Training Courses

Preconference Training Courses
Monday, August 16, 2010

Attendees have the opportunity to take advantage of preconference training courses on Monday, August 16. These full-day courses are designed as classroom experiences and attendance is limited. Register early to reserve your spot in the class! Choose one of these three training workshops:

Open Source GIS for Addressing

Instructors: Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., Decatur, GA and Carl Anderson, GISP, Fulton County, Atlanta, GA

Free and open source software (FOSS) has been offering choices to computer users for a number of years. Over the past few years the open source choices in GIS have been broader and more capable than ever before. This URISA Certified Workshop will focus on GIS open source software. It will give an overview of current developments from technical and management perspectives. Selected packages and their applications in various projects will be demonstrated and discussed.

Specific topics include:

• Open Source GIS background and development
• Overview of Open Source GIS spatial functionalities
• Live demonstration
• Interoperability: The Open Source GIS spectrum Planning and implementation issues

Intended Audience: Anyone interested in free and open source geographic information system software. The workshop will suit both managerial and technical needs and it does not require any prerequisites.

Addresses: Key to GIS Success

Instructor: Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., University Park, MD

Street addresses are the key, user-friendly geospatial identifier used by everyone, but addressing processes are usually poorly organized at the local level. This workshop will help you understand the address assignment process, address reference systems, managing address data, and organizational challenges. It will guide you in developing a Master Address Repository that serves the needs of the entire organization. The workshop will also review (briefly) the new draft Federal Geographic Data Committee Street Address Data Standard (in review), and help you understand how the standard can help you build quality address data.

Specific topics include:

• What is an address?
• What are the types of address?
• How are addressing systems structured, and addresses assigned?
• How do you develop a Master Address Repository
• Geocoding and managing addresses in the GIS
• Organizational Issues with Addressing
• Working with the FGDC Street Address Data Standard

Intended Audience:  Address assignment personnel, address data managers, E-911 address data and MSAG managers, other addressing and GIS personnel.  This is an introductory workshop, and there are no pre-requisites.

Introduction to NG 911

Instructors: Marc Berryman, ENP, Digital Data Technologies, Columbus, OH and Kathy Liljequist, GISP, GeoComm, St Cloud, MN

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a major aspect of Next Generation 9-1-1. This NENA Workshop is intended to introduce GIS, 9-1-1, and others on the concepts and principals of Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1). NG9-1-1 is a paradigm shift that will require close communication between all levels of local, regional, and state government to create complete, current, and efficient GIS data for local entities. The same high quality GIS data can be used by all governmental entities allowing for cost and data sharing across the enterprise. In an informative, entertaining, and easy to understand pace, this workshop will review the data development required for address and other data refinement needed for NG9-1-1.

Intended Audience:  Public safety supervisors or managers and GIS professionals that support public safety. This is an introductory workshop, and there are no pre-requisites.

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