Staying at the top in your GIS career requires keeping current with the latest tools and then constantly adding new capabilities to your portfolio. For those who have mastered ArcGIS desktop, the next step to the summit is the KCGIS Center 2-day class, Data Management in the Geodatabase. You won’t reach your peak if you…
Potpourri, so says Wikipedia, ‘…is a mixture of dried, naturally fragrant plant materials, used to provide a gentle natural scent, commonly in residential settings.’ What’s that got to do with GIS? Potpourri is also a common Jeopardy category – a collection of incongruous things. Maybe that’s what’s intended by the June 2019 King County GIS…
There is a wide array of powerful free open-source tools for doing data analysis, and many of them can now handle spatial data. This post will focus on using R, specifically the tidyverse packages, as a data exploration tool for analyses that would otherwise be cumbersome in a traditional desktop GIS program. I am currently…
The annual Washington GIS Conference is the best place in the state for an intensive four days of training, seminars, educational sessions, networking, visiting vendors, and connecting with friends old and new. If haven’t already – registered today! Here are some of the Washington GIS Conference sessions and events where King County GIS staff will…
Have you taken the leap with ArcGIS Pro? Register today for the inaugural offering of our new Intermediate ArcGIS Pro class in Seattle on April 23-25. One of the things that makes ArcGIS so useful is the tremendous amount of data available to map and analyze. In this new intermediate level class on the use…
At the 2019 Washington GIS Conference in May, Nicole Franklin, Chief Equity Officer for King County IT, and I will present a brand-new workshop, Introduction to GIS for Equity and Social Justice. The workshop is intended for GIS professionals and for Equity & Social Justice (ESJ) and public policy practitioners. The cost for this half-day…
King County GIS Center’s training partner Geospatial Training Services is coming to sunny Seattle in April and May to teach two great GIS programming with Python classes. Introduction to Programming ArcGIS Pro with Python will be on Monday and Tuesday, April 29-30 and Intermediate ArcGIS Pro Programming with Python will be on Wednesday May 1.…
Time, space, and money are each finite and interconnected. They impact each decision that we make. GIS is the optimal tool to help companies, agencies, students, and researchers discover how to best utilize their finite resources. ArcGIS Desktop is still the workhorse software tool that most agencies and companies use for the bulk of their…
Things are changing in Seattle! The viaduct served us well for many years, but it is coming down. ArcGIS Desktop has served us well, but now there is a new route to the future of your GIS career: ArcGIS Pro. With fast processing, enhanced 3D capabilities, and a new intuitive interface, ArcGIS Pro, Esri’s next-generation…
King County GIS is excited to announce our January through July 2019 schedule of face-to-face GIS training classes in Seattle. Instructor-led face-to-face training provides the ideal learning environment for developing hands-on GIS skills. Put yourself in the picture by signing up for KCGIS training today! Our GIS training program provides benefits to your employer through…
