fountains spatial is pleased to offer the classes described below:

• Introduction to GIS (1 day class)
• Introduction to ArcGIS (2 day class)
• Advanced ArcView (2 day class)
• Geodatabase Fundamentals (1 day class)
• What’s New in ArcView 9.2 (1 day class)
• Custom Training for Tax Mappers (number of days vary with client needs)

Please contact us for more information on any of these classes.

This course is intended for managers and other individuals requiring a quick and thorough introduction to the fundamentals of geographic information systems (GIS) and how this technology is being used. This class does not include instruction of the technical operation of GIS software, although demonstration will be given.

The following topics will be covered:

• Components of a GIS
• Spatial Data
• Map Projections and Coordinate Systems
• Map Scale
• Commonly Used GIS Functions and Spatial Analysis
• GIS Applications
• Related Technologies

The course incorporates a combination of lectures and discussion.

This one-day course will be taught by one of fountains spatial’s GIS professionals.

Cost: $500 per student (group discounts available)

This course is intended for individuals with limited to no knowledge of ArcGIS desktop products (i.e., ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo). It covers basic GIS concepts, and the technical skills to create, edit, query, georeference, and map spatial data using ArcMap and ArcCatalog. Specific topics covered include:

• Overview of ArcGIS
• Exploring ArcMap
• Displaying Data
• Querying Data
• Working with Tabular Data
• Joins and Relates
• Making Maps
• ArcCatalog Fundamentals

The course incorporates a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises, and discussion.

This two-day course will be taught by one of fountains spatial’s GIS professionals.

Cost: $750 per student (group discounts available)

This course is intended for individuals already proficient in the basis operation of ArcView but less familiar with the more advanced features of this product. Specific topics covered include:

• Projecting Data Layers
• Creating New Data
• Editing
• Shared Editing and Map Topology
• Data Conversions
• Geoprocessing & Spatial Analysis
• Address Geocoding
• Advanced Labeling and Annotation

The course incorporates a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises, and discussion.

This two-day course will be taught by one of fountains spatial’s GIS professionals.

Cost: $750 per student (group discounts available)

This course is intended for those individuals with a solid understanding of ArcGIS desktop products (i.e., ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo), but less familiarity with the concept of a geodatabase. It provides an introduction to geodatabases and includes the following topics:

• What is a geodatabase?
• Types of geodatabases (and their applications)
• System planning and geodatabase design
• Creating geodatabases
• Loading data
• Creating and editing geodatabase features
• Introduction to advanced geodatabase topics (topologies, subtypes, domains & relationship classes)
• Geodatabase archiving and replication

The course incorporates a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises, and discussion.

This one-day course will be taught by one of fountains spatial’s GIS professionals.

Cost: $500 per student (group discounts available)

This course is intended for those individuals familiar with earlier versions of ArcView 9 but less aware of the new features in this release. It covers new and improved functionality in the following areas:

• cartographic display;
• map navigation;
• map display;
• working with attribute tables;
• symbolization of CAD data;
• georeferencing of CAD data;
• area calculations;
• identify tool;
• measure tool; and
• many others.

The course incorporates a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises, and discussion.

This one-day course will be taught by one of fountains spatial’s GIS professionals.

Cost: $500 per student (group discounts available)

fountains spatial also offers a custom training class for New York state tax map technicians. Topics covered include an overview of the geodatabase model, data maintenance procedures, and basic and advanced parcel editing techniques. Students will become familiar with using the ArcMap editing tools in a variety of common parcel editing scenarios, such as performing splits and merges, updating boundaries from deed descriptions and survey maps, and entering subdivisions. Students will gain experience using COGO tools and will learn how to georeference and make use of scanned survey maps and CAD drawings. Students will learn how to create and update annotation and how to manage parcel data in ArcCatalog.

Contact us for a quotation.