Workshop
Details
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 2005
8:00 AM –
NOON
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Working with Labels in ArcGIS |
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Presented by: Stacey Priest, ESRI |
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This half-day session will provide a comprehensive set
of concepts and techniques for labeling features in
ArcGIS 9. ArcGIS 9 provides a completely new labeling
toolbar, enabling you to configure many layers of label
properties simultaneously. Using a combination of
presentation and demonstration, this session will review
the methods for placing and storing text in your map or
database, the labeling enhancements to ArcGIS 9
including the Maplex labeling extension, and converting
high-quality labels into geodatabase annotation. This
session will flow nicely into the session entitled
“Working with Annotation in
ArcGIS”.
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Creating and Maintaining
Metadata |
Presented by: Patrick Brown, Iowa State University and Casey Kohrt, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
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(max
20 participants) |
Metadata development and maintenance will be the focus
of this workshop. Participants will have the opportunity
to work with metadata development tools including ESRI’s
ArcGIS ArcCatalog. The workshop will also explore
publishing and maintenance options through the Iowa
Geospatial Data Clearinghouse via internet based tools
and directly through ArcCatalog. Additional topics will
include current metadata standards, metadata harvesting,
and searching.
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GPS in the Field |
Presented by: Gregg Hadish,
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
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(max 20
participants) |
This workshop will provide an overview of various field
data collection technologies including
GPS,
mobile computers and GIS. Participants will have an
opportunity for hands-on experience with GPS equipment
and other field collection software. The incorporation
of field-collected data into ESRI GIS products will also
be demonstrated,
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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31ST, 2005 8:30 AM-2:30 PM
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IGIC - Homeland Security Workshop |
Presented by: Multiple Presenters
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This Workshop will explore and reinforce the crucial
role that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play
in Homeland Security preparedness and response.
State Homeland Security leaders from Iowa, Missouri,
Nebraska, and South Dakota will review their
states homeland security efforts and demonstrate
how GIS helps in those efforts. County level
personnel will further explain how local data
sets and mapping are being used to secure areas of
the state at the local level. Moderated discussions
will give workshop attendees the chance to interact
with speakers in an effort to show ways to use
existing GIS data in protecting our communities and
responding to crisis.
The IGIC - Homeland Security Workshop is being held
during the IGIC conference on August 31st, 2005,
from 8:30am to 2:30pm. The workshop fee is $75 and
includes lunch. Participants attending the entire
IGIC Conference are welcome to attend this special
workshop at no additional cost.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2005 12:30 PM-4:30 PM
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Working with Annotation in
ArcGIS |
Presented by: Stacey Priest, ESRI
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This half-day session will provide a comprehensive set
of concepts and techniques for working with annotation
features in ArcGIS 9. With ArcGIS 9, annotation editing
is made easier through a specially designed toolbar
featuring new tools and shortcuts to help streamline the
process. Using a combination of presentation and
demonstration we will explore the options for modeling
geodatabase annotation, subclasses and symbol
collections, as well as the geoprocessing tools for
updating and converting existing annotation features.
Finally, you will learn about geodatabase feature-linked
annotation and the pros and cons over dynamic labeling.
Concepts will be presented within the context of a
specific use case. This session is particularly
valuable if taken after the session entitled: “Working
with Labels in ArcGIS”.
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From Desktop to the
Internet:
Publishing Interactive Maps
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Presented by: Howard Butler,
Iowa State University and Patrick Brown, Iowa State
University
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(max 20
participants) |
This is an intermediate level workshop that will focus
on various technologies that are used to publish your
GIS data on the internet. Workshop attendees will have
the opportunity work with a variety of internet mapping
server products including UMN MapServer and ESRI ArcIMS.
The focus will be on server and client technologies that
serve and utilize OGC Web Map Services (WMS). Users
should have some experience with modifying HTML and web
pages. An overview of server requirements and
technologies will also be discussed.
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Relational Databases for
GIS Professionals - WORKSHOP IS FULL |
Presented by: Scott McBride, The Sidwell Company
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(max 20
participants) |
Relational databases are becoming a common way to store
non-spatial and spatial data. This session will explore
database design, data access and other topics related to
storing non-spatial data within a database. Participants
will also learn some tips and tricks of using relational
database connections within a GIS. This session will be
a hands-on session using a variety of software packages
and is designed to be an introduction to database
concepts and usage for the GIS professional.
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GIS and Emergency Management: Digital Data Hurdles
and Pitfalls |
Presented by: Shawn Dooney, 9-1-1 Database Consultant; Aaron Norby, Trainer/Support Manager;
and Kathy Miller,
GIS Trainer, BullBerry Systems, Inc.
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(max 20
participants) |
GIS Data for Emergency Management must meet
stringent requirements that go beyond the norm. This is
a 4-hour hands-on class that focuses on problems and
solutions in preparing data to be used in making
Emergency Management and 9-1-1 dispatch decisions.
Topics such as routing, querying, MSAG
preparation/updating, data scrubbing and geocoding will
be addressed.
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Job Opportunity - Iowa National Guard GIS Technician/Duty Desk Officer
IGIC Quarterly Meeting