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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2008 SHRUG Workshop - GIS Revolution

SHRUG invites you to participate at the seventh SHRUG GIS workshop "GIS Revolution". The workshop will be held in Tallahassee, FL - November 19th - 20th, 2008.

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.

The next URISA Leadership academy will be held in Seattle - December 08 - 12, 2008.
Click here for more information.

Intermediate ArcGIS 9.X

Volusia County Training Opportunity: Intermediate ArcGIS 9.x - 11/19/2008
Email Al Hill for Details

Introduction to Metadata in ArcGIS 9.X

Volusia County GIS Training Opportunity - 12/09/2008
Email Al Hill for Details

Intro to ArcExplorer (AEJEE)