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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:46:17 -0700
From: Holly Nelson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Upcoming GPS Workshop
Sender: Holly Nelson <[log in to unmask]>



                         1999 TRAINING WORKSHOPS
                         U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
                   NATIONAL WETLAND RESEARCH CENTER &
                       MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER
                  IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
                           SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA
                            700 CAJUNDOME BLVD.
              LAFAYETTE, LA. 70506-3154 PHONE (318) 266-8699
                  TRAINING/WORKSHOP FACILITY IS THE NWRC-ANNEX
     CONTACT: [log in to unmask]    WEBSITE: http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov

     The U.S. Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior is
     presenting a series of topical workshops pertaining to mapping,
     vegetation, photo-interpretation, remote sensing and Geographical
     Information Systems.  The workshops are part of an effort to
     exchange information and provide access to spatial technologies
     developed at the center for natural resource survey.  The workshops
     are available to the general public educators, state and federal
     agencies.  Workshop participation by the international community is
     also greatly encouraged.

     Most of the workshops are 3 days long, creating compact
     presentation of materials.  No previous experience in any of the
     topical workshop is assumed, except for advanced workshops.
     Appropriate handouts, photos, maps, and other forms of distributed
     materials are provided to the workshop participants.  Some
     workshops will have scheduled field exercises.  Hands-on exercises
     are utilized to involve workshop participation.  Specialized
     workshop topics and transient workshops can be arranged based upon
     consultation and number of workshop participants.  Scheduled
     workshops are subject to change.  Please contact the workshop
     coordinator at the listed phone number for workshop information.

     December 1-3               Introduction to GPS for Natural Resource
                                Assessment & Survey

     Workshop Description:
     This three day introductory workshop will describe the concept of
     using a GPS system as well as the basic operation of the data
     logger, receiver and antenna. Various strategies of collecting
     field positional data for natural resource assessment and survey
     will be presented. GPS real-time and post-processing differential
     positional data will be described, displayed, and compared. GPS
     positional data will be exported to a Geographic Information System
     (GIS) as a demonstration of connecting collected data to an
     existing database. There will be a one day field exercise working
     with the GPS collection hardware. The workshop will be comprised of
     lectures, hands-on exercises, handouts, slides, video presentations
     and a GPS floppy disk data file of collected GPS ground points. The
     workshop is ideally suitable for participants who have none or very
     limited working experience with GPS.
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