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Training Spotlight: Make Better-Quality GIS Maps

While anyone can use GIS tools to make a map, not everyone has a background in proper map design and cartographic theory. If decisions are based on inaccurate or misleading maps, the results can be disastrous. Creating and Publishing Maps with ArcGIS Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:55 PM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

Use the Five-Step GIS Analysis Process

Last week's post featured Performing Analysis with ArcGIS Desktop , a new instructor-led ESRI training course that teaches a five-step process for GIS analysis. Today's post shows how to apply that process using ArcGIS Desktop software and datasets from Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:49 PM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

Course Teaches 5-Step Process for GIS Analysis

Fall has arrived, but data from last summer's ESRI Training survey is still being analyzed. One survey question asked respondents to tell us what GIS topics they would need training on in the next 12 months. The information gleaned from this question Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:28 PM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

Want to Create Python Scripts? Try the F-C-P-M-T Method

We got a lot of requests on our 2009 ESRI Training survey for more courses on scripting, particularly with Python , the scripting environment included with ArcGIS. Currently, we have two instructor-led courses that focus entirely on creating geoprocessing Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:54 PM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

Training Survey Results: Lower Cost, Greater Access Top the List of User Needs

While reviewing responses to the 2009 ESRI Training survey that recently closed, a couple of themes quickly emerged. We always include an open-ended question for survey takers to give us their thoughts in their own words. This year the question was, "What Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:00 PM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

Top ArcGIS Training Class Offered Online

Have budget cuts or freezes made traveling to attend training a no-go in your organization? On August 25-27, ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality will be taught in the ESRI Virtual Classroom. Users have told us that getting approval to attend a Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:44 PM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

Win a Free ArcGIS Mobile Training Class

In previous posts , we reported on a new instructor-led course that teaches how to create an out-of-the-box ArcGIS Mobile project. We're so excited about this class we decided to give it away—well, we decided to give away three seats in the class anyway. Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:50 AM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

ArcGIS Mobile Course: The Final Walk-Through

In previous posts , we've followed the development of a new instructor-led training course that supports ArcGIS Mobile users. The first post in this series mentioned the Blog Cabin TV show. On Blog Cabin, a team of home improvement experts comes together Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:29 PM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

Training Solutions for Can't-Travel Students

In a previous post , we reported about the travel patterns of U.S.-based customers who attended an ESRI instructor-led training class in 2008. While many students travel to take training at an ESRI learning center, we know there are many others who are Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:13 AM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

Training Spotlight: Web Maps

With the release of ArcGIS 9.3.1 , the buzz is all about getting your GIS content on the Web, or Web GIS. It seems that everyone's either doing it already or wants to do it. But how, some wonder, do you actually do Web GIS or how do you do it better? Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 04, 2009 4:43 PM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

Analyzing Student Travel Patterns

One of the cool things about working at ESRI is the access to sophisticated GIS products that help us make decisions. Recently, we used ArcGIS Business Analyst to analyze student travel patterns—that is, from where do students travel to attend an ESRI Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:44 AM by SuzanneB | 1 Comments

May Flowers and Training Hours

Here we are, welcoming the merry month of May and how many of you have kept your New Year's training resolutions? Remember those? You were going to heed the president's call to invest in education and skills development to maintain your competitive advantage Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:24 PM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

ArcGIS Mobile Course: Dealing With Change

In this post, we update you on the new ArcGIS Mobile instructor-led course introduced in previous posts . As with many projects here, change is predictable. And so it was decided that what sounded like a good plan several months ago needed adjustment. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:15 PM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments

Training Spotlight: The Geodatabase

The foundation of every GIS is of course data—the data that organizations collect, store, manage, update, distribute, and use as input for analysis and mapping. To support ArcGIS users, we have created a variety of geodatabase courses designed to meet Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:26 AM by SuzanneB | 2 Comments

ArcGIS Mobile Course: Creating the Infrastructure

In this post, we update you on the new ArcGIS Mobile instructor-led course introduced in previous posts . After a brief holiday lull, the team has started the development phase of the project. Management approved the course outline, and the course title Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:33 AM by SuzanneB | 0 Comments
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