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Public Safety GIS

GIS Support Contacts

Chris Gist
GIS Specialist
cgist@virginia.edu
434.982.2637
Kelly Johnston
GIS Specialist
kjohnston@virginia.edu
434.243.4242

Schedule

9:00 - 9:30 – Overview of GIS collaborations underway at UVA Facilities and a demo of Police and Emergency response GIS applications. (Artie McDonough GIS analyst, UVA Facilities Management & Lowell Ballard, Timmons)

9:30 - 10:00 – Introduction to GIS and ArcGIS (Kelly Johnston)

10:00 - 10:15 – Break

10:15 - 12:00 – GIS Hands On – Making your first map (Chris Gist)

12:00 - 1:00 – Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 – Introduction to GIS Analysis Techniques (Chris Gist)

2:00 - 2:15 – Break

2:15 - 4:00 – GIS Hands On – GIS Analysis (Kelly Johnston) 

Introduction to GIS

Class Presentation

Making Your First Map

Class Handout

Class Data

The class data link is a zip archive. The files from the zip archive must be extracted to your local computer before you can use them. If you don't know what that means, please see this.

GIS Analysis

Analysis Presentation

Analysis Step By Step Instructions

Analysis Data

The class data link is a zip archive. The files from the zip archive must be extracted to your local computer before you can use them. If you don't know what that means, please see this.

Resources

What is GIS? USGS ESRI

American Factfinder: Data portal for the U.S. Census Bureau

Main Page

Tutorial

Virginia Economic Development Partnership GIS Data

Virginia Road Centerlines

National Atlas GIS Data

National Historical GIS

UVA Scholars' Lab Digital Resources

Albemarle County GIS Data



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