This three-day core course examines covers statistical and spatial analytical techniques.
Describes attribute analysis including central tendency and dispersion, attribute queries, classification and recoding.
Examines clipping, masking, dissolving, and merging spatial data, and vector to raster conversion. Introduces fundamental
spatial analytical tools such as buffering, distance surfaces, network modeling, surface analysis, and overlay functions.
Concludes with discussion of spatial analysis modeling. Students complete a series of computer exercises. Students are
required to have a working knowledge of ArcGIS.
This course is also available on a contract basis and can be tailored to suit your organization's needs. Please contact us to discuss your onsite opportunity.
George Mason University
Office of Continuing Professional Education
10900 University Blvd.
Manassas, VA 20110
Telephone: 703-993-8335
Fax: 703-993-8336
FEATURES
Courses are offered in a three-day seminar format. Classes can be taken individually
to strengthen your working knowledge or as part of the certificate program to enhance your career development.
Certificate and non-certificate students are awarded 1 CEU (Continuing Education Unit) per ten hours of successful
classroom participation. It is possible to complete the certificate in 4 to 36 months. Tailored seminars taught on
your premises can be arranged through the Program Manager.
Paul M. Young graduated from the University of Akron with a bachelor of science in geography/cartography in 1986. In 1990 he graduated from the University of Maryland with a masters of arts in geography. The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and the National Geographic Society awarded him scholarships. While in college, he worked at the U.S. Bureau of the Census Geography Division where he compiled and digitized maps. Since 1986 he has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). His early career at USGS included compiling topographic and geologic maps. He then worked for several years developing new computer systems used for map digitizing, image analysis, and geographic information systems (GIS). He served as the Director of the USGS Cartographic Technology Laboratory and then supervised the Applications Research Section where employees worked on a wide variety of natural resource and environmental applications and GIS projects. He served for six years in the USGS Office of the Director where he held a number of senior positions. For the next three years Paul served as the Program Officer in the Office of Eastern Region Geography where he led long term planning including integrated science activities. He currently serves as the Regional Geographer for the USGS Eastern Region where he coordinates integrated science projects and USGS regional science with National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management. The Department of the Interior awarded him its Superior Service Award in 1995. He wrote a chapter titled "Spatial Database Revision" for Basic Cartography Volume 3 published by the International Cartographic Association in 1996. Paul is a member of the Association of American Geographers and the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (a member organization of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping) where he served for six years as the Secretary-Treasurer. He has taught continuing education and graduate level GIS courses at Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University since 1997.
