The following is a
partial listing of available Esri authorized and custom GIS training locations
in the Mid-Atlantic region. For more information on course offerings,
schedules, fees, etc., visit the individual web sites of the trainers.
Esri
Esri offers training courses and workshops throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. A complete listing
of Esri training courses and certified trainers can be found at
http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm
Applied Technology
Institute
Courses in GPS, remote sensing, and GIS.
Various locations in Maryland and Virginia.
Edgetech America,
Inc.
http://www.edgetech-us.com/GIS_Services/Training/EdgTrn.htm
George
Mason University
George Mason
University; campuses throughout Northern Virginia, although most GIS courses are
offered at the Prince William County campus.
http://www.ocpe.gmu.edu/new_calendar/calendar_index.php
Penn
State University
Penn State World
Campus Certificate Program in GIS
http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/pub/gis/afs_courses.shtml
Penn State offers
an online master’s degree program in GIS.
Students can earn the 110credit
certificate in GIS in one year by successfully completing three required courses
and one elective.
Those credits can be applied to the 35-credit master’s
degree, which can be earned by part-time students in three years by taking one
course at a time and four courses per year.
Towson
University
Towson University,
Towson, MD
http://wwwnew.towson.edu/outreach/cgis/training/training.asp
University
of Maryland Baltimore County
The University of
Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) offers GIS courses towards a Certificate
Program as well as a Masters in Professional Studies: Geographic Information
Systems at its Shady Grove campus in Rockville, MD.
http://www.umbc.edu/shadygrove/gis/gis.html
University
of Maryland Eastern Shore
The University of
Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) offers GIS courses and workshops at its GIS Lab in
Princess Anne, MD.
On-line courses are also offered.
http://www.umes.edu/gis/
Virginia
Commonwealth University, Center for Environmental Studies
The Virginia
Commonwealth University, Center for Environmental Studies (VCU CES) in Richmond,
VA offers courses in GIS, remote sensing, and GPS.
http://www.vcu.edu/cesweb/training.html
Virginia
Geospatial Academy
The Virginia
Geospatial Academy was developed by the Virginia Geospatial Extension Program, a
partnership between the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) and Virginia
Cooperative Extension (VCE) to provide “one stop shopping” for geospatial (i.e.
GIS, GPS, and/or remote sensing) training opportunities being held in Virginia.
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/geoacademy/
Virginia
Tech Center for Environmental Applications in Remote Sensing
The Virginia Tech
Center for Environmental Applications in Remote Sensing in Blacksburg, VA,
offers remote sensing and GIS courses.
http://cears.fw.vt.edu/courses.html