The Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program (CHNEP) is pleased to host a
three-day training “Introduction to Coastal GIS.” The CHNEP is hosting this
training to help its partners in their efforts to protect the natural
environment of Florida from Venice to Bonita Springs to Winter Haven and
fulfill the CHNEP management plan. This training is offered through the
generosity of
NOAA Coastal Services
Center who are teaching the course and Florida Gulf Coast University who
are providing the facility.
Course Overview: This three-day instructor-led course provides
students with knowledge and skills to successfully use ArcGIS desktop
software versions 9.3 or 10.0. Framed in a coastal management context, the
course begins with geographic information system (GIS) fundamentals and
introduces tools and techniques useful for addressing coastal issues. In
addition to lectures, demonstrations, and exercises in ArcGIS, the course
incorporates small group activities and class discussion to reinforce
concepts learned in lecture and exercises. For more details, please review
the course outline.
What You Will Learn: After completing this course, participants will
be able to:
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Recognize and describe basic GIS concepts and terms.
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Display, query, and edit spatial and attribute data.
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Recognize the benefits of metadata.
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Understand coordinate systems and projections.
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Create a map layout and customize symbology.
Registration: The registration fee of $60 includes refreshment breaks
and lunches. If you wish to attend but are unable to pay the registration
fee, please contact Maran Hilgendorf.
Reservations are accepted as they are received except priority is given to
those who are helping to implement the CHNEP management plan. We must have
20 people registered by April 13, 2012 to offer the workshop. To register,
please:
1.
Complete and submit the on-line
registration form below to reserve your seat.
It is to your advantage to
register as soon as you know you can attend.
Once the online
registration form is completed, hit “submit” then print your completed form.
If you register, an email message
will be sent to you once you have been accepted. Please complete step 2
after you receive this message.
Those
who registered include:
|
Liz Donley |
Deputy Director |
Charlotte Harbor National
Estuary Program |
|
Pete Quasius |
Environmental Policy
Advocate |
Collier Audubon |
|
Lori Zaworski |
Staff Chemist |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
|
Mari hanley |
Naturalist/ Tour Guide |
Tarpon Bay Explorers |
|
Steve Adams |
Utility Engineering Mnager |
City of Punta Gorda |
|
Victoria Vazquez |
Research Coordinator |
Rookery Bay NERR/FDEP |
|
Mary Kay Cassani |
Instructor |
Florida Gulf Coast
University |
|
Sally Braem |
Environmental Specialist
II |
Florida Park Service |
|
Shawn Lamey |
Senior Planner |
Lee County DCD/Zoning |
|
Louise Chang |
Environmental Specialist I |
Lee County Health
Department |
|
Dustin Sabins |
Environmental Supervisor I |
Lee County Health
Department |
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Diana Giraldo |
Sustainability Coordinator |
City of Fort Myers |
|
Jennifer Vreeland |
Marine Biologist |
Mote Marine Laboratories |
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Julie Ryan |
Administrative Assistant |
City of Punta Gorda |
|
Thomas W Woolverton |
Communications Supervisor |
Lee County Division of
Public Safety |
|
Casey Rogers |
Natural Resources Policy
Conservation Associate |
Conservancy of Southwest
Florida |
|
Don Burleson |
AutoCAD/GIS |
Passarella & Associates,
Inc. |
|
Keith Laakkonen |
Environmental Sciences
Coordinator |
Town of Fort Myers Beach |
|
Josh Overmyer |
Planning Coordinator |
Town of Fort Myers Beach -
Community Development |
|
Roger DeBruler Jr. |
Marine Resources Program
Assistant |
Charlotte County |
|
Cathy Olson |
Senior Superviose
Conservation 20/20 Program |
Lee County |
|
M.J. Carnevale |
Environmental Technician |
City of Winter Haven |
|
Catherine Moses |
Park Services Specialist |
Lovers Key State Park |
|
Elizabeth Wong |
Stormwater Manager |
City of North Port |
|
Shereen Feldman |
Geoprocessing Tech |
City of Cape Coral |
|
Darryl Clare, Ph.D., GISP |
GIS Analyst |
City of Cape Coral |
|
Carol M. Robb |
GIS Technician |
City of Cape Coral |
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Wait list as of Jan.
23: |
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Lindsay Cross |
Environmental Scientist |
Tampa Bay Estuary Program |
|
Alexandra Sulecki |
Sr. Environmental
Specialist, Coordinator-Conservation Collier Program |
Collier County Government |
|
Salma Nader |
Operations Coordinator |
Collier County Government,
Growth Management Div. |
|
Natali Betancur |
Operations Supervisor |
Collier County Government,
Growth Management Div. |
|
Jecika Cook |
Operations Coordinator |
Collier County Governmentm
Growth Management Div. |
|
Isabel C Way |
Project Greenscape
Coordinator |
Rookery Bay NERR |
|
David Willems |
Water Resource Engineer |
HSA Engineers & Scientist |
2. Please submit payment no later than March 30.
Thanks to the Friends of Charlotte Harbor Estuary, Inc., (EIN
65-1027666) we will
be able to accept your registration payment by PayPal, credit card or check
through their website
www.CHNEPfriends.org.
If you need to mail in your payment, make the check payable to the Friends
of Charlotte Harbor Estuary, Inc. and mail to:
Friends of Charlotte Harbor Estuary, Inc.
ATTN: Introduction to Coastal GIS Course
PO Box 2245
Fort Myers FL 33902-2245
When you pay online, you will need to
follow guidance to "donate." Once payment has been sent, please send an
email to mhilgendorf@swfrpc.org
with the names of the people whose registration was paid. Thank you.
More details: This information is posted at www.CHNEP.org along with
the agenda and online registration form. Details on the meeting facility,
lunch options, directions, parking, hotel suggestions and additional
information will be posted as they are known.
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Hotels: Several nearby hotels and FGCU rates are provided. You
may want to consider the Holiday Inn at
Ft. Myers Airport @ Town Center, 239/561-1550. (FGCU rate is $89 and
government rate is $85.)
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FGCU campus maps:
map with nearby roads,
vicinity map from
Google Earth, campus map
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Parking:
Visitors are usually
asked to park in Lot #8 on the northeast side of campus. Enter campus
from Ben Hill Griffin Parkway, pick up a parking permit at the booth on
the Main Entrance road, drive around FGCU Boulevard, which loops around
campus to the northeast side of campus. Park in the lot then walk back
across the center of campus to AB7.
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Refreshments and lunches: Details are not yet available.
Please share this message with others you think may be interested in
participating, especially if they are or might help implement the CHNEP
management plan.
Maran Brainard Hilgendorf,
Communications Manager
mhilgendorf@swfrpc.org, Phone ext 240
Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program
1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers FL 33901-3414
239/338-2556, Toll-free 866/835-5785, Fax 239/338-2560
Working together to protect the natural environment from Venice to Bonita
Springs to Winter Haven