Categories > Technical / Exploration Category:     Introduction to Arc GIS for Petroleum   Exploration     5 Days : Program Duration 9-13 October, 2010 : Program Date Cairo, Egypt : Program Location US$3200/Per Person : Program Fees     PROGRAM INTRODUCTION:   This  course is designed to introduce the basic concepts and methodologies of ArcGIS software to petroleum explorationists, including exploration and development geologists and geophysicists, petroleum engineers, exploration managers and those involved with environmental compliance. The course assumes no prior knowledge of GIS or ArcGIS and consists of short introductory lectures followed by over 75 practical computer-based exercises and assignments that take participants from basic concepts to advanced topics. Examples used are drawn from worldwide petroleum-producing basins or potentially productive basins. The course teaches not only the powerful mapping functionalities of ArcGIS but more importantly how the software is used to (1) integrate vector, raster and tabular data from disparate sources, (2) build a digital geological picture/database of an area, and (3) create complex analysis projects for exploration decision-making. The course is taught by an experienced petroleum explorationist who has successfully used GIS software in his consulting business for many years.   ROGRAM OUTLINES:   he Basic ArcMap Interface, ArcCatalog and Vector Data Making and Printing a Map Symbolizing Data and Thematic Mapping Coordinate Reference Systems and Projections Incorporating Raster Data Sources of Existing GIS Data Sets Creating Your Own Data Layers Creating Complex Analysis Projects for Decision-Making