: $355 (2 meetings)
Reg #054-SCG-G12
GPS Processing and Analysis Earth
Science X440.8 (3.5 units)
Date/Time: Mon. 6-9:30 pm, Apr. 3-June 12 (no meeting May
29th)
Location: UC RIVERSIDE: Lab 213, Extension Center, 1200
University Ave.
Fee: $395 (10 meetings)
Reg #054-SCG-G11
Map Projections Earth Science X440.9
(1.5 units)
Date/Time: Sat., Sun. 8 am-5 pm, May 6, 7.
Location: UC RIVERSIDE: Lab 208, Extension Center, 1200
University Ave.
Fee: $325 (2 meetings)
Reg #054-SCG-G05
UC Riverside Extension presents the 9th
Annual GIS Summer School 2006
July 6-September 1. Earn the GIS Certificate in one summer!
Fee: $4,495 ($500 deposit required by June 1. Balance due
on or before July 6. No refunds after June 1.)
Includes open lab, parking, ESRI User Conference one-day pass,
receptions and career workshop.
Reg #061-SCG-N00
For more information, visit the website at www.extension.ucr.edu/gis.
To enroll with Visa or MasterCard, please call
(800) 442-4990. Click here
for other enrollment options. For complete information, including
course descriptions and instructors, please see our winter and
spring course catalogs or visit our web site at http://www.extension.ucr.edu/catalog.html.
If you have questions regarding any of these
courses, requirements for the Certificates or your current status
in the certificate program, please call 951-827-5804 or email
sciences@ucx.ucr.edu.
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Free
ESRI Virtual Seminar, May 25: Working with ArcPad 7
Presented live, these free training seminars are focused lectures
on a variety of GIS topics for all levels of users. May 25: Working
with ArcPad 7. Times: 9 AM, 11 AM, & 3 PM Pacific (Los
Angeles).
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ESRI
ArcGIS User Group Locations
ArcGIS User Groups provide a forum for ESRI users to share their
experiences with each other, exchange best practices, and learn
about new technology. These groups are very effective for new
as well as experienced users. Topics range from entry level to
advanced. Each meeting offers a focused, education-based agenda.
Register now for the upcoming meeting in your area: http://gis2.esri.com/usersupport/usergroups/ugselect.cfm
The Northwest
Environmental Training Center presents:
Environmental Forensics - Analytical and Geochemical Applications
for Contaminant Transport, Risk Assessment, and Apportioning Liability
Course No. CHEM-405
June 20 - 21, 2006, 8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M. (2 Days)
Courtyard Los Angeles Old Pasadena
180 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, California
Instructor: Richard W. Hurst, Ph.D., Hurst & Associates,
Inc.
Description: This course introduces
participants to the fundamentals of forensic science, and how
forensic results may be used to improve transport and fate investigations
apportion liability for cleanup/recovery costs, as well as identify
contaminant transport and fate histories of spills and discharges.
The course is intended for any environmental, geotechnical, or
engineering professional working with issues involving contaminated
soil and groundwater.
NOTE: You may visit the NWETC website for improved
viewing of all our class information at: http://www.nwetc.org/training.htm.
International
Conference in GIS and Health:
Geospatial Research and Application Frontiers in Environmental
and Public Health Systems (GRAFEPHS 2006)
27-29 June 2006, Hong Kong,
Abstract Submission deadline past (January 31, 2006)
Sponsored by The Croucher Foundation, Hong Kong
This 3-day conference, organized by Department of Geography,
HKU and the State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental
Information Systems (LREIS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
in Beijing, will provide a forum for geospatial experts, practicing
epidemiologists, statisticians, environmentalists, toxicologists,
and public health physicians concerned with the impact of environmental
exposures on the health of populations to chart their research
paths and agenda.
Objectives of the conference:
- Improving
the ability of those concerned in identifying environmental
priorities and improving public health planning policy
- Assisting
the consolidation of different research ideas and development
directions
- Fostering
possible international research and applied collaborations
- Assembling
scholarly works for publication in conference proceedings or
special reports
- Making
recommendations to the government departments and health organizations
in Hong Kong and other countries on infrastructural and other
requirements for public and environmental health control.
For complete conference information, please
visit http://geog.hku.hk/HealthGIS2006.
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