Participant Requirements or Pre-requisites: There are no pre-requisites or prior UAS or FAA knowledge required. 
Required Software or Hardware: Laptops are not required. This will be lecture and discussion, so the only recommendation is to bring a notebook and pen. The workshop slides will be sent out to the participants, so you don’t need to write everything down. 
Description:
The course is designed to prepare attendees to pass the FAA’s Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Part 107 test to obtain a Remote Pilot Certificate. It will cover aeronautical knowledge including the FAA regulations relating to UAS aircraft systems, operating requirements, and procedures for safely flying UAS. The class will cover the following topics:

• Regulations relating to UAS rating privileges, limitations, and flight operations
• Airspace classification and flight restrictions affecting UAS operations
• Aviation weather sources and effects of weather on UAS performance
• UAS loading and performance
• Emergency procedures, Crew resource management, Radio communication procedures
• Physiological effects of drugs and alcohol
• Airport operations and aeronautical decision-making and judgment
• Maintenance and preflight inspection procedures
• Operation at night and over people

After the course, attendees will have the option to sign up and take the FAA part 107 UAS Unmanned Pilot Ground Exam ($175 exam fee) for FAA certification at multiple approved test locations at airports in Montana (Kalispell, Missoula, Belgrade, Great Falls and Billings). 

 

Required Software or Hardware: The Montana State Library will provide a computer lab with sample data. Participants are welcome to bring their own data and computer with ArcGIS Pro.
Description:
A full day lecture and hands on training for GIS addressing and becoming NG9-1-1 GIS compliant for local GIS professionals. The Montana State Library will be bringing its computer lab with sample data. You are welcome to bring your own data and computer with ArcGIS Pro . This training will focus on strong data management, constancy, MSL’s 9-1-1 GIS Data Validation and Aggregation Portal and other tools that are available to you.
Morning Session
NG9-1-1 The GIS Data

• NENA Required, Recommended, Optional Layers and Fields
• Basic Topological Requirements
• Legacy Data Requirements MSAG and ALI
• Domains

Planning for success

• Data Infrastructure, Database Locations, and Schemas
• Data Transformations

Data Maintenance and sharing

• Hacking ESRI’s Address Management Solution
• Locators and data dissemination tools

Afternoon Session
Montana GIS Data Validation and Aggregation Portal - Getting Started

• Getting started
• Running your first validation
• Fixing issues and managing validation results
• Exceptions

Montana GIS Data Validation and Aggregation Portal - Advanced topics

• Legacy Data Checks
• Multiple Layer Validations
• Data Aggregation
• Master Sessions

1Spatial ArcGIS Plug-in Submission Manager

• Using ArcGIS Plug-in for full functionality of portal from within ArcGIS Pro

 

Description: 
Intended Audience: This course is intended for students who have some knowledge of ArcGIS Online and have already taken Introduction to Experience Builder or have been working in the application builder a little and want to take their skills to the next level. No scripting skills necessary.
Software and Licenses: Students need to have their own computer hardware and an ArcGIS Online Creator user-type with a Role of Publisher or higher.
Course Modules:

• Module 1: Review Experience Builder Interface Navigation Tips and Tricks
• Module 2: Managing Data Connections and Data Views
• Module 3: Using Sections and Views
• Module 4: Configure Dynamic Content, Related Tables, and Actions
• Module 5: Using the 3D Toolbox and Elevation Profile

Summary:
This full-day course takes you through the process of building a highly dynamic application utilizing sections and views, related tables, dynamic content, 3D toolboxes, and more. Our introductory course was created to help instill muscle memory for navigating the Experience Builder interface, which is quite different from any of ESRI’s other application builders. With this new course, we take you through the steps necessary to build a high-level application that will impress your managers, users, and clients.
Course exercises will give you the hands-on experience you need to create interactive and dynamic functionality that provides flexibility for your users and information-rich applications.

Technology requirements: Bring your own laptop. Instructions for setting up the required software will be provided prior to the workshop.
Description: 
ArcGIS Pro allows users to meet data management requirements, such as creating, reading, loading, updating, and deleting feature classes and tables, manually using geoprocessing tools, editing operations, and data manipulation functionality. While this may work well for small datasets, it can become unwieldy as the number of values and number of required operations increases. This is where Python comes in, especially when accompanied by an appreciation for the value of well-crafted and versatile code. Being able to streamline and automate workflows can save significant amounts of time and effort, can increase confidence in outcomes, and can provide a valuable record of how and when processes have been run.
The purpose of this workshop is to teach attendees how to use Python and the ArcPy site package to support data management workflows via the ArcGIS Pro Python Window and scripts that that can be run within ArcGIS Pro or externally. Topics to be covered include the use of data management geoprocessing tools, cursors, and core Python data structures. Consideration will also be given to the importance of clean, descriptive, and reusable code. For script development, attendees may use either of two Integrated Development Environment (IDE) programs: JetBrains PyCharm Community Edition or Microsoft Visual Studio Code (both free).
Intended Audience: GIS professionals familiar with ArcGIS Pro and Python and wishing to manage ArcGIS data in a flexible and efficient manner.
Prerequisite Requirement: Anyone wishing to attend this workshop must also attend the associated workshop, "Introduction to Python Programming." An exception to this requirement will be made if the instructor is satisfied that your level of Python experience is such that attending the introductory workshop is not necessary. If required, please contact the instructor to request a waiver.
Format and Technical Requirements: The workshop will consist of a balance between lecture material and demonstrations, which forms the basis for a flexible and interactive training approach. There will be plenty of time for discussion and experimentation, which will result in a rich and rewarding experience for everyone involved.

Workshop format: Lecture, followed up by hands-on instruction.
Technology requirements: Bring your own laptop.
Participant requirements: Workshop provides temporary ArcGIS Online licenses.
Description: 
This workshop is designed for people who want an introduction to the basic concepts of ArcGIS Online. The workshop provides an overview of what users can do in ArcGIS Online such as quickly turning data into valuable information by creating intelligent interactive web maps and sharing them privately or publicly. ArcGIS Online provides a platform that enables users to make spatial data available through an interactive web map, a web app, story map and a mobile app without the need for programming. This means it is accessible to users any time on any operating system. You will learn some of the uses of ArcGIS Online including: using an interactive map, creating an interactive map, adding your own data, configuring the map display and creating an app. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to create your own interactive map and app and share it with others.

More information comingn soon.....