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On-Line Resources

A number of on-line resources are available and helpful for learning geospatial technology. These link are listed here as a conveniences. The Columbia Center has no connection with these services and offers no warranty as to their suitability for any purpose. Any problems or questions concerning these workshops call the CRGSC Education and Training Department at (936) 468 6114 or email the CRGSC Education and Training Department at training@crgsc.org


Weather, GIS and You is a workshop that that teaches you how to perform real time weather mapping by introducing them on how to gather weather information from various free open National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) web sources.
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Introduction to Metadata Level 1 is workshop that teaches you how to write geospatial metadata that meets the minimum requirements set by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) by using the FGDC Workbook and FGDC graphic flowchart.
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Introduction to Aloha is designed to teach basic chemical plume modeling skills. It is not designed to be a comprehensive course on ALOHA. After taking this workshop, you should be competent in calculating a chemical plume and printing a map of the plume using MARPLOT. Important! Please read the Read_Me.doc file in your ALOHA_Exercise folder for workshop instructions and additional information
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Introduction to GPS is designed to give you an overview of the GPS system and how GPS satellites send signals to a GPS reciver. Plus, a brief introduction to how to operate a GPS unit, which includes how to take a waypoint and navigate to a waypoint. Important! Please read the Read_Me.doc file in your Intro_toGPS_Exercise folder for workshop instructions and additional information
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Reading a USGS topographical map is essential to successfully navigating in the field. USGS topographical show the terrain, spatial relationship of the land, roads, structures and water features. This topographic map review covers the basic elements in using a USGS topographic map series.

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Determining Latitude and Longitude deals with how to determine a set of Latitude and Longitude coordinates from a 15 minute topographic map.

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Stephen F. Austin State University
Authur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture SFASU
ESRI Virtual Campus
USGS Online GIS Training Course
National Parks Service GIS for Fire Specialists
FEMA NETC Virtual Campus


Additional Training Materials

Additional material are available by request. If you are interested in any material, please email Charles Ashton at cashton@crgsc.org.