Dear all, A *GIS In Ecology**-approved course* titled *'An Introduction To Using GIS In Cetacean Research'* will be held in San Patricio-Melaque, Jalisco, México on the 5th and 6th of May 2012. You can download the flyer, the course timetable and contents by going to the link http://www.gisinecology.com/Training_Course_Mexico_May_2012.htm. This is a pre-meeting course that has been organised in association with the XXXIII International Meeting For The Study Of Marine Mammals ( http://www.somemma.org/somemma/XXXIIIReunion/programa.html) of La SOCIEDAD MEXICANA DE MASTOZOOLOGÍA MARINA (SOMEMMA, A.C.) ( http://www.somemma.org/somemma/). The course will be taught by GIS In Ecology-trained instructors Wezddy Del Toro Orozco and Carlos Troche Souza based on materials provided by GIS In Ecology (http://www.gisinecology.com/index.htm), and all participants will receive a GIS In Ecology-registered certificate of completion. The course will be based around ArcGIS 10 software, although it will also cater for users of ArcGIS 9.3. Participants are required to bring along their own laptop with a working version of one of these software packages already installed on it. Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 12 people to ensure that each participant can receive individual attention from the instructors when required. For more information do not hesitate to contact us at gisinecology.courses.america@gmail.com.