Jekyll Island, Georgia
2 Days of GIS Workshops
August 24th and 25th, 2015
And
August 26th, 2015
GIS/GPS Resources Room at
Georgia Environmental Conference
Georgia URISA extended the workshop itinerary and is going to a new event location for 2015. This year the annual workshop conference will take place at Georgia’s beautiful Jekyll Island Club Hotel and Conference Center and features 2 days of classes to meet the diverse needs of Georgia’s GIS community. Students, GIS professionals, and leaders looking for focused GIS training will all have great opportunities to develop their GIS knowledge and skills while networking with colleagues engaged in GIS projects and vendors delivering excellent GIS/GPS services and products.
The registration fee includes entrance into both days of workshops, access to the common area with vendors and posters, lunch both days, and the social on the evening of Monday August 24.
In addition to the workshop training classes, Georgia URISA has partnered with the Georgia Environmental Conference (GEC) and will have a GIS/GPS Resources Room on August 26th. This event is free to attend and includes GIS/GPS vendors and professionals with expertise in targeted areas that will be available for open discussions to assist all attendees of the GEC and walk-ins that may not be registered for the conference. All who attend will enjoy this great way to connect with people and resources targeted to help keep GIS investments valuable and productive or find the right way to get started utilizing spatial technologies.
Workshop and Conference Registration
Early Bird Rate through July 15, 2015
GAURISA Member $125
Non-Member $175
Become a GAURISA member for $40
After July 15, 2015
GAURISA Member $150
Non-Member $200
Become a GAURISA member for $40
Itinerary
August 24
1 Day Training 8:00 am – 12 pm
LiDAR – Ernie Smith
This course is designed to give the student a practical, hands-on approach to learning the basics of working with LiDAR data with GIS desktop software. **Students attending this class must bring a laptop running appropriate software. ArcGIS Advanced with 3D Analyst extension or similar software is required.
- Explore the NOAA Contract deliverables
- Overview of the LAS structure and metadata
- Building a synthetic surface model from the LAS data
- Constructing contours from the surface model
- Cleaning the contour file
Training 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
QGIS – Randy Hale
Learning new software can be intimidating for some especially if you are used to a certain product that you have been using for years. Or are you new to GIS and looking for an affordable, user-friendly alternative to other popular and pricey GIS software? The introduction to QGIS course will get you familiar with the interface and many tools and features that will assist you with viewing, editing, analyzing, creating, managing, and serving GIS data in a variety of formats. At the end of this workshop, you should have a good understanding of what QGIS consists of, pros and cons when using it, and feel informed to make your own decisions about how to incorporate QGIS into your project workflows.
Training 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
PostGIS – Sara Yurman
PostGIS is the open source spatial database to support your enterprise. It is the most mature option for a “back end” to open source GIS desktops like QGIS. This workshop is built for database beginners. It will start with a “naked database” and go through to a working model. We’ll use point-and-click interfaces in QGIS and pgAdmin3 to work with the database.
We’ll explore enterprise opportunities in PostGIS, including:
- Loading vector data from shapefiles, geodatabases or spreadsheets
- LiDAR
- Address data
- Offline editing
- Backup and maintenance
- Setting up permissions for workgroups
Itinerary
August 25
1 Day Training 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Addressing Workshop – Sara Yurman
The address workshop explores the state of the art of the most common form of geographic information. We’ll talk about the challenges of handling address data content, and solutions that work. Current thinking about addressing systems will be explored. We’ll look at address data sources, the strengths and weaknesses of each, and ways that you can succeed in integrating address data across your enterprise.
The workshop reviews:
- Understanding and working with your Addressing System
- Address standards
- Addressing methods
- Address data sources
- Quality control practice
- Evaluating address sources
- Deploying addresses across the enterprise
- Handling “dirty” address data
- Succeeding with addressing projects and address-dependent projects
½ Day Training 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
ArcGIS Online – Trip Corbin
