In case anyone is interested or would like to pass along to others. kemis Mapping Alabama Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Birmingham: April 12th and 13th New Horizons Computer Cntr 601 Beacon Pkwy. West STE 106 Birmingham, AL 35209 Montgomery: April 19th, 20th Advanced Training Group 75 TechnaCenter Drive Montgomery, AL 36117 (Four separate one-day workshops offered) Register See Agenda (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. 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. Also: Conducting spatial queries Download free shapefiles Creating 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 30-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 Georgia Department of Community Affairs: "This was a good class, with very useful materials." United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta: "This workshop was great. It made learning easy and fun." Centers for Disease Control: "This workshop was definitely worth the time. It was well organized and presented." Alabama Department of Transportation: "Excellent. I gained a greater understanding of ArcGIS." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- New Urban Research, Inc. is a national social research organization 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----