Mapping MA Communities

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Mapping Massachusetts Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis

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Participants will learn to use ArcGIS 9.3 to do the following:

Create thematic maps
Participants will learn to create thematic maps of their own data, and display spatial trends in information.

Address mapping (geocoding)
Participants will learn to map addresses of their clients, their projects or incidents such as crime and disease.

Download and map Census & American Community Survey data
Participants will learn to extract and map current Census data such as poverty, race, language, population, transportation, education and workforce characteristics.

Participants will also learn to:

• Conduct spatial queries
• Download free shapefiles
• Create well designed maps

Mapping techniques are transferable to all other communities. Exercises are designed for beginners. Intermediate Excel skills required.

Materials

• Comprehensive workbook (75 pages), which includes the presentation, exercises and reference worksheets,
• ArcGIS (ArcView 9.3) software 60-day trial CD set
• Thirty day free access to new 2005 Tiger/Line geography files (converted to shapefiles) which include streets, zip codes, school districts, voting districts, census tracts and many other useful geographies
• Thirty day free access to our Analyzing Your Community: Local Demographic Analysis Online Workshop

Praise for the Introduction to GIS & Community Analysis Workshop:

Upton Massachusetts AIDS Action Committee: "Very interesting course and a great introduction."

Boston Private Industry Council: "Very useful - practical exercises that introduced me to the features and tools of ArcGIS and its potential for displaying information."

University of Massachusetts Medical School: "This was a great intro to GIS. I feel like I can start to incorporate GIS into work projects."

City of Boston: "I attained a good overview ArcGIS, and a basic understanding of shape files, joins, queries."

New Urban Research, Inc. is a national social research organization specializing in quantitative and spatial community analysis.  

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