Mapping Minnesota Communities GIS Workshop

Mapping Minnesota Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis 8:30 am - 4:30 pm   Minneapolis: April 17th or 18th, 2008  (Note: These are one-day workshops. Participants choose which one of these days to attend.) To register: http://www.nur-online.com/workshops/minnesota-gis.htm If the above link does not work with your browser, please visit 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 such as crime or disease. 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. Participants will also learn to:

• Conduct spatial queries
• Download free shapefiles
• Create 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 60-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 Minnesota State Department of Transportation: "I would have to say this is one of the best software training classes I have attended. The instructor kept it fast paced and interesting." League of Minnesota Cities: "This workshop was very informative. It gave me great ideas for how to apply GIS at work." Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: "Great. Good info and start for me to begin working with GIS. This class was enjoyable." University of Minnesota-Boynton Health Service: "I found this workshop extremely helpful!" 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