GIS Short Course Schedule, Spring 2009
Introduction to GIS for the Social Sciences: Research, Teaching, and Outreach
Instructor: Robert Parker
Registration is required for this course. There is also a registration fee.
Date/Time: Friday, January 09: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: Manning Hall Room 01
Introduction to ArcGIS Software I
Instructor: Amanda Henley
Amanda is the GIS Librarian at Davis Library.
Date/Time: Friday, January 23: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: Manning Hall Room 01
Course Description:
This course will provide an overview of ArcGIS software to beginners. Data
resources from the UNC Libraries will be introduced, and the core functionality
of the software will be demonstrated and explored with hands-on exercises.
Introduction to ArcGIS Software II
Instructor: Amanda Henley
Amanda is the GIS Librarian at Davis Library.
Date/Time: Tuesday, January 27, 1-3:00
Location: Manning Hall Room 01
Course Description:
This course will build on the introduction provided by ArcGIS I. Participants
will gain hands-on experience joining tables, creating thematic maps, building
queries and more.
Working with Coordinate Systems in ArcGIS
Instructor: Amanda Henley
Amanda is the GIS Librarian at Davis Library.
Date/Time: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Manning Hall Room 01
Course Description:
This short course will provide an overview of map projections and how to work
with them in ArcMap and ArcCatalog. Datum transformations will also be discussed.
There will be a presentation followed by hands-on exercises. Students will gain a
basic understanding of coordinate systems and will learn how to
* assign a coordinate system to a data layer
* project data
* use ArcMap to decipher the coordinate system of data that has no metadata
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