GIS Training Sources

There are a variety of GIS training sources in all corners of the country, and this page cannot begin to highlight all of them. What we have listed here are training sources available through FWS and NBS, sources for several of the major software programs in use in the Service, and several schools with a number of GIS classes. Also included are some good generic on-line GIS tutorials, and sites with pointers to tutorials or training.

Additional tips and information always welcome - comments on experiences (especially good ones) would be nice too.

Government Training Sources

• Department of the Interior Cooperative Training Site
• NCTC - National Conservation Training Center
  This item will take you to the training center homepage. The GIS classes are under the technology section. They will also reference you to classed in GIS sponsored by other government centers.
• NTC - Bureau of Land Management National Training Center
• National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) GIS Training information

ESRI Training Information

• ESRI Training
  Information on ESRI related training (ARC/INFO, ARCVIEW, etc)
• ESRI's Virtual Campus for on-line training.

On-Line GIS Information and Training

• Notes for GIS and the Geographer's Craft
  Many sets of notes on various GIS topics from the University of Texas: all items can be reproduced, the department only requests that appropriate credit be given. Items by Peter Dana on Map Projections and Geodetic Datum's are particularly well written.
• Virtual Geography Department
  Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder, a project to interlink the curricula of geography departments both nationally and internationally using the Internet and World Wide Web.
• Map Projection Home Page
  Information from the City University of New York - start with the section on The Basics.
• USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center Education Program
  The mission of the U.S. Geological Survey's Education Program is to educate and inform data users in the use and application of USGS products and services.

University Curriculum

• GIS at USC: Training
  University of South Carolina GIS program
• Sonoma State University Geographic Information Center
• Pennsylvania State University
  GIS program.

USFWS Workshops

• 2007 USFWS GIS Workshop Agenda and Presentations
• Next FWS GIS workshop, March 24-26, 2009. Sign up any time through DOI LEARN; search on TEC7119 to find the class. Details will be posted here when the dates are closer.

For additional information regarding this Web page, contact Deb Southworth Green, in the Division of Information Resources and Technology Management, at Deb_Green@fws.gov

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