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Mapping Illinois Communities Workshop
An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis
July 10th and July 11th, 2008 - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm - MicroTrain - 200 W. Adams St., Ste 410 Chicago, IL
*Note: These are one day workshops. Each participant chooses which one day to attend.
Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community
Participants will learn to use ArcGIS 9.2 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 such as crime or disease.
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.
Participants will
also learn to:
Conduct spatial
queries
Download free shapefiles
Create well designed maps
Mapping techniques transferable to all other communities. Exercises are designed for beginners. Intermediate Excel skills required.
Materials
+ Comprehensive workbook (75
pages), which includes the presentation, exercises and reference
worksheets,
+ ArcGIS (ArcView 9.2) software 60-day trial CD
set,
+ Thirty day free access to new 2005 Tiger/Line geography files
(converted to shapefiles) which include streets, zip codes, school districts,
voting districts, census tracts and many other useful geographies
+
Thirty day free access to our Analyzing
Your Community: Local Demographic Analysis Online Workshop
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