CDFW GIS Links

• GIS Clearinghouse
• Interactive Map Viewers
• Web Map Services
• Software & Tools
• GIS/GPS Support Documents
• Marine Region GIS

Related GIS Links

• Cal-Atlas Geospatial Clearinghouse
• California Environmental
  Resources Evaluation
  System (CERES)

 

Department of Fish & Wildlife
Biogeographic Data Branch
1807 13th Street, Suite 202
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 322-2493 • Email BDB

GIS Training

There are many places to receive GIS training, from colleges, to vendors, to consultants. Below are some resources to get you going.

Esri provides a lot of free training. Here is the entire list of over 100 free courses on their site. Below are a handful of specific courses from that list that might be most useful:

• New features in ArcGIS Desktop 10
• Getting Started with GIS (for ArcGIS 10.1)
• Basics of Geographic Coordinate Systems (for ArcGIS 10)
• Beyond Where: Using Regression Analysis to Explore Why
• Creating Map Books Using Data Driven Pages
• Editing in ArcGIS Desktop 10
• Introduction to Spatial Pattern Analysis
• Python Scripting for Everyone Using ArcGIS 10.1

Additionally, Esri provides videos of many of the Technical Workshop Sessions from the previous User Conference, which can be pretty informative:

• Technical Workshops videos

On the college side, we are lucky enough to have one of the biggest, and best, GIS Certification and A.S. Degree programs right here in Sacramento:

• American River College GIS Program