Schedule

FRIDAY

9-10:30 a.m.

Welcome and overview

10:30-11:30 a.m.

Introduction to ArcView 9

11:30 a.m.-noon

Working with ArcCatalog

noon-1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30-4 p.m.

Working with ArcMap and creating thematic maps

4-5 p.m.

Projections: why they matter

5 p.m.

Break for dinner

SATURDAY

9-10 a.m.

Review. Getting data into ArcMap

10-noon

Importing and overlaying data

Noon-1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30-3 p.m.

Finding and downloading data

3-5 p.m.

Selecting and summing in ArcMap

5 p.m.

Break for dinner

SUNDAY

9-10 a.m.

Extensions: Downloadable and commercial

10-noon

Spatial joins

Noon-1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30-2 p.m.

Editing data in ArcView and in Access

2-3 p.m.

Wrap up: Getting started at home

Upcoming Boot Camps

Dec. 8-12, 2008: FIU Computer-Assisted Reporting Boot Camp
January 4-9, 2009: Computer-Assisted Reporting Boot Camp
January 9-11, 2009: Mapping Data for News Stories Boot Camp
March 22-27, 2009: Computer-Assisted Reporting Boot Camp
May 17-22, 2009: Django and Web Programming
August 9-14, 2009: Computer-Assisted Reporting Boot Camp

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