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APGG and Center for Public Horticulture Offer Second GIS Workshop

The Alliance for Public Gardens GIS and the Center for Public Horticulture have teamed up for a second offering of their successful GIS for Public Gardens: Getting Started workshop to be held on Monday, June 20, 2011 at the University of Delaware, just an hour away from the APGA conference in Philadelphia, PA. If you are interested in mapping your garden's plant collection, this full-day workshop will guide you through the process of creating a GIS for a public garden or similar institution using Esri ArcGIS and the newly released version of the ArcGIS Public Garden Data Model.

ArcGIS Public Garden Data Model 1.0 Beta Released

The Alliance for Public Gardens GIS is proud to announce the release of the ArcGIS Public Garden Data Model 1.0 Beta. This release represents the results of over two years of testing and revisions that have expanded and streamlined the model to make it more powerful and easier to use. Key enhancements include:

GIS Training Workshop Videos Available

You can now view and download the complete screencast and audio recordings of the GIS for Public Gardens: Getting Started workshop from October 23, 2010. Use the videos with the supplied exercise data to learn to download and install the ArcGIS Public Garden Data Model template, create and edit map features in ArcGIS, collect data in the garden using a mobile device, and create plant collection maps. The Alliance for Public Gardens GIS would like to thank the Center for Public Horticulture for making this valuable training resource available at no cost to the public garden community.

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APGG and Center for Public Horticulture Offer GIS Workshop

Are you interested in mapping your garden's plant collection? This full-day workshop will guide participants through the process of creating GIS for a public garden or similar institution using Esri ArcGIS and the ArcGIS Public Garden Data Model on individual work stations. Participants will learn how to download and install the data model template, how to create and edit map features in ArcGIS, how to collect data in the garden using a mobile device, and how to create plant collection maps. Registration for this event is now closed.

UC Davis Arboretum Pioneers Interactive Online Maps of Plant Collections

The UC Davis Arboretum recently debuted an interactive mapping application that allows visitors, students, and researchers to explore the more than 30,000 plants in the Aboretum’s plant collections using their web browsers. This first-of-its-kind application for living botanical collections provides users with the ability to identify individual plants by location, search for plants by name, find plant images, print custom maps, and more.

2010 APGA Conference GIS Events

This year's APGA Conference in Atlanta, GA will feature the two GIS related events described below. For more information on these events, please visit the conference website or download the attached registration brochure.

GIS Implementation for Botanic Gardens: Introductory and Intermediate Topics Pre-Conference Workshop