Course overview

•   Teaches the fundamentals of using ESRI ArcPad with Trimble GPS
  
•   Class provides a clean field to finish experience.
  
•   Two-day course
  
•   Trimble certificate awarded
  
•   Manuals and outline provided directly by Trimble
  
•   "Current versions of the following software will be required: ESRI Arcpad
  
•   Post processing portion requires the user to have ESRI GPS Analyst or Trimble Pathfinder Office and Trimble GPSCorrect on their data collector
  
•   Utilizes ESRI ArcGIS and Arcpad
  
•   Targeted at new users
  

Course topics

•   Overview of ESRI ArcPad
  
•   Configuring your GPS equipment
  
•   Coordinate systems explained
  
•   Working with data formats for importing and exporting field data
  
•   Data collection techniques
  
•   Downloading data
  
•   Differential data correction options
  
•   Exporting data from the data collector and importing this data into a GIS
  

Course benefits

•   Helps new users understand the best use of the many uses of Arcpad
  
•   Helps students develop a full understanding of the use of GPS in maintaining a spatial database
  
•   Increases user efficiency by learning how to maximize their time
  
•   Helps students avoid costly mistakes by collecting good quality data the first time
  

Who should attend

•   New ESRI ArcPad users and current TerraSync customers who would like to add the benefits of Arcpad to their current mapping system