Bureau of Personnel - Training
Joe Foss Building
523 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
(605) 773.3461
(605) 773.5389 (fax)
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Introduction to South Dakota GIS
8-hour class - Cost: $127
AFE # - 78H4

Who should attend?
The typical student in this class should have a basic familiarity with what GIS is and the software the state uses to do GIS work (ESRI ArcGIS). Students won’t need to have any programming skills to benefit from this class.

This class is meant to introduce version 9.2 of ArcGIS ArcView

The main sections of the class will be:

1. Introduction to ArcGIS
2. Introduction to ArcCatalog
3. Introduction to ArcMap
4. Introduction to Coordinate Systems
5. Working with ArcMap
6. Symbolizing Features
7. Selecting Features
8. Labeling Features
9. Introduction to Layerfiles
10. Creating Map Layouts

Summary:
Students of this class will learn about:

• How to connect to and add data from various sources
• How to symbolize, select and label features
• Layerfiles and how they can be used to save time in map development
• Map templates, the standard map elements and about how to make map layouts

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Creating and Editing Data in ArcView
8-hour class - Cost: $127
AFE # - 73T7

Who should attend?
The typical student in this class should be familiar with GIS is and the software the state uses to do GIS work (ESRI ArcGIS).

This Class is meant to teach users the basics of creating and editing data with ArcView. The main sections of the class will be:

1. Creating shapefiles and personal geodatabases
2. Editing environment
3. Editing toolbar

Creating shapefiles and personal geodatabases:

• Shapefiles
• Personal geodatabases and featureclasses
• Define projections and fields

Editing options:

• Snapping
• Coordinate System
• Angular Units

Editing toolbar:

• Target Layer
• Edit Tasks
• Edit Tools

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GIS Tools for State Government
4-hour class - Cost: $66
AFE # - 73U7

Who should attend?
The typical student in this class should have a basic familiarity with what GIS is and the software the state uses to do GIS work (ESRI ArcGIS). Students won’t need to have any programming skills to benefit from this class.

This class is meant to introduce several custom GIS tools that are available for use in ArcGIS. The main sections of the class will be:

1. Getting familiar with the GIS tools
2. Customizing ArcMap toolbars and buttons
3. UN-installing the GIS tools
4. ArcToolbox

Getting Familiar with the GIS tools:

• What GIS tools are available?
• How to install the tools
• Using the GIS tools in ArcMap

Customizing ArcMap Toolbars and Buttons:

• The Customize window in more detail
• Adding existing tools and buttons from the Customize window
• Removing buttons or tools from the toolbars
• Add from file – adding other extensions

UN-installing Extensions:

• A look at the tool which uninstalls the GIS tools
• How to uninstall the tools 

ArcToolbox:

• Getting familiar with the tools that are available in ArcToolbox
• Identifying the common tools
• Creating your own custom toolbox with commonly used tools

Class	Date	Time	City	Location
Introduction to SD GIS	December 12	8 a.m. - 5 p.m.	Pierre	BOP Training Computer lab 3rd floor Foss Bldg.
Creating and Editing Data in ArcView	N/A	8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
GIS Tools for State Government	N/A	8 a.m. - 12 noon
Register by sending an email to BOP Training Registration with the class title, date, time, location and employee number.

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