Calendar of Events

July | August | September

• The National Association of Counties 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
  Kansas City, MO
  July 11-15, 2008
  The NACo Annual Conference and Exposition will provide you an opportunity to network with peers from across the country and to get involved in the lobbying agenda of NACo.

• Introduction to ArcGIS I
  Traverse City, MI
  July 14-15, 2008
  Introduction to ArcGIS I is an ESRI Authorized course that provides a foundation for becoming a successful ArcGIS user. Participants learn fundamental GIS concepts and become familiar with the range of functionality available in ArcGIS using ESRI developed materials. The included course manual and exercise books provide hands-on, practical experience with ArcGIS Desktop and demonstrate how ArcGIS provides a complete GIS/mapping solution. Learn ArcGIS the right way, from the only available ESRI Authorized ArcGIS Instructor in the State of Michigan.

• Introduction to GeoConnector
  Traverse City, MI
  July 16, 2008
  Introduction to GeoConnector is an official InfoGeographics training course offering participants training and experience in the use of GeoConnector, the leading application for connecting to and extracting data from many organizational databases, including BS&A's Equalizer Assessing System used throughout Michigan. GeoConnector is designed to address the strong demand for easy, automated access to data stored in the Equalizer Assessing database, creating a graphical, user-friendly interface for linking assessing information to map data for spatial visualization and trend analysis.

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• ESRI International User Conference
  San Diego, CA
  August 4-8, 2008
  The 2008 ESRI UC is fast approaching—join us for an event unlike any other. As the largest GIS conference in the world, this comprehensive annual gathering offers innovation at its best. You’re invited to come together with GIS users from more than 120 countries and share in the amazing activity, energy, and motivation that stem from the ESRI UC every year.

• Technical Workshops at RS&GIS
  East Lansing, MI
  August 18-20, 2008
  Current IMAGIN members receive 10% off RS&GIS registration.
  Join us for a series of one- to two- day workshops, taught by our staff of Certified GIS Professionals, covering the principle tools of geospatial technology. Workshops currently being offered are:
  • Metadata & GISt
  • Sports-grade GPS
  • ArcGIS - Introduction to Geodatabases

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• National States Geographic Information Council Annual Conference
  Keystone, CO
  September 7-11, 2008

• ESRI Instructor-Led Courses, East Lansing, MI
  ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality - Version 9.3
  September 15-17, 2008
  ArcGIS Desktop software is an integrated system that includes all the tools needed to get the most out of a GIS. This course teaches the range of functionality available in the software and the essential tools for visualizing, creating, managing, and analyzing geographic data. The hands-on course exercises emphasize practice with ArcMap and ArcCatalog (the primary applications included with ArcGIS Desktop software) to perform common GIS tasks and workflows. The tools for creating and managing geographic data, displaying data on maps in different ways, and combining and analyzing data to discover patterns and relationships are highlighted, and you learn how ArcGIS Desktop provides a complete GIS software solution. By the end of the course, you will be prepared to start working with the software on your own.

• ESRI Instructor-Led Courses, East Lansing, MI
  ArcGIS Desktop III: GIS Workflows and Analysis - Version 9.3
  September 18-19, 2008
  This course is part of the ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 Foundational Training Curriculum. The ArcGIS 9.2 version of this course was titled Introduction to ArcGIS II.
  
  Understanding how and when to apply ArcGIS tools and functions is the key to creating an efficient GIS workflow. Building on the skills and knowledge taught in ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality, this course shows how to apply ArcGIS tools in a workflow context with a focus on working with data stored in a geodatabase and performing geoprocessing and analysis. In the course exercises, you organize and edit data stored in a geodatabase, prepare data for analysis, create and edit geoprocessing models using ModelBuilder, and work through a challenging analysis project.

• 2008 ESRI Health GIS Conference
  Washington, D.C.
  September 28-October 1, 2008
  More than 400 health and human services professionals are expected to gather for the 2008 Health GIS Conference. Join us for this inspiring, collaborative event dedicated to improving health and human services worldwide. Share and discuss successful approaches to using geography to improve health care delivery; public health; and hospital preparedness, research, management, and policy decisions.

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