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Course Offerings We will customize our geospatial training courses to meet your specific needs. Please contact us at 406.579.3367 if we can be of service to your organization. For regularly scheduled courses, detailed information and registration information click the appropriate tab to the left.
GPS Fundamentals will focus on the use of a GPS receiver to collect spatial data, to navigate to and from a waypoint, create routes, use trackback features, download and upload data into the GPS receiver, understand different coordinate systems, determine coordinates from a topographic map using map tools, use tracks and waypoints to produce outdoor activity maps and print out generated maps. Participants will display their GPS data with topographic maps, Montana colored images, country road data, landownership and other free data.
GPS/GIS Weed and Property Mapping workshop focuses on creating property and field boundaries, calculating acreage, mapping specific features, weed infestations, navigating equipment with a GPS receiver, monitoring and mapping pesticides applications, downloading and uploading data into the GPS receiver. Resources maps will be produced with collected data and topographic maps, USGS Orthophotos and other free data. The workshop is 12 hours in length. All software used in the training may be kept and installed on a home computer. Garmin 76 GPS receivers will be furnished. Participants may need to provide a computer unless a computer lab in the community can be identified. ArcGIS II Tools and Functionality This ESRI authorized course teaches the range of functionality available in ArcGIS Desktop and the essential tools for visualizing, creating, managing, and analyzing geographic data.In hands-on activities participants will work with ArcMap and ArcCatalog to perform common GIS tasks and workflows.Major topics covered over the three day training are: understanding geographic data types, managing map layers, symbolizing categorical and quantitative data, labeling features and working with annotations, working with coordinate systems and map projections, creating map layouts and templates, managing tables with joins, relates, and field properties, editing features and attributes, creating geodatabases, feature classes and metadata, geocoding and getting locations for attributes, solving spatial problems using query and analysis, and how to customize ArcGIS Desktop.
Learning ArcGIS 9.X, this non ESRI authorized training is open to anyone wanting to learn how to use ArcGIS 9.X software from ESRI. Whether you are a current user of previous versions of ArcView or interested in learning how to incorporate ArcGIS 9.X technologies into your business, this workshop is designed specifically for your needs. The workshop covers fundamental GIS concepts as well as how to create, edit, and work with georeferenced spatial data. Participants will learn to manipulate spatial and tabular data, query a database, examine imagery and produce effective maps, charts and reports. Depending on the level of training desired, the workshop can vary from 16 hours to 40 hours. The longer workshop is spread over several weeks so participants have time to utilize the skills learned before moving on to more difficult concepts. Participants may need to provide their own computer or make arrangement for us to provide them. This course covers similar materials as the ESRI Introduction to ArcGIS I, but uses local data and activities are specifically designed for the audience being served.
Introduction to Remote Sensing workshop will teach you about how remote sensed images can and are being used in agriculture and natural resource management. Participants will have hands-on experience in measuring light reflectance values of various plants, and then examine remote sensed images, with free software, to ascertain the different reflective values of features in the image. Using Montana data, the percent of plant species in an image will be determined by using a classification process. In field crops, a variety of features can be identified that go undetected by the human eye. Participants will learn the sources of imagery their uses, costs, limitations, and availability of images from MontanaView. Each participant will take home a CD that includes the Multi Spec software and imagery to practice their newly acquired remote sensing skills. This workshop is 16 hours long. Participants may have to provide their own computer or we will attempt to locate a local computer facility.
GeoEssentials Inc. is a non-profit 501-c3 Montana Corporation formed in April, 2004. GeoEssentials is designed to serve the states of Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Our mission is to help improve the regional economy through better management decisions using geospatial technologies. Geoessentials develops and maintains an aggressive approach in helping others adopt and use these technologies by providing training and consulting in Global Position System (GPS), Geographic Information System (GIS), and remote sensing (RS).
