ESRI to Roll Out New GIS Courses with Release of ArcGIS 9.3

Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Neill Jobe

Authorized ArcGIS TrainingESRI recently announced they will be rolling out three new GIS courses following the release of ArcGIS 9.3 later this year. Per the ATP (Authorized Training Program) announcement sent out last Friday, the new ArcGIS courses will be replacing the Learning GIS using ArcGIS, Introduction to ArcGIS I and Introduction to ArcGIS II courses. All of which were developed for the ArcGIS 9.0 to 9.2 environments and have not seen much upgrading over the past few years during those respected ArcGIS releases. The new courses will be taking a slightly different approach to learning ArcGIS by introducing three levels focusing on learning GIS basics, ArcGIS Tools & Functionality and GIS Workflows. These courses will be offered in a 3 part series as ArcGIS Desktop I, ArcGIS Desktop II, and ArcGIS Desktop III and will be taught on the Windows Vista platform. I am hoping this approach will address much student feedback concerning class duration based on course content. I believe ESRI is on the right track by spreading these courses out and defining more clearly the content to be covered in each course. Classes are currently set to begin June 2, 2008 (subject to change) while ATP instructors, like myself, are meeting the additional requirements set-forth to begin offering the new classes locally. When we learn of a more official launch date you can count on us to spread the word.

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3 Responses to “ESRI to Roll Out New GIS Courses with Release of ArcGIS 9.3”

  1. Scott, on February 21st, 2008 at 8:00 am Said:

    When is 9.3 coming out?

  2. Neill Jobe, on February 21st, 2008 at 8:18 am Said:

    Your guess is as good as mine Scott. Notice in the article they put the ArcGIS classes would roll out June 2, 2008, (Subject to Change) so I think ESRI may be unsure as well. In the past, ESRI has released the new version and then a few months down the road release the new classes which support it. If this holds true, I am guessing some time in April we will see ArcGIS 9.3

  3. Joel, on February 25th, 2008 at 12:35 pm Said:

    “New geoprocessing tools have been added to help with cartographic production. Disperse Markers has been added to allow you to spread representation markers apart which are coincident or nearly coincident. With the new Set Representation Control Points at Intersect tool, you can now add a control point where coincident features share vertices.” - Straight from ESRI - They’re building in the point spreader to 9.3!!! haha

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