Apr
23
Mapping Texas Communities Workshop:
An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis
Mapping Texas Communities Workshop:
An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis
Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community
Participants will learn to use ArcGIS 9.3 to do the following:
Creating thematic maps
Participants will learn to 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.
Materials
- Comprehensive workbook (75 pages), which includes the presentation, exercises and reference worksheets,
- ArcGIS (ArcView 9.3) software 60-day trial CD set
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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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New Urban Research, Inc.
2301 NW Thurman Suite S
Portland, OR 97210
877.241.6576 | www.urban-research.info
Houston: May 21st, 2009
ExecuTrain of Houston
4801 Woodway Drive, Suite 100 West
Houston, TX, 77056
713.402.1900
*Note: This workshop is customized for each city in which it is taught.
More Info/Registration: www.urban-research.info
Tags: ArcGIS, GIS, learning, Mapping
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