At Nottinghamshire County Council, Julian Walters leads a team of 8 IT specialists, 4 of which are GIS experts. This team supports the implementation of a number of GIS packages across the authority and a collection of specific spatial applications. In 2009, Julian recognised the need to support the various GIS users with training to make the most out of their investment in the Esri ArcGIS software. He looked to the e-learning initiative GIS247 as a cost effective way of providing this training.
The initial licence ran for 12 months during which time the users had access to a large number of training courses and technical modules. The training supported a range of different user levels from beginners through to advanced and specialist areas of using the software. The first 12 months of access to specific ArcGIS training via GIS247 has proven to be extremely successful with a positive impact on the use of GIS across the authority.
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