The training dates are as follows:
TatukGIS Editor In-Person Training (1 day course): Tuesday September 10, 2013
TatukGIS Developer Kernel (or Editor Customization) In-Person Training (2 day course): Wednesday & Thursday September 11 & 12, 2013
Class sizes are limited to 14 students. Course summaries are listed below.
Training is held in centrally-located Dubuque, IA. Dubuque is a beautiful old town located on the Mississippi River and is a few hours drive from Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Louis. The Dubuque Regional Airport is served by American Airlines via O'Hare International Airport and is a quick 10 minute drive to downtown Dubuque.
For training dates and ordering information, please see the Ordering Information page. For any other questions related to in-person training in the US, please email tatukgis.consulting@nym.hush.com.
(1) TatukGIS Editor Training: This one day course will cover a broad range of the functionality offered by the Editor. A hard-copy training manual is included with the course. Students will be required to bring their own laptop computer with the Editor software already installed. The cost is $499/seat. The course outline is as follows:
GIS BASICS.
LESSON 1. ADDING GIS LAYERS TO THE EDITOR AND SETTING UP A MAP PROJECT.
LESSON 2. MAP COORDINATE SYSTEMS
LESSON 3. CHANGING THE MAP EXTENT, ZOOMING, PANNING, AND SETTING THE SCALE.
LESSON 4. SELECTING FEATURES: SELECT BY ATTRIBUTES, ZOOM TO SELECTION, MANUAL SELECTION, AND USING CLIPBOARD LAYERS.
LESSON 5. CREATING NEW VECTOR LAYERS, CREATING NEW FEATURES, SNAPPING TO FEATURES, WORKING WITH MULTIPART SHAPES, CREATING 'DONUT-HOLE' POLYGONS, AND EDITING VERTICES OF FEATURES.
LESSON 6. GEOPROCESSING: SPLITTING SHAPES, UNIONING SHAPES, BUFFERING SHAPES, SUBTRACTING SHAPES, MERGING VECTOR LAYERS, AND GENERATING A GRID OF POINTS.
LESSON 7. ADDING ATTRIBUTES TO FEATURES, ADDING NEW FIELDS, USING THE DATA PANEL, ADDING ASCENDING ID NUMBERS TO A FIELD, FINDING FIELD VALUE FREQUENCIES.
LESSON 8. SYMBOLIZING FEATURES USING THE LAYER PROPERTIES DIALOG AND SAVING SYMBOLOGY TO LAYER PROPERTIES .INI FILES.
LESSON 9. MAP OUTPUT: USING THE PRINT DIALOG, USING MAP TEMPLATES, EXPORTING THE VIEW TO AN IMAGE, AND CREATING CUSTOM NORTH ARROWS, SCALEBARS, AND LEGENDS.
LESSON 10. USING THE 3D PANEL: USING 3D LAYERS, CREATING 3D FEATURES, AND SETTING UP A DEM.
LESSON 1. ADDING GIS LAYERS TO THE EDITOR AND SETTING UP A MAP PROJECT.
LESSON 2. MAP COORDINATE SYSTEMS
LESSON 3. CHANGING THE MAP EXTENT, ZOOMING, PANNING, AND SETTING THE SCALE.
LESSON 4. SELECTING FEATURES: SELECT BY ATTRIBUTES, ZOOM TO SELECTION, MANUAL SELECTION, AND USING CLIPBOARD LAYERS.
LESSON 5. CREATING NEW VECTOR LAYERS, CREATING NEW FEATURES, SNAPPING TO FEATURES, WORKING WITH MULTIPART SHAPES, CREATING 'DONUT-HOLE' POLYGONS, AND EDITING VERTICES OF FEATURES.
LESSON 6. GEOPROCESSING: SPLITTING SHAPES, UNIONING SHAPES, BUFFERING SHAPES, SUBTRACTING SHAPES, MERGING VECTOR LAYERS, AND GENERATING A GRID OF POINTS.
LESSON 7. ADDING ATTRIBUTES TO FEATURES, ADDING NEW FIELDS, USING THE DATA PANEL, ADDING ASCENDING ID NUMBERS TO A FIELD, FINDING FIELD VALUE FREQUENCIES.
LESSON 8. SYMBOLIZING FEATURES USING THE LAYER PROPERTIES DIALOG AND SAVING SYMBOLOGY TO LAYER PROPERTIES .INI FILES.
LESSON 9. MAP OUTPUT: USING THE PRINT DIALOG, USING MAP TEMPLATES, EXPORTING THE VIEW TO AN IMAGE, AND CREATING CUSTOM NORTH ARROWS, SCALEBARS, AND LEGENDS.
LESSON 10. USING THE 3D PANEL: USING 3D LAYERS, CREATING 3D FEATURES, AND SETTING UP A DEM.
(2) TatukGIS Developer Kernel (or Editor Customization) Training: This two day course will cover a broad range of the functionality offered by the DK. A hard-copy training manual is included with the course. Students will be required to bring their own laptop computer with the DK or Editor software already installed. The cost is $999/seat. The course outline is as follows:
GIS BASICS
LESSON 1. CREATING A NEW DELPHI SOLUTION THAT USES THE TATUKGIS DK VCL CONTROLS, .TTKGP PROJECT FILES, AND ADDING & REMOVING LAYERS FROM THE DISPLAY
LESSON 2. CHANGING THE MAP EXTENT, ZOOMING, AND SETTING THE SCALE
LESSON 3. SELECTING FEATURES: SELECT BY ATTRIBUTES, ZOOM TO SELECTION, SELECT BY LOCATION, AND MANUAL SELECTION. IN-MEMORY LAYERS AND THE TGIS_LAYERVECTOR.LOOP METHOD ARE INTRODUCED
LESSON 4. USING THE TGIS_EDITOR OBJECT TO CREATE NEW SHAPES, SAVE AND ABORT EDIT OPERATIONS, EDIT VERTICES, UNDO/REDO, DELETE LAST SHAPE, ADD PARTS, DELETE PARTS, AND DELETE VERTICES
LESSON 5. CREATING NEW VECTOR LAYERS, EDITING SHAPES WITH CODE(AS OPPOSED TO USING THE TGIS_EDITOR OBJECT), BUFFERING SHAPES, CREATING AN 'IN-MEMORY' LAYER, AND EXPORTING VECTOR LAYERS
LESSON 6. GEOPROCESSING: SPLITTING SHAPES, UNIONING SHAPES, SUBTRACTING SHAPES, CLIPPING SHAPES, MERGING VECTOR LAYERS, AND GENERATING RANDOM POINTS
LESSON 7. ATTRIBUTING FEATURES, THE TGIS_CONTROLATTRIBUTES OBJECT, AND THE TGIS_DATASET
LESSON 8. SYMBOLIZING FEATURES USING THE LAYER PROPERTIES DIALOG AND VIA CODE AND SAVING SYMBOLOGY TO LAYER PROPERTIES .INI FILES
LESSON 9. SETTING THE TGIS_VIEWERWND AND LAYER COORDINATE SYSTEMS, REPROJECTING-ON-THE-FLY, AND EXPORTING LAYERS TO A DIFFERENT COORDINATE SYSTEM
LESSON 10. MEASUREMENTS: AREAS, DISTANCES, XY COORDINATES, CONVERT PROJECTED POINTS TO GEOGRAPHIC, AND CREATE POINT B USING BEARING AND DISTANCE FROM POINT A
LESSON 11. WORKING WITH ENTERPRISE GIS DATABASES: THE SQL LAYER AND THE PIXELSTORE LAYER
LESSON 12. MAP OUTPUT: EXPORT TGIS_VIEWERWND DISPLAY TO IMAGE, SEND MAP TO MS WORD AT A CERTAIN SCALE, PRINT PREVIEW, PRINT SIMPLE MAP, USING MAP TEMPLATES
LESSON 13. USING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM INPUT
LESSON 14. ADDRESS MATCHING AND ROUTING
LESSON 15. USING OTHER DATA FORMATS
LESSON 16. USEFUL FUNCTIONS IN THE TGIS_UTILS CLASS
LESSON 17. USING THE 3D VIEWING MODE, THE TGIS_CONTROL3D OBJECT, USING 3D LAYERS, CREATING 3D FEATURES, AND SETTING UP A DEM
