Training for Esri

Duration: 4 days.

Through this course you will extend your foundational GIS knowledge, get comfortable with the ArcGIS Pro application, and explore some of the most common GIS workflows. This course introduces techniques and general best practices to map, manage, analyze, and share data and other GIS resources. Hands-on exercises will give you the experience needed to efficiently work with ArcGIS Pro.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Organize, create, and edit geographic data.
• Manage, symbolize, and label map layers.
• Analyze GIS data and solve spatial problems.
• Share maps and analysis results.

All in ArcGIS Pro environment.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Pro (Basic, Standard or Advanced)
• ArcGIS Online

 Duration: 4 days.

At this course you will learn how to identify patterns, make predictions and answer analytical questions. You will get acquainted with essential concepts and a standard workflow that you can apply to any spatial analysis project. You will work with a variety of ArcGIS tools to explore, analyze and produce reliable information from data.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Quantify spatial patterns using spatial statistics and analyze change over time to identify emerging hot spots.
• Use interpolation and regression analysis to explain why patterns occur and predict how patterns will change.
• Prepare data and choose appropriate tools and settings for an analysis.
• Examine features and distribution patterns within an area of interest and identify optimal locations using 2D and 3D analysis tools.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Pro Advanced 2.1
• ArcGIS 3D Analyst
• ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst
• ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
• ArcGIS Online

Duration: 3 days.
This course prepares you, as experienced ArcMap users, to be productive right away. You will learn essential ArcGIS Pro terminology and concepts and how to efficiently complete a variety of tasks related to mapping, editing, analyzing, and sharing geospatial data and resources. That way you will be able to use ArcGIS Pro effectively, with its faster tools and integrated 2D and 3D capabilities, to streamline your GIS projects.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Create an ArcGIS Pro project and import map documents and 3D scene.
• Create and modify map symbology and layouts.
• Import a geoprocessing model and identify potential migration issues.
• Share geospatial resources to an ArcGIS Online organizational site or on-premises ArcGIS portal.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Pro (Advanced)
• ArcMap (Advanced)
• ArcGIS Online

 Duration: 1 day.

Get started with maps and apps.

This course introduces web maps, apps, and other authoritative content that may be available through your ArcGIS Online organizational site. You will learn how to discover, use, create, and share content that infuses projects with geographic context, additional business intelligence, and visual impact. Course concepts also apply to ArcGIS Enterprise portals.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Find content on an ArcGIS Online organizational site that meets your project needs.
• Create and configure web maps and web apps.
• Use web maps in Microsoft Office applications.
• Share maps and other content on your ArcGIS Online organizational site.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Online
• ArcGIS for Office

Recommended prerequisite knowledge:

• No experience with GIS or ArcGIS Online is required.

 Duration: 2 days.

Visual storytelling made easy.

ArcGIS StoryMaps stories have achieved mass appeal as a medium to inform the public, share project results, engage stakeholders, and inspire an audience. This course—for anyone that wants to share information in an interactive, highly engaging manner—teaches the concepts, best practices, and decisions that need to be made when creating and sharing a story using ArcGIS StoryMaps.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Design a story based on your purpose and audience.
• Add web maps, images, multimedia, and text to create a compelling, cohesive narrative.
• Apply a design theme to customize and enhance a story’s visual appeal.
• Publish and share a story with the public or members of your ArcGIS organization.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Online
• ArcGIS StoryMaps

Recommended prerequisite knowledge:

• Familiarity with ArcGIS Online and web maps is recommended, but not required.

 Duration: 3 days.

This course takes you on an in-depth exploration of the geodatabase, the native data storage format for ArcGIS software. Best practices to create a geodatabase to centrally store and efficiently manage your organization’s authoritative geospatial data are covered. You will develop skills needed to configure unique geodatabase features that ensure data integrity and accuracy over time and a thorough understanding of file and enterprise geodatabase capabilities. With this knowledge you can achieve simplified data management that supports your organization’s needs.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Create a geodatabase, explore schema options, and evaluate appropriate data models.
• Add data to a geodatabase, edit feature geometry and attributes, and create a mosaic dataset to store and disseminate imagery.
• Define data rules and relationships to simplify data editing and ensure data integrity.
• Configure access to an enterprise geodatabase and create a versioned feature class to allow multiple concurrent editors.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Pro (Advanced)
• PostgreSQL
• ArcGIS Enterprise Standard
• ArcGIS Online

 Duration: 3 days.

This course teaches best practices to create accurate geographic data and maintain it over time. You will get ample hands-on practice with a variety of ArcGIS Pro tools that streamline the editing process and decrease the potential for errors when updating your GIS database.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Apply a standard editing workflow to manage updates to geographic data.
• Configure ArcGIS Pro application and project settings to support efficient editing.
• Create, modify, and delete 2D and 3D features and attributes.
• Solve common data alignment issues and maintain spatial relationships among features when editing.

GDi will provide the following software:r

• ArcGIS Pro (Advanced)
• ArcGIS Online

Recommended prerequisite knowledge:

• Completion of ArcGIS Pro: Essential Workflows or equivalent knowledge.

Duration: 2 days.

Visual storytelling made easy.

When beginning a GIS project, a common challenge is assembling the data needed to answer the question or produce the desired output. The datasets you need may be available but at different accuracy levels, or include the required geographic features but lack a key attribute. Many other issues may make data unusable as-is. This course explores data-preparation techniques that are relevant for a variety of GIS applications. Discover authoritative data resources and gain essential skills to assess data quality, address data inconsistencies, and deliver valid results from your GIS projects.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Identify the data requirements for a given project and potential sources for data acquisition.
• Assess a dataset’s spatial, temporal, and attribute accuracy; logical consistency; and completeness to determine whether it meets a project’s data quality standards.
• Apply ArcGIS Pro tools and techniques to address quality issues, correct errors, and create new data that contains the spatial extent, accuracy, and attributes required for a project.
• Create metadata to document a dataset’s quality so that others can easily assess its appropriateness for their projects.

GDi will provide the following software

• ArcGIS Pro 2.9 (Advanced)

Recommended prerequisite knowledge:

• Completion of ArcGIS Pro: Essential Workflows or Migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro or equivalent knowledge.

 Duration: 1 day.

Enable at-a-glance insight.

This course is for anyone who wants to present a lot of data simply and effectively using visually engaging dashboards. Learn how to display multiple data visualizations on a single screen that supports dynamic data exploration, real-time operations monitoring, and informed decision-making. The course covers dashboard types, design considerations, layout options, and techniques to organize and focus dashboard elements to meet the specific information needs of your audience.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Add data from multiple sources to a dashboard.
• Configure dashboard elements, including maps, charts, indicators, and lists.
• Manage data display and maximize the visual impact of your dashboards.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Online
• ArcGIS Dashboards

Recommended prerequisite knowledge:

• Familiarity with ArcGIS Online will be helpful. For those new to ArcGIS Online, completing the ArcGIS Online Basics web course is recommended but not required.

Duration: 2 days.

You will learn how ArcGIS apps can transform field data collection activities by eliminating the need of paper maps and paper forms, giving field crews the ability to update data in the field with fewer errors and faster collection. Learn how ArcGIS supports a complete field data management workflow—from the office to the field, in the field, and back to the office. You will learn best practices to configure and deploy ArcGIS field-productivity apps to meet your data-collection needs. You’ll practice getting data ready for use in the field and create operation dashboards to monitor progress in real time. If you like you can use your iOS or Android device to complete course exercises. Finally, you’ll learn how all the ArcGIS field apps work together as a complete field data management solution.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Create and configure web maps for map-based data collection and surveys for form-based data collection.
• Efficiently create and manage field workforce assignments.
• Quickly capture real-time field observations.
• Monitor fieldwork in progress using a dashboard.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Pro 2.9 (Advanced)
• ArcGIS Online
• ArcGIS Dashboards
• ArcGIS Field Maps
• ArcGIS QuickCapture
• ArcGIS Survey123
• ArcGIS Workforce

Recommended prerequisite knowledge:

• Completion of ArcGIS Pro: Essential Workflows and ArcGIS Online Basics (Esri Academy) or equivalent knowledge is recommended.

Duration: 2 days.

Power your organization with location intelligence.

Everyone loves maps, but ArcGIS capabilities go way beyond mapping. This course—for business and technical leaders and staff—explores how organizations use ArcGIS to streamline operations, gain deeper insight from data, and enhance collaboration across business lines. Discover how ArcGIS capabilities work together to enable efficiencies and insight at scale, and get inspired by what’s possible when location intelligence is infused throughout the enterprise.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Invigorate reports and communications using immersive ArcGIS stories to increase collaboration among teams, project stakeholders, and the public using ArcGIS Hub sites.
• Realize ArcGIS benefits more quickly with people-focused change management and ArcGIS Solutions configured for specific industry workflows and key information products.
• Understand how ArcGIS functions as a system of record, engagement, and insight that supports critical workflows and business needs.
• Enable impactful insight and information-sharing through an ArcGIS portal that enables easy access to geographic data, ready-to-use content, and web maps and apps.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Online
• ArcGIS Hub
• ArcGIS StoryMap

Recommended prerequisite knowledge:

• No experience with GIS or ArcGIS is required.

Duration: 3 days.

Learn fundamental cartographic design principles and a standard workflow to produce print and online maps tailored to their purpose, medium, and intended audience. This course teaches ArcGIS Pro techniques to create and share a variety of professional-quality information products including print maps, web maps, 3D scenes, animations, and charts.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Prepare data for a mapping project.
• Design map elements that are appropriate for your data, audience, map purpose, and delivery medium.
• Apply 2D and 3D cartographic best practices to create and share print maps, web maps, and 3D scenes.
• Create animations to dynamically visualize data and change over time.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Pro 2.5 (Advanced
• ArcGIS Online

Recommended prerequisite knowledge:

• Completion of ArcGIS Pro: Essential Workflows or Migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro or equivalent knowledge.

Duration: 2 days.

This course is for GIS professionals and imagery analysts in the private sector and civilian government agencies who need to extract meaningful information from satellite imagery, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-collected data, and other imagery formats. Best practices to display, process, and create derived raster products are covered. You’ll work with ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Image Analyst tools to explore common imagery applications, including disaster recovery, damage assessment, and forest canopy assessment.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Apply dynamic raster functions to enhance imagery display and perform change detection.
• Perform object-based, supervised image classification and assess the accuracy of results.
• Post-process classified thematic rasters to support analysis needs.
• Create derived information products including digital elevation models.

GDi will provide the following software:

• ArcGIS Pro 2.5 (Advanced)
• ArcGIS Image Analyst
• ArcGIS Spatial Analyst

Recommended prerequisite knowledge:

• Completion of ArcGIS Pro: Essential Workflows or Migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro or equivalent knowledge.