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    • July 28, 2025
    • 8:00 AM
    • July 30, 2025
    • 5:00 PM
    • Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26505
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    GIS Foundations Training Course

    Instructor-Led, In-Person course
    Dates: July 28-30, 2025
    Location: West Virginia University, Brooks Hall

    GIS Foundations is a thorough overview of the most widely used tools and skills for the GIS Professional. The topics are broken up into sections over 3 days and students can attend any or all of the days as needed. All coursework will be utilizing ArcGIS Pro.

    General Agenda: (see more details at bottom)

    • Day 1 (Monday) TopicGIS Foundations I: Basics of ArcPro - This course is designed to introduce the fundamental concepts of geographic information systems, demonstrate their use and value, and provide practical skills which can be directly applied to the work environment. Prerequisite: Students are strongly encouraged to have basic computer operations knowledge, file management etc.
    • Day 2 (Tuesday) TopicGIS Foundations II: Foundations of GIS - This course is designed to provide an overview of the basic building components for an effective and useful GIS. The course focuses on best practices for building a functioning GIS topics cover databases and tables, querying and selection processes, basic analysis tools, and the basics of editing. Prerequisite: Students are strongly encouraged to have basic GIS skills, or the GIS Foundations I course.
    • Day 3 (Wednesday) TopicGIS Foundations III: Spatial Analysis & Modeling - This course is designed to introduce more detailed analysis options and tools. Prerequisite: Students are strongly encouraged to have experience using GIS, or have taken the GIS Foundations I and II courses.

    Additional Information:

    INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Aaron Maxwell & Dr. Michael Harmon (If two sections are held)

    COURSE PREREQUISITES: See descriptions.

    WORKSHOP MATERIALS: Materials will be provided by the instructor.

    CONTACT: Go to our Contact page.

    PARKING: Parking permits will be provided to those who request them through the registration form. Additional fees may be required.

    MEALS AND BEVERAGES: Meals and beverages are not provided for this event. There will be designated times for lunch, but attendees must furnish their own meals and beverages for the day. Beverage use is restricted while in the computer labs.



    Agenda by Topics:


    Day One: Basics of ArcGIS Pro

    • Basic layout of Pro

    • Starting Projects

    • Spatial data

    • Map View - Catalog View - Layout View

    • Geoprocessing Pane

    • Making folder connections

    • Adding data from a folder

    • Adding data from portal

    • Connect to servers

    • Geodatabases

    • Working with tables

    • Data Query

    • Select by attributes / select by location

    • Intro to cartography


    Day Two: Foundations of GIS

    • Good spatial practices

    • Datums and projections

    • Fixing projections

    • Extract overlay proximity

    • Digitizing and georeferencing

    • Joins & Relates

    • Symbology cartography & classification

    • Interpolation

    • Raster math & functions

    • Summarizing data


    Day Three: Spatial Analysis & Modeling

    • Networks & Geocoding

    • DEMs

    • 3D Visualization

    • Viewshed

    • Hydrology

    • Basic modeling concepts

    • Model Builder

    • Spatial Patterns


    • July 31, 2025
    • 8:00 AM
    • August 01, 2025
    • 5:00 PM
    • 4th Floor, Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Ave, Morgantown, WV 26505
    • 15
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    About Web GIS with ArcGIS Online

    This two-day course is designed to get you started with web GIS using the ESRI ArcGIS Online platform. You will learn to connect to data, publish data from ArcGIS Pro to ArcGIS Online, symbolize data, configure pop-ups, and make web and mobile apps using a variety of methods. After completing this short course, you will be able to generate web maps and apps for a specific purpose.

    First Day: Web Data and Configurable Apps

    ·        Connect to map service

    ·        Create apps using a template

    ·        Configure pop-ups

    ·        Change symbology

    ·        Publish from ArcGIS Pro

    ·        Create hosted feature layers

    Second Day: Web and Mobile Apps

    ·        Create apps using ArcGIS Experience Builder

    ·        Add maps to an existing webpage


    Additional Information

    INSTRUCTOR: Aaron Maxwell, WVU Teaching Assistant Professor of Geography

    CONTACT: Aaron.Maxwell@mail.wvu.edu

    COURSE PREREQUISITES: GIS Foundations or equivalent experience preferred.

    WORKSHOP MATERIALS: Materials will be provided digitally by the instructor.

    PARKING: Parking permits will be provided to those who request them through the registration form. Additional fees may be required.

    MEALS AND BEVERAGES: Meals and beverages are not provided for this event. There will be designated times for lunch, but attendees must furnish their own meals and beverages for the day. Beverage use is restricted while in the computer labs.

    CANCELLATION POLICY: WVAGP policy requires a minimum of 8 registrations to confirm a course. If the threshold is not met by EOB on Friday, July 18th, 2025, the course will be cancelled and all fees refunded. If a student is unable to attend, cancellation prior to May 26th, 2023 will be provided a full refund. You must contact WVAGP directly for the cancellation.

    • September 04, 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • Shepherdstown Fire Dept. in Shepherdstown, WV

    Hello all!

    This year’s Eastern Panhandle GIS Users Group Meeting will take place at the Shepherdstown Fire Hall in Shepherdstown, WV (8052 Martinsburg Pike). For more information about the event, please visit our website here: https://epan-jcwvgis.hub.arcgis.com/

    Attendance: As usual, attendance is free! Event registration will be sent out in a few days.

    Parking: There is free parking in the back of the station.

    Sponsors: All sponsors are provided a table space and will be introduced at the beginning of the meeting. Please contact Meghan Jenkins to sign up! (mjenkins@washco-md.net)

    Speakers: We still need several speakers! All presentations must be GIS related (preferably project based). Speakers are given a 30 minute slot, with 20-25 minutes for the presentations and a few minutes for questions. If you would like to sign up to present, please contact me! (jgormont@jeffersoncountywv.org)

    We hope to see you there!

         

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    • November 19, 2025
    • West Virginia


    • June 01, 2026
    • June 03, 2026
    • 3 sessions
    • WVU Erickson Alumni Center, 1 Alumni Dr, Morgantown, WV 26506

    2026 WV GeoCon


    Location: WVU Erickson Alumni Center, 1 Alumni Dr, Morgantown, WV 26506

    Dates: Monday, June 1st to Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026

    Each year, WVAGP hosts the largest gathering of geospatial professionals in the state at WV GeoCon to promote geospatial technology and professions across the state and outside its borders. The conference provides opportunities for professional development, collaboration, and networking for the diverse backgrounds and experience levels of our organization’s membership. It is intended to provide ample time and space for professional development workshops, presentations of ideas, the annual Business Meeting, and networking between professionals, vendors, and organizations that utilize geospatial technology and practices.


Past Training and Events

June 02, 2025 2025 WV GeoCon - West Virginia Geospatial Conference
May 23, 2025 CANCELED: Geostatistical Analysis (One-Day Workshop)
May 22, 2025 CANCELED: Data Editing with Python (One-Day Workshop)
May 19, 2025 CANCELED: Intro to Geoprocessing Scripts with Python (Three-Day Workshop)
April 04, 2025 GIS Day at the Legislature 2025
January 29, 2025 ESRI MOOC: Going Places with Spatial Analysis
December 02, 2024 URISA Virtual GIS Leadership Academy
November 20, 2024 GIS Day 2024
November 18, 2024 URISA GIS Leadership Academy
September 25, 2024 ESRI MOOC - Make an Impact with Modern Geo Apps
September 05, 2024 EPAN: Eastern Panhandle GIS Users Group Meeting
August 28, 2024 URISA Webinar: The Life of Addresses
August 28, 2024 ESRI MOOC - Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics
August 09, 2024 CANCELLED: Geostatistical Analysis (One-Day Workshop)
August 05, 2024 CANCELLED: Intro to Geoprocessing Scripts with Python (Four-Day Workshop)
July 16, 2024 WVAGP Board of Directors Meeting
June 03, 2024 GIS Foundations (Three-Day Workshop)
June 03, 2024 URISA GIS Leadership Academy
May 13, 2024 2024 WV Geospatial Conference (WV GeoCon)
March 18, 2024 GIS Drone Training Course
January 24, 2024 GIS Day at the WV Legislature
November 27, 2023 URISA - GIS Leadership Academy
November 19, 2023 2023 Meeting of the SEDAAG
November 08, 2023 2023 WVAGP Fall Meeting
October 25, 2023 ESRI MOOC: GIS for Climate Action
October 16, 2023 URISA GIS-PRO 2023
September 28, 2023 Eastern Panhandle GIS Users Group Mtg
September 20, 2023 ESRI MOOC - Imagery in Action
September 13, 2023 WVU Career Fairs - Agriculture, Natural Sciences, and STEM
August 30, 2023 ESRI MOOC - Spatial Data Science
August 17, 2023 ESRI - Getting Started with Field Maps Designer
August 07, 2023 Intro to QGIS (Two-Day Virtual Workshop)
July 31, 2023 (CANCELED) Cartography with ArcGIS Pro Series, Presented by Geospatial Training Services
July 10, 2023 ESRI User Conference
June 07, 2023 Remote Sensing: Working with Imagery and LiDAR (Two-Day Workshop)
June 05, 2023 Web GIS with ArcGIS Online (Two-Day Workshop)
May 25, 2023 Geostatistical Analysis (One-Day Workshop)
May 22, 2023 Intro to Geoprocessing Scripts with Python (Three-Day Workshop)
May 09, 2023 2023 WVAGP Annual Meeting
April 18, 2023 ESRI Southeast User Conference
February 07, 2023 URISA Location, Enterprise Addressing & Public Safety Conference (LEAP 2023)
January 26, 2023 US Census Bureau Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) Webinar Series
December 21, 2022 ESRI Course: ArcGIS Enterprise Configuring a Base Deployment (Two-Day Course)
December 19, 2022 ESRI Course: Field Data Collection and Management Using ArcGIS (Two-Day Course)
November 18, 2022 WVDOT Hiring Event
November 16, 2022 International GIS Day
November 02, 2022 WVAGP Fall Meeting
September 22, 2022 Eastern Panhandle GIS Users Group Mtg
August 11, 2022 CANCELED: Geostatistical Analysis (One-Day Workshop)
August 08, 2022 Intro to Geoprocessing Scripts with Python (Three-Day Workshop)
June 15, 2022 USACE Great Lakes & Ohio River Division Virtual Recruitment Event
May 23, 2022 2022 WV GIS Conference
May 19, 2022 Web GIS with ArcGIS Online (Second Day)
May 18, 2022 Web GIS with ArcGIS Online (First Day)
May 17, 2022 Transition to ArcGIS Pro (Second Day)
May 16, 2022 Transition to ArcGIS Pro (First Day)
April 22, 2022 URISA Webinar: Preparing for the GISP Certification
April 14, 2022 "GIS in the Movies and TV" Part I and II, Hosted by WVAGP
January 06, 2022 Web GIS With ArcGIS Online (Day 2)
January 05, 2022 Web GIS With ArcGIS Online (Day 1)
January 04, 2022 Transition to ArcGIS Pro (Day 2)
January 03, 2022 Transition to ArcGIS Pro (Day 1)
November 16, 2021 GIS in the Movies and TV

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