Mapping Pennsylvania Communities Workshop: Intro to GIS and Community Analysis
8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Philadelphia: February 20, 2008
Pittsburgh: February 22, 2008

More Info/Registration (www.nur-online.com)

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

What People Are Saying

Pennsylvania Dept of Public Welfare-Philadelphia: "The class was very informative and the instructor was great."

Higginbotham Jackson Foundation-Philadelphia: "Very educational and practical. I will be applying this knowledge immediately. Great Class!"

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan: "I learned to use ArcGIS and the instructor was extremely helpful and a very good."

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: "I was able to quickly become familiar with the software. The information was presented in a manner that beginners with limited computer skills could easily grasp and follow the concepts."

New Urban Research, Inc. is a national social research organization and ESRI Business Partner specializing in quantitative and spatial community analysis.
New Urban Research, Inc. 33232 NE 33rd Ave Portland, Oregon 97212 | 877.241.6576 | www.nur-online.com

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