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GIS Training Resources
Help On Your Own
- ArcGIS Help System - Launch from your desktop ArcGIS software
- Notes and lab materials from GIS coursework
- MAGIP Seminar Series - (Members Only)
- FREE Trade Magazine Subscriptions and Technical Documents
- Idaho State University's GIS
- GIS training books available from the Montana State Library (pdf)
- National Academies Press
- URISA Books and Resources
- Codecademy Python Training
- GIS Education Search Tool
- Penn State: Open Educational Resources
- GPS Education and Links
- GPS training guides available from Electronic Data Solutions
- Open Source GIS Based Applications
- Spatial Reserves Blog: a guide to public domain spatial data
- Federal GIS Data Sources (pdf) from MappingSupport.com
- List of over 3,000 Federal, State, County and City ArcGIS Server Addresses (pdf) from MappingSupport.com
- Directions Magazine Data Resources
- ColorBrewer web tool for selecting colors for maps
- Kessler BlogGIS Four-Part Article on Topology and Geodatabases
- Esri Education Resources (you may need to create a free Esri Global Account username and password to access some resources):
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- Esri GIS Glossary
- Esri ArcGIS 10 Desktop Tips and Shortcuts (pdf)
- Esri Press Books (i.e.: Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop; GIS Tutorials)
- Esri "TV" on Youtube
- Esri Virtual Campus Web Courses (some free, most with a nominal fee)
- Esri Instructional Series Podcasts (free)
- Esri E-Learning Courses (annual license required)
- Esri Support (knowledge base, forums, known issues, documentation, and much, much more)
- Esri News (Esri Publications (ArcNews, ArcUser, Newsletters, etc.)
Personal Assistance
- Collaborate via the MAGIP GIS Mentoring Program with a GIS peer or consult with a GIS Mentor (project/task focused or long term) — a benefit of your MAGIP membership
- Attend a MAGIP User Group Meeting in your area or suggest a new meeting - open to the public
- Request free membership to the MAGIP email discussion list-serve
- Start a Discussion Topic using a MAGIP Discussion Forum - Must be a MAGIP member to start and/or reply to a Discussion Topic, but reviewing is open to everyone
- Discussion Forums outside MAGIP:
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- GeoNet ESRI Community Forums -- Current
- ESRI Forums -- Archive
- AutoDesk
- MapWindow GIS
- MapInfo
- StackExchange
Instructor Led Training
- MAGIP Big Sky GeoCon - Hosted annually typically in the Spring, location varies around Montana
- Intermountain GIS Conference - Bi-annual conference hosted by the Northern Rockies chapter of URISA in Idaho in odd numbered years
- MAGIP Fall Technical Session - Previously hosted annually in the fall, location varies
- MAGIP Spring Meeting - Previously hosted in the Spring of odd numbered years; Usually held in Eastern Montana
- MAGIP Seminar Series - (Members Only)
- Northern Rockies Chapter of URISA (Urban and Regional Information Systems Association) located in Idaho
- Higher education coursework:
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- Montana State University (Bozeman)
- University of Montana College of Forestry and Conservation (Missoula)
- Carroll College (Helena)
- Idaho State University GIS Training and Research Center
- University of North Dakota (Online)
- University of Kentucky (Online)
- GIS Training Companies in or near Montana:
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- Know GIS (Global Positions LLC)
- Electronic Data Solutions
- Esri Training (Instructor-Led, Virtual, etc.)
- Esri International User Conference
- Bootcamp GIS - Course Catalog; Montana Workforce Grant for Enterprise GIS Certificate
Ongoing Learning
- Attend MAGIP User Group meetings in your area
- Subscribe to each MAGIP Discussion Forum to get notices about new topics and replies when they are posted
- Read incoming MAGIP email listserve message content
- Subscribe to any number of Esri publications - electronic or paper - including news about training
- Subscribe to a free newsletter GIS User
- Subscribe to a free newsletter from Directions Magazine
Standards and Best Practices
- List of Geospatial Standards from the Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC)
- Metadata Standard for the Montana GIS Data List
- Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)
- Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) Workbook, version 2 (pdf)
- GIS Data Archiving Best Practices from the Montana State Library (MSL)
- Standard for symbolizing Public Lands from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (pdf)
- State of Montana Color Standards (pdf)