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 is a new instructor-led course from ESRI that prepares GIS users to successfully ...

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 ESRI Data & Maps. Suppose you want to analyze access to health care ...

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 helps us focus our resources on developing training products that best meet our users' ...

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 scripts, one Web course that includes a module on scripting, and a ...

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 changes to ESRI Training would help you most?'' No surprise, cost ...

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 training class can be difficult if travel is involved. By offering our most popular ...

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. We in Educational Services are passionate about helping you get the most out of ...

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 and builds a house from the ground up. At the end, some lucky viewer gets the ...

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 not able to travel due to budget cuts or just plain limited budgets. Our ...

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? If you're one of those wondering, read on. We've got a variety of training options that cover how ...