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GPS for GIS Course

by Jerry Kuo last modified May 22, 2008 09:35 AM

This course is for people who use GPS in the field to collect information that is then used in a GIS. This course will tell you about the do’s and don’ts of using a GPS from the experts in the Surveyor General’s Office. This course will show you some of the latest hardware and software, being used by leading Territory Field Scientists, to collect information and its location in a field situation. The course is designed to provide: • basic understanding of GPS usage including Projections and Datums. •An understanding of how to correctly collect GPS data in the field for use in GIS •The latest Hardware and Software demonstrated by Field Scientists The cost for SSI members is $80 and $250 for non-members. The course will be held at Survey House, Shepherd St, Darwin. The Course will supply morning/afternoon tea and lunch but you must your own GPS device for the hands-on session with staff from the Surveyor General's Office. Please RSVP by Frday 6th June 2008.

What
When Jun 11, 2008
from 09:00 am to 03:00 pm
Where Survey House
Contact Name Andrew Edwards
Contact Email
Contact Phone 0427 270 835
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Course Outline:
•Intro to Good GPS usage by Trevor Menzies (NT Surveyor General - retired)

•A Hands-on Session with Staff from the Surveyor General’s Office

•3 Local demonstrations of data collection methods, software and instrumentation

Josh Forner (Darwin City Council)
Mapinfo based assett management system
Cameron Yates (Bushfires NT)
Arcpad based weed, veg and fire aerial survey data
Ben Sparrow (Biodiversity Alice Springs)
cybertracker on a PDA - ground site data collection

•Vendor demonstrations of Real Time Mapping Software

ESRI Arcpad
A demonstration of the use of Arcpad based data collection and integrating data into ARCGIS

Exa-min Technologies - Mobile Work Force
Management:
Integrating mobile GIS with central databases to manage spatially distributed assets

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