OpenGeo offers geospatial training
One of our missions at OpenGeo is to create an ecosystem where we can develop the best possible software while growing and investing in the community. We see this as a self-reinforcing cycle; as more people use our software, the more we are able to grow our business and devote more energy into improving the software, thus making it more appealing to a wider audience.
But software is only successful if users understand and use its features. And while one of our aims is to make software easy to use, sometimes you have questions that just can’t be answered by a documentation page. Even in this day of everything-over-the-web, there is still a need for answers from a real person, in a real-life classroom setting.
So, OpenGeo is now offering full-day training courses on the components of the OpenGeo Suite. First and foremost, we offer an Introduction to the OpenGeo Suite, which gives a full overview of PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, OpenLayers, GeoExt, along with the applications GeoExplorer and Styler. We also have more in-depth full-day introductory courses on GeoServer, PostGIS, and OpenLayers.
These courses are open to all, and are designed to be accessible to a wide audience. Also, if you are one of our OpenGeo Suite Enterprise clients (Professional, Platform, or Strategic Editions), training days are already included in your package.
Below is our schedule for the next few months. All courses are held in our office in New York City, although we do offer on-site training as well.
- Thursday, March 4, 2010 – Introduction to the OpenGeo Suite
- Thursday, March 25, 2010 – Introduction to GeoServer
- Thursday, April 8, 2010 – Introduction to PostGIS
- Thursday, May 6, 2010 – Introduction to OpenLayers
- Thursday, June 3, 2010 – Introduction to the OpenGeo Suite
- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 – Introduction to PostGIS
- Wednesday, June 23, 2010 – Introduction to GeoServer
- Thursday, June 24, 2010 – Introduction to OpenLayers
- Thursday, July 8, 2010 – Introduction to the OpenGeo Suite
- Tuesday, July 20, 2010 – Introduction to PostGIS
- Wednesday, July 21, 2010 – Introduction to GeoServer
- Thursday, July 22, 2010 – Introduction to OpenLayers
We will be adding new and more advanced courses as demand dictates. We hope that our courses will be a valuable tool for any and all, whether you are a GIS professional, an enthusiast, a software developer, or a CEO.
