Overview - This three-day course offers participants in-depth instruction in ArcView GIS 3.x software’s ability to integrate geographic information. Attendees move beyond the basics as they perform GIS analysis using the software’s total functionality including new geoprocessing tools and projection utility. The course helps participants become more productive ArcView GIS users by teaching them advanced topics such as using sample scripts and extensions, converting themes into new map projections, and making projects portable. Realistic class projects and challenging hands-on exercises let participants immediately apply their newly acquired skills.

Audience - Advanced ArcView GIS (3.x) is for experienced ArcView GIS users who want to learn about the advanced features of ArcView GIS that will make them more productive and allow them to get the most out of the software.

Goals -
• Align spatial data in views
• Obtain spatial and tabular data
• Manage data
• Create portable projects
• Present data through reports, layouts, or dynamic presentations
• Use Avenue programming language to increase efficiency
• Use sample scripts and extensions
• Perform advanced spatial functions (intersect, clip, and overlay)
• Implement spatial models

Topics Covered -
• Spatial and attribute data: Downloading data from the Web; On-screen digitizing; Converting and importing different data types; Aligning data sources by changing projection or datum; Managing data sources; Using metadata
• Portable projects: Understanding the structure of ArcView GIS projects; Delivering projects for others to use
• Presenting data: Designing and formatting reports; Presentation-quality layouts; Custom ArcView GIS projects
• Using the power of Avenue: Field calculator requests; Sample scripts and extensions; Customizing document GUIs
• Proximity analysis: Buffer features; Nearest neighbor analysis; Spatial join
• Geoprocessing: Union; Spatial merge; Merging themes; Intersect; Clip; Using functions to analyze data
• Spatial modeling: Understanding models; Coding data and assigning weights; Implementing suitability and predictive models

Prerequisites and Recommendations - Recent completion of Introduction to ArcView GIS (3.x) or at least three months of experience using ArcView GIS software is required.

Registrants for this course should know the following:
• Basic operating system skills (copying, deleting, and moving files and directories)
• Concept of a shapefile and simple shapefile editing
• Creating and saving projects
• Adding multiple data types as themes to a view
• Setting view properties (map and distance units, projection)
• Applying legends and classifying data
• Creating, editing, and establishing relationships between tables
• Selecting records and features using spatial and tabular methods
• Summarizing tables