Training Course on Spatial Data Analysis and GIS Mapping using ArcGIS in Nairobi, Kenya
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Altum Training and Research Institute
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Jun 03, 2024 - Jun 07, 2024
USD 800.00
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Introduction
GIS have become essential tools for planning, resource management and decision-making. Among GIS tools, ArcGIS is one of the most used GIS software worldwide, the most stable and versatile recommended by most users. ArcGIS provides contextual tools for data visualization, mapping and spatial analysis, connecting and combining information from varied sources, offering complex capabilities in order to explore and gain knowledge. This training course on Spatial Data Analysis and GIS Mapping using ArcGIS will equip the participants with insights, knowledge and skills on how to use GIS tools to visualize real world features, explore spatial data and analyze maps to explore data in new ways and gain deeper understanding enabling information flow and appropriate decision-making.
Target Participants
GIS have become essential tools for planning, resource management and decision-making. Among GIS tools, ArcGIS is one of the most used GIS software worldwide, the most stable and versatile recommended by most users. ArcGIS provides contextual tools for data visualization, mapping and spatial analysis, connecting and combining information from varied sources, offering complex capabilities in order to explore and gain knowledge. This training course on Spatial Data Analysis and GIS Mapping using ArcGIS will equip the participants with insights, knowledge and skills on how to use GIS tools to visualize real world features, explore spatial data and analyze maps to explore data in new ways and gain deeper understanding enabling information flow and appropriate decision-making.
Target Participants
This course is ideal for cartographers, GIS users, IT professionals, web developers, geoscientists, surveyors, software engineers, database and system administrators, and monitoring and evaluation experts.
Course Duration5 Days
Outline
Introduction to GIS Concepts
- Principles of GIS and Remote Sensing
- Components of GIS Systems
- GIS Capabilities and Functions
- Spatial Data Infrastructure
Introduction to ArcGIS
- The ArcGIS system
- ArcGIS patterns of use
- ArcGIS products
- Explain ArcGIS product capabilities
The Role of Data in ArcGIS
- Introduction Geographic data concepts
- Types of geographic data
- Data attribute table
- Metadata
- Explore ArcGIS Living Atlas
Coordinate Systems and Projections
- Introduction to Coordinate systems and projections
- Defining Coordinate Systems
- Coordinate system transformation. Reprojection of geographic databases
- Image, layer and CAD files georeferencing
Working with Vector Data in ArcGIS
- Creation and editing of spatial data
- Creation and editing of data in Attribute tables
Working with Raster Data in ArcGIS
- Introduction
- Definition and basic concepts
- File conversion
- Extracting information from raster files
Map Creation using ArcGIS
- Adjusting the size and type of sheet
- Inserting elements: north, scale bar, numeric scale, map legend
- Including other elements: images, graphs and tables
- Adding several data frameworks
- Creation and use of templates
- Printing options
Spatial Analysis using ArcGIS
- Extract Toolset
- Overlay toolset
- Proximity toolset
- Multi-criteria analysis
- Raster files reclassification
- Grouping several raster layers
- Data interpolation. Exploring different interpolation tools
- Raster multi-criteria analysis: Basic concept and weighting
Geo-Spatial Database
- Geodatabase: advantages. Properties
- Loading data to the geodatabase
- Domains and subtypes
Network Analyst using ArcGIS
- Definition
- Network categories
- Network components
- Creating network datasets
Schedules
Jun 03, 2024 - Jun 07, 2024
| Weekdays | 08:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
Sep 09, 2024 - Sep 13, 2024
| Weekdays | 08:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
Dec 02, 2024 - Dec 06, 2024
| Weekdays | 08:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
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Altum Training and Research Institute is a short courses training provider operating in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan. The institute areas of services include Research and Data Analytics, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), GIS and Remote Sensing, Accounting and Finance, Project Management, among others
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