Geospatial Data & GIS

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) offer a dynamic digital environment (2 to 3 dimension) for visualizing and analyzing data with some location or geospatial information. 

See the tabs on Workshops and Tutorials:

• GIS Workshops@Mason led by DDSS. See the descriptions of the workshops. Also see data, workflows, and PowerPoint slides here.
• Libraries' GIS Tutorials@Mason Collection of useful GIS tutorials and data for exercise.
• Take GIS Courses offered by the university: GGS, School of Public Policy, College of Health & Human Services and  ESRI (Virtual Campus Training) or other Free Online Courses by creating an ESRI account.
• Self-training online using videos provided by LinkedIn Learning and ArcGIS Videos by ESRI.
• Learn GIS for Free: See the resources listed here.
• GIS Tutorials: (Via Tufts) Tutorials for ArcGIS, QGIS, Google Earth/Map, GPS, Remote Sensing, GeoDa, and Poster design.
• Working with GIS Data (Via Syracuse): This resource from Syracuse University contains a number of helpful links and concepts to assist in learning how to work with GIS data.

• Geospatial Data Formats (NCSU): Provides information on formats that are common in GIS data.
• GIS Tutorials (MIT): Includes useful GIS tutorials and resources.
• GIS Stack-Exchange: Qs & As on GIS technology.
• GIS Conference and Events (GIS Lounge) and Find GIS Jobs (ESRI) around the world.
• Open Source GIS Tutorials (Carleton): A wiki of tutorials for various open source GIS software.
• History of Open Source GIS Tools: Interactive history of of various open source tools.
• Data Analysis and GIS Mapping: Blog detailing various uses/histories of GIS.
• GISDegree.org: Resources for GIS education and careers.

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