CFGIS - Educating Central Florida

Education is a very important part of what CFGIS is all about. We strive to promote education for the general public as well as the most advanced GIS professional. Our site is for the councilman, the regional planner, and the local businessman. Anyone can benefit from GIS information.

Every map tells a story, but GIS has the power to transform a map into a dynamic, all-encompassing novel, capable of displaying many layers of data together to create innovative ideas and provide a better understanding of how complex real-world situations interact. But it is with education that these ideas can take flight. CFGIS strives to promote education throughout Central Florida, so that everyone, from the GIS professional to a citizen of the general public, can benefit from GIS information.

Our important workshops and training opportunities are listed here, but there are several additional educational avenues available through CFGIS on this site:

Visit the Users Groups section to check out meeting times near you
Check out our Events Calendar for more upcoming events – you can even search by date!
Take a look at our Interactive Tools section to see what new tool we have that could help you perform your GIS tasks or searches
The Tips and Tricks will be updated with new tips from users around the region – these contain short and sweet advice on making your job easier.
CFGIS is primarily public funded, so it can offer its services at cost to public agencies in the state of Florida – learn how this could benefit you in the Regional Projects section of our site.

To learn more about how CFGIS can be used for the benefit of all of Central Florida, click here to read “GIS - The Great Educator” and see how GIS can assist the community including an selection on how GIS was utilized during the “How Shall We Grow?” regional visioning project.

If you have any questions about educational opportunities, or want to suggest one, please contact us!

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SERUG - ESRI Southeast Regional User Group Conference

Professionals from the southeast - whatever your industry, position, or GIS experience - are invited to join ESRI for the 2010 ESRI Southeast Regional USER Group (SERUG) Conference, April 26-28, at the Westin Charlotte, North Carolina.

4th Annual CFGIS Workshop

The 4th CFGIS Workshop will be held at the Ocean Center - Daytona Beach, FL September 23-24, 2010.

GIS-Pro 2010 - URISA's 48th Annual Conference for GIS Professionals

URISA is pleased to announce the GIS-Pro 2010 - URISA's 48th Annual Conference for GIS Professionals to be held September 28 - October 1, 2010 in Orlando - FL.

The GIS-Pro 2010 targets GIS professionals, peers, thinkers and doers that interact or use teh GIS technology from around the world.

Registration is now open.

SHRUG - Seven Hills Regional Users Group

The SHRUG Seven Hills Regional Users Group invites all GIS professional to attend their GIS workshops that will be held in November 17-18, 2010 in Tallahassee, FL.

URISA Leadership Academy

A Leadership Academy for the GIS Practitioner. Do you see GIS as much more than “just a map”?

Do you see GIS potential in every industry/application?
Do you recognize GIS as a major enabling technology to help achieve most goals?
Do you want to make a positive difference in the world around you using GIS?
Do you understand the power of visualizing and spatially analyzing information?
Are you frustrated by others in your organization that just don’t “get” GIS?
Are you overwhelmed by your management responsibilities?

If you can answer “yes” to two or more of these questions, then the URISA Leadership Academy (ULA) is for you.

The entire five day program, the only leadership training program of its type, is tailored to industry leaders and practitioners faced with unique challenges of GIS leadership and management and who want to make an impact leveraging the power of GIS.

ULA Registration is now Open. ULA is offering several registration options: Full academy, Part I, Part II and Team Discounts.

The ONLY URISA Leadership academy in 2010 will be held in Baltimore - Maryland - June 14 - 18, 2010.

Central Florida GITA Chapter Opportunities

May 19 or 26, 2010 (tentative)
Chapter Meeting, Topic: Hurricane Season Preparedness
Call for Presenters - Please submit your presentation on the topic of:

Hurricane Season Preparedness
Come to network with local infrastructure providers so you know who to contact in the event of an emergency.

Refreshment sponsors are welcome! Contact Chapter President, Joe Borries at (727) 464-5656 or jborries@co.pinellas.fl.us.

University of South Florida St. Petersburg

The Geo-Spatial Analytics Lab at the University of South Florida - St. Petersburg offers training workshops in GIS and Remote Sensing. Training workshops are offered in two formats: 1) Instructor-led, or 2)Self-paced. The Lab also offers semester-long web-based distance learning GIS courses.

March 24 & 25, 2010: Intermediate GIS 2-day

April 7-8, 2010: Beginner GIS
April 14 & 15, 2010: Advanced GIS I & II Workshop 2-day
April 21 & 22, 2010: Application of Google Earth Pro

May 11-12, 2010: Beginner GIS
May 13-14, 2010: Intermediate GIS
May 17-18, 2010: Advanced GIS
May 19-20, 2010: Application of Goofle Earth Pro

Volusia County GIS Training

The Volusia County GIS classes are free but seating is limited. For more information contact Al Hill at ahill@co.volusia.fl.us.

GIS Dr's Office
March 22, 2010 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Intro to Metadata in ArcGIS 9.x
March 12, 2010 - 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

AcrGIS Tips n Tricks
March 24, 2010 - 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Seminole County ArcGIS Series Class Series

The Seminole County ArcGIS class series is designed to help you meet your ArcGIS workplace needs! Seminole County offers classes in an instructor-led setting. There is not charge for the class but the following priorites are observed:

Seminole County employees (including employees of other elected officials such as the Sheriff, Property Appraiser etc)
Seminole County municipalities
Others

Books for the What is GIS class are provided. Books for all other classes are available in the classroom, but it will not be available to take home. We will give you a DVD in class that you may keep. Unless otherwise notified, all classes take place at the Seminole County Public Safety building, room 3-170.

For information or seat reservations contact Daniel Behnke - dbehnke@seminolecountyfl.gov - or call him at (407) 665-7358.

What Is GIS?

2/23/2010 1:30 pm-4:00 pm

Intro to GIS

3/18/2010 1:00pm-5:00pm (A&B)

Cartography in GIS

4/6/2010 1:00pm-5:00pm (A&B)

Intermediate GIS

4/29/2010 1:00pm-5:00pm (A&B)

Editing in GIS

5/27/2010 1:00pm-5:00pm (A&B)

Metadata in GIS

6/4/2010 8:30am-12:30pm (A&B)

Advanced GIS

6/25/2010 1:00pm-5:00pm (A&B)

GIS Open Lab

5/14/2010 1-5 pm

Pictometry Refresher

4/21/2010 1:30pm-4:00pm