BC Municipal Newsletter

April 2009
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Lunch and Learn: GIS Skills for the Engineering and CAD Professional
Autodesk Road Show Lunch: Dale Lutz, VP Safe Software, presents "Interoperatbility of Building Information Models"
CarteGraph User Group Meeting - All are invited to learn more about Municipal Asset Management
Training: Civil 3D Essentials
Training: Introduction to AutoCAD
Training: Essential MapGuide Enterprise
Conference: GFOA BC in Kelowna
Lunch and Learn: GIS Skills for the Engineering and CAD Professional
Free to attend and Free lunch Included - Register

When: May 12, 2009 - 11:00AM - 2:30PM
Where: BCIT Downtown Campus
           555 Seymour Stree Vancouver, BC
This half-day workshop discusses the importance of an Engineering GIS approach and reviews the challenges encountered when attempting to integrate engineering and GIS data. Demonstrations using AutoCAD, Autodesk Map 3D, Autodesk Civil 3D, Autodesk Raster Design and MapGuide Open Source highlight the differences between CAD and GIS workflows while demonstrating the common and important GIS skills needed. In addition, examples are used to show how benefits such as improved workflow, data, geospatial information sharing and decision making can be attained. 
Autodesk Road Show Lunch 
When: May 7, 2009 at 12:00PM
Where: Vancouver Convention Centre @ Canada Place
Room: West Meeting Room 101 & 102
Presenter:  Dale Lutz, VP of Safe Software 
Join us for lunch and a presentation on the latest advances in the translation of Building Information Models (BIM) from industry luminaries Safe Software. 
CarteGraph User Group - Free 
When: May 14, 2009 - 11:00AM
Where: Vancouver Office
Register
Learn about the lastest developments in Asset Management from a Local Government perspective.  Stay after lunch for targetted training sessions directly from CarteGraph. Learn the benefits of CarteGraph Mobile.
Training Opportunity
Civil 3D Essentials
3 days: April 27 - 29, 2009 and June 9 -11, Vancouver Office
Register
This hands-on foundation-level course covers the essentials of Autodesk Civil 3D. Your instructor will teach you how to work with point data in AutoCAD Civil 3D, how to create and analyze a surface, how to develop a site, how to model roads and corridors, and how to import and export data. This course is designed to teach essential AutoCAD Civil 3D concepts and applications over a three-day period.
Training Opportunity
Introduction to AutoCAD
3 days: May 11 - 13, 2009 Vancouver Office
This course is for the new AutoCAD user. It provides a solid foundation in drawing and editing fundamentals, drawing automation techniques, viewing, layers, and dimensioning. You will gain the skills and proficiency you need to produce quality production drawings. Pre-requisites are only a basic understanding of Windows and a drafting and/or design background. 
Training Opportunity
Essentials MapGuide Enterprise
2 days: April 30 - March 1, 2009 Vancouver Office
 
Register  
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Participants will understand and develop web GIS sites using Autodesk's MapGuide Enterprise and MapGuide Open Source. The course will focus on map authoring using the MapGuide Studio component, and will also include software installation and configuration, basic operation of the application suite, working with various GIS/CAD data sources, inclusion of both vector and raster data, database configuration and interaction, map publishing with MapGuide Server, use of the optional DWF Viewer, and an introduction to customization options. Course materials include a course guide and sample dataset with step-by-step instructions to create and publish maps. After attending this course, users will be able to build and administer a simple MapGuide-enabled Web site.
GFOA BC Conference
 
Come by and visit our booth at the 2009 GFOA BC Conference Trade Show!  We will be showing the latest in GIS and Asset Management.  We will be sharing the booth with fellow StarDyne Member Worktech.  Worktech will be showing their Asset Management solutions which we implement in Western Canada.

When: May 27 - 28, 2009
Where: Grand Okanagan Conference Centre
           1310 Water Street
           Kelowna, BC
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