InfoGraph offers GIS training at its training centre in Jordan and online for learners across the region. If you are based in Saudi Arabia, another GCC country, or an Arabic-speaking market in North Africa, you can enquire about online training without planning a visit to Jordan. Start by confirming the course, delivery format, teaching language, practical exercises, and dates available for your needs.
The useful question is not simply “Can I attend remotely?” It is “Will this course help me complete the GIS work I need to do, with the equipment and time I have?” Here is how to prepare a focused enquiry and evaluate the answer.
What should you confirm before joining from another country?
Ask for a course outline and a clear explanation of how online participation works. “Online” describes where you attend; it does not by itself tell you whether teaching is live, recorded, self-paced, or a combination.
Confirm how you will ask questions, complete exercises, and receive feedback. If sessions are live, request the start and finish times for your own city on the actual course dates. A team spread across Riyadh, Dubai, and Cairo should work from confirmed calendar invitations rather than an assumed time difference.
Also ask which language will be used for instruction, discussions, software interfaces, and exercise materials. An Arabic-speaking learner may be comfortable using English ArcGIS tool names but still want explanations in Arabic. Make that preference part of the enquiry rather than assuming every course follows the same arrangement.
Which GIS learning path matches your work?
Choose a task before choosing a product. The following are suggested starting points to discuss with the training team, not a promise of a scheduled online class for every topic.
| Your goal | Learning direction to discuss | A useful exercise outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Understand geographic data for the first time | GIS fundamentals | Explain layers, attributes, and the limits of a map |
| Prepare and analyse project data on a desktop | ArcGIS Pro workflows | Produce a checked dataset and explain an analysis result |
| Share maps with colleagues through a browser | ArcGIS Online workflows | Configure a web map and verify viewer access |
| Improve inspection data collection | Field GIS workflows | Record an observation against the correct asset and review it |
Esri distinguishes introductory GIS training from ArcGIS Pro workflow training, which assumes some GIS knowledge. Its ArcGIS Online learning resources also cover web mapping and related workflows. Esri’s foundational course guidance · ArcGIS Online training resources.
If you are deciding between desktop and web mapping, read our ArcGIS Pro versus ArcGIS Online learning guide.
What equipment and software access will you need?
Confirm whether exercises run on your own computer or through a provided environment, and who supplies the software access. Ask about required accounts, installation permissions, datasets, and any extensions needed for the selected course. Do not assume your existing account includes everything an exercise requires.
For exercises using ArcGIS Pro locally, compare your computer with Esri’s requirements for the version being taught. The appropriate setup depends on the workload; a computer suitable for viewing a webinar is not necessarily ready for desktop GIS exercises. ArcGIS Pro system requirements.
Before the first session, test the proposed meeting or learning platform from the network you will actually use. If you work on a managed company laptop, arrange installation and access checks with your IT team in advance.
How should a company plan training for several employees?
Describe the team’s roles and one shared outcome. For example, a hypothetical engineering team in Saudi Arabia might want analysts to prepare location data and coordinators to share the resulting maps. Those roles may need different exercises even when they work on the same project.
Provide participant numbers, experience levels, preferred teaching language, locations, and a realistic window for attendance. Ask whether the group can follow a common learning path or needs separate starting levels. Confirm whether company datasets can be used and whether a sample must be anonymised or replaced with training data.
For learners in North Africa, the same planning applies: specify the country, preferred language, and working hours rather than treating the region as one identical audience. The objective is a practical training arrangement that works for the actual participants.
What should be included in the quotation?
Request the course scope, delivery format, dates, fees and currency, software arrangements, and what completion documentation is provided. For company bookings, clarify invoicing information, payment arrangements, and any applicable charges with the training team before approval. Confirm recording access or post-course support if either matters to your decision.
These details make proposals comparable. A low headline price is difficult to evaluate if you do not know what practice time, access, or support is included.
For self-directed preparation, explore Esri Academy or check the Esri MOOC schedule. MOOCs offer free, scheduled, self-paced learning; verify the chosen course’s registration window and access terms. Note any exercises you find difficult so you can explain your practical training needs when enquiring with InfoGraph.
How do you enquire about InfoGraph’s online GIS training?
Browse InfoGraph’s training catalogue, then send a short enquiry using this structure:
- Location: your country and city.
- Participants: individual or team, with the number of learners.
- Current level: new to GIS, familiar with GIS, or experienced in a particular workflow.
- Target task: the map, dataset, analysis, or field workflow you want to produce.
- Preferences: online attendance, teaching language, and suitable dates.
- Access: software and equipment you already have, and anything you need confirmed.
Ask about online GIS training. Our Jordan training centre and regional online offering give you two ways to explore training; the next step is to confirm the arrangement that fits your work.
