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Area-Based Location Optimization: Urban Green Space Selection

Area-Based Location Optimization: Urban Green Space Selection

Instructor: Kevin Credit

By the end of this course you will understand the basic principles of area-based location optimization and be able to solve the knapsack, threshold, and shape problems using LINGO software. The course also shows how to map the results of these skills in QGIS.

48 Mins
AICP CM
Location Optimization

Location Optimization

Instructor: Kevin Credit

This course introduces the basic principles of location optimization models and provides a hands-on tutorial on point-based location optimization using QGIS and LINGO.

70 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Tableau for Planners 3: Dashboards

Tableau for Planners 3: Dashboards

Instructor: Sean Maguire

This course will expand on the Tableau for Planners: Introduction and Worksheets. Students will have prior experience will building basic tables and will start to use Tableau to build multi-worksheet dashboards with interactive controls like filtering. Students will also learn how to make the data used in their visualization accessible to the public. At the end of the course, we will demonstrate how to publish the work to Tableau Public and embed dashboards on websites and in social media.

51 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Tableau for Planners 2: Worksheets

Tableau for Planners 2: Worksheets

Instructor: Sean Maguire

This course will expand on the Tableau for Planners: Introduction course. This course continues to train the planner on how to build effective worksheets for planners. This course will introduce general principles of data visualization and orient the user with the Tableau platform, with a primary focus on Tableau Public, a free version of Tableau's desktop software.

64 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Tableau for Planners: Introduction

Tableau for Planners: Introduction

Instructor: Sean Maguire

This course will introduce general principles of data visualization and orient the user with the Tableau platform. Learn how to connect to a data set in Microsoft Excel, understand general principles of a relational database, and start building basic worksheets and dashboards.

56 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Urban Design for Planners 3: Neighborhoods and Centers

Urban Design for Planners 3: Neighborhoods and Centers

Instructor: Emily Talen

This course demonstrates how to delineate neighborhoods and neighborhood centers in a given area and also illustrates a sample of neighborhood enhancing design improvements.

59 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Urban Design for Planners 2: Getting Started with QGIS and SketchUp

Urban Design for Planners 2: Getting Started with QGIS and SketchUp

Instructor: Emily Talen

Course instructor Emily Talen guides viewers through the process of transferring a shapefile of building outlines into SketchUp and processes of basic manipulation necessary to create a 3D model. Learn how to load data into QGIS, set the coordinate reference system, and change the graphic display of data layers.

46 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

Instructor: Emily Talen

Urban planners and urban designers are interested in building places that embody beauty and hope. In this course, Emily Talen, PhD, FAICP, presents free urban design software tools that can help urban planners and urban designers visualize changes in the built environment to support the overarching goal of creating better places.

59 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Multi-Family Property Valuation Case Study for Planners

Multi-Family Property Valuation Case Study for Planners

Instructor: Menka Sethi

This course will take planners through a case study multi-family property valuation. The course will build upon previous course topics of time discounting, internal rate of return, net operating income, lease structures, debt payments, and risk assessment.

67 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Property Cash Flow Analysis for Planners

Property Cash Flow Analysis for Planners

Instructor: Menka Sethi

This course will introduce planners to property cash flow analysis, which provides the foundation for real estate pro forma analysis.

72 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Time Value of Money for Planners

Time Value of Money for Planners

Instructor: Menka Sethi

This course will introduce planners to the concept of time value of money that will provide the foundation for real estate pro forma analysis.

80 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
GIS Fundamentals: Geocoding, Geoprocessing, and Online Sharing

GIS Fundamentals: Geocoding, Geoprocessing, and Online Sharing

Instructor: Mike Ernst

This fifth installment of the GIS Fundamentals series provides instruction on how to geocode addresses, the basics of geoprocessing, and the use of ArcGIS Online for collaborative mapping and processing.

54 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
GIS Fundamentals: Importing, Selecting, and Managing Data

GIS Fundamentals: Importing, Selecting, and Managing Data

Instructor: Mike Ernst

The fourth installment of the Geographic Information Systems Fundamentals series explains how to configure data sets, including advanced methods for selecting data through spatial and SQL queries, working with relational databases and geodatabases, and importing non-spatial data into ArcGIS.

55 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
GIS Fundamentals: Thematic Maps

GIS Fundamentals: Thematic Maps

Instructor: Mike Ernst

This third GIS Fundamentals course covers the basics of making several kinds of thematic maps, including choropleth, dot density, and proportional symbol maps.

55 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
GIS Fundamentals: Projections and Map Design

GIS Fundamentals: Projections and Map Design

Instructor: Mike Ernst

The course will continue core concepts of GIS that began in the first course, including projections, coordinate systems, cartography, and the difference between raster and vector data models.

108 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
GIS Fundamentals: An Introduction

GIS Fundamentals: An Introduction

Instructor: Mike Ernst

This first of a series of courses covering Geographic information Systems (GIS) will guide beginners interested in learning more about GIS, especially with the use of Esri's ArcGIS software.

56 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
AutoCAD for 3D Modeling

AutoCAD for 3D Modeling

Instructor: Jaymes Dunsmore

Most planners and designers don't use just one drawing or visualization program. In this course you'll learn how to create 3D drawings in AutoCAD and how to use AutoCAD in concert with other programs, such as Adobe Illustrator and Sketchup, to create illustrative plan, section, and perspective views.

66 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
AutoCAD for Site Planning

AutoCAD for Site Planning

Instructor: Jaymes Dunsmore

This course establishes a workflow for an illustrative site plan, including how to represent existing conditions and create detailed plans for specific areas within a larger project. Building on AutoCAD 101, learn to draw  more complex plans using aerial imagery, photography, and hand-drawn sketches as the base layer.

74 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Illustrator for Planners - Introduction

Illustrator for Planners - Introduction

Instructor: Mike Ernst

Adobe Illustrator is widely recognized among design professionals as the premier vector drawing software, with many valuable design and mapping applications for urban planning. This course gives you a step-by-step introduction to the basic tools of Illustrator CS5.

99 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Illustrator for Planners - Intermediate

Illustrator for Planners - Intermediate

Instructor: Mike Ernst

Adobe Illustrator is widely recognized among design professionals as the premier vector drawing software, with many valuable design and mapping applications for urban planning. This course builds upon the Introduction to Illustrator course, giving you step-by-step instructions on some of the more complex tools that come with Illustrator CS5.

101 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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