From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Gina Clemmer, New Urban Research" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.spam.detected Subject: Mapping California Communities Workshop - Upcoming California Schedule Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:11:41 -0800 Message-ID: Reply-To: "Gina Clemmer, New Urban Research" NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1025453155==" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132186659 3957 80.91.229.2 (17 Nov 2005 00:17:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:17:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 17 01:17:33 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EcXS6-0006TY-Iq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:16:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EcXS5-0000ns-Hz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:16:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EcXNz-0007wu-Dh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:12:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EcXNw-0007uY-Pb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:12:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EcXNr-0007uE-I7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:12:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [70.89.187.118] (helo=192.168.1.118) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EcXNP-00036g-PQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:12:11 -0500 Original-To: X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-Spam-Report: 7.9 points; * -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record * 0.1 FORGED_RCVD_HELO Received: contains a forged HELO * -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record * 0.5 INFO_TLD URI: Contains an URL in the INFO top-level domain * 0.1 HTML_40_50 BODY: Message is 40% to 50% HTML * 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message * 3.0 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net * [Blocked - see ] * 0.1 DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL RBL: From: sender listed in dnsbl.ahbl.org * 1.5 URIBL_JP_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the JP SURBL blocklist * [URIs: urban-research.info] * 0.5 URIBL_WS_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the WS SURBL blocklist * [URIs: urban-research.info] * 2.0 URIBL_OB_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the OB SURBL blocklist * [URIs: urban-research.info] * 0.2 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:14130 gmane.spam.detected:1144243 Archived-At: This is a multipart MIME message. --===============1025453155== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="= Multipart Boundary 1116051611" This is a multipart MIME message. --= Multipart Boundary 1116051611 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mapping California Communities: An Introduction to GIS and Community Demographic Analysis Workshop - One Day Workshop This fast paced, hands-on workshop teaches the fundamentals of how to use a Geographic Information System (GIS) in a way that is particularly relevant to social service providers, planners and researchers. Participants learn to make thematic maps of their community, geocode addresses and perform spatial queries and analysis. Participants also learn to extract and map Census variables such as race, poverty, language, education, health and many other demographic variables. Exercises are designed for beginners. Intermediate Excel skills required. Each students is assigned a computer on which to work for the day. Upcoming Schedule (Please note: Workshops are one day only from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Participants choose only one day on which to attend.) Each workshop is customized for the city in which it is taught. Sacramento: January 10, 2006 San Francisco: January 11 and 12, 2006 San Jose: January 11 and 12, 2006 City of Orange: January 25, 26, 27 Fee: $399 Checks, Credit Cards and Purchase Orders Accepted To register online or for more info visit https://www.urban-research.info/ur/workshops/workshops-gis.shtml or telephone us 877.241.6576. Workshop Materials Materials include a comprehensive workbook (75 pages), which includes the presentation, exercises and reference worksheets, ArcGIS (ArcView 9.1) software 60-day trial CD set, a subscription to the Planners' ToolBox subscription service which provides access to new 2004 Tiger/Line geography files (already converted to shapefiles) such as streets, zip codes, school districts, voting districts, census tracts and many other useful geographies. The subscription also includes the Analyzing Your Community Workshop: Using the Census to Better Analyze Changing Places and People online web workshop. Workshop Agenda Lesson 1 Learn the basic functions of ArcGIS 9.1 Adding data and geography layers Working with Layouts Lesson 2 Introduction to Census Bureau's American Factfinder Downloading Census and American Community Survey data to map Downloading free geography files including tracts, zip codes, blocks and several others Preparing Census tract data in Excel to import into ArcGIS Lesson 3 Creating thematic (color shaded) maps to display data Joining data with geography files Working with legends and interval breaks Lesson 4 Address mapping (geocoding) Downloading free business addresses Lesson 5 Performing location queries Performing attribute queries Creating target area shapefiles Lesson 6 Elements of good maps including colors, fonts and map must haves Critique of several maps Praise from participants of the Mapping California Communities Workshop City of San Francisco: "One of the best computer training courses I've been to, lively, informative, good level of difficulty for target audience." California Cancer Registry: "The workshop was great! The instructor is very knowledgeable and helpful. I would definitely recommend this course to a new GIS user." UCLA: "This was such a great course! I appreciated the information on where to find useful data." Fresno City College: "This workshop was very informative and enlightening. It demonstrated very powerful tools and concepts that I will definitely be using in the future. The instructor was patient and gave a lot of technical insight to the product." 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.urban-research.info If you do not want to receive further announcements, simply reply with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. You will immediately be unsubscribed from the announcement list. 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Mapping California Communities: An Introduction to GIS and Community Demographic Analysis Workshop - One Day Workshop

This fast paced, hands-on workshop teaches the fundamentals of how to use a Geographic Information System (GIS) in a way that is particularly relevant to social service providers, planners and researchers. Participants learn to make thematic maps of their community, geocode addresses and perform spatial queries and analysis. Participants also learn to extract and map Census variables such as race, poverty, language, education, health and many other demographic variables. Exercises are designed for beginners. Intermediate Excel skills required. Each students is assigned a computer on which to work for the day.

Upcoming Schedule (Please note: Workshops are one day only from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Participants choose only one day on which to attend.)  

Each workshop is customized for the city in which it is taught.

Sacramento: January 10, 2006    
San Francisco: January 11 and 12, 2006    
San Jose: January 11 and 12, 2006    
City of Orange: January 25, 26, 27

Fee:     $399 Checks, Credit Cards and Purchase Orders Accepted

To register online or for more info visit https://www.urban-research.info/ur/workshops/workshops-gis.shtml or telephone us 877.241.6576.                               

Workshop Materials

Materials include a comprehensive workbook (75 pages), which includes the presentation, exercises and reference worksheets, ArcGIS (ArcView 9.1) software 60-day trial CD set, a subscription to the Planners' ToolBox subscription service which provides access to new 2004 Tiger/Line geography files (already converted to shapefiles) such as streets, zip codes, school districts, voting districts, census tracts and many other useful geographies. The subscription also includes the Analyzing Your Community Workshop: Using the Census to Better Analyze Changing Places and People online web workshop.

Workshop Agenda

Lesson 1
Learn the basic functions of ArcGIS 9.1
Adding data and geography layers
Working with Layouts

Lesson 2
Introduction to Census Bureau's American Factfinder
Downloading Census and American Community Survey data to map
Downloading free geography files including tracts, zip codes, blocks and several others
Preparing Census tract data in Excel to import into ArcGIS

Lesson 3
Creating thematic (color shaded) maps to display data
Joining data with geography files
Working with legends and interval breaks

Lesson 4
Address mapping (geocoding)
Downloading free business addresses

Lesson 5
Performing location queries
Performing attribute queries
Creating target area shapefiles

Lesson 6
Elements of good maps including colors, fonts and map must haves
Critique of several maps

Praise from participants of the Mapping California Communities Workshop

City of San Francisco: "One of the best computer training courses I've been to, lively, informative, good level of difficulty for target audience."

California Cancer Registry: "The workshop was great! The instructor is very knowledgeable and helpful. I would definitely recommend this course to a new GIS user."

UCLA: "This was such a great course! I appreciated the information on where to find useful data."

Fresno City College: "This workshop was very informative and enlightening. It demonstrated very powerful tools and concepts that I will definitely be using in the future. The instructor was patient and gave a lot of technical insight to the product."
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.urban-research.info
If you do not want to receive further announcements, simply reply with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. You will immediately be unsubscribed from the announcement list. Please note that under no circumstances will we share your email address with anyone else.

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