SHORT COURSES: Introduction to ArcGIS
| Dates: | 9 May 2019 |
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| Times: | All day |
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| What is it: | Course |
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| Organiser: | Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research |
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| How much: | £195
/ £140 for those from educational, government and charitable institutions |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Patrick Reynolds |
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The course will explore the fundamentals of GIS through the analysis of real, recent crime data, straight from the Greater Manchester Police. Attendees will gain a good overview of the fundamentals of Geographical Information Science, gain experience in the analysis and representation of both vector and raster datasets, and learn how to turn their datasets into map figures (e.g. for use in publication.)
Objectives
The objectives of this course are to enable students to:
gain familiarity with ArcGIS;
understand the fundamental principles of GIS (e.g. coordinates, projection etc.);
understand how to acquire datasets from a variety of sources, for use in GIS;
understand how to handle and analyse both Raster and Vector datasets in GIS;
understand the pros and cons of a variety of different types of map, and how to choose the most appropriate one to eliminate bias;
understand how to use GIS data to produce map figures (e.g. for use in publication).
Price: £195
Concessions: £140 for those from educational, government and charitable institutions
Speaker
Patrick Reynolds
Role: Gis And Remote Sensing Support Officer
Organisation: University of Manchester
Travel and Contact Information
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Basement Lab
Humanities Bridgeford Street
Manchester
