Concepts & Methods
The concepts and methods posts introduce GIS and geospatial learners to the questions—technical, methodological, and communicative—that GIS analysts and mappers encounter in their work. Many of these posts reference, explain, or contextualize the skills covered in the tutorials.
For learners: These short posts describe or explain particular methods and vocabulary and can often be used as a quick-reference glossary.
For teachers: The posts assembled here are designed to supplement other teaching materials and to use as “refresher references” for topics often covered in class or in readings. The posts include images, diagrams, and other example material for lecture slides. As with the skills tutorials, they are written with hope of wide applicability, whether your students are GIS-ing for the Earth sciences, public health, or social sciences. Their URLs are permanent, and the content is regularly reviewed and updated.
