Skills Tutorials
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Selected tutorials on
the Basics
Mapping Data
Analyzing Data
and Making Data
The skills tutorials aim to introduce GIS and geospatial learners to the range of activities performed by GIS analysts across multiple platforms and software. Most of the skills tutorials assume some familiarity with the geographic or cartographic concepts employed by each tool, based on the context of the work.
For learners: The tutorials explain how to perform a particular task or operation using specific software or on a given platform, usually with a quick example.
For teachers: The tutorials are designed to readily plug into any exercise, assignment, or other instructional materials. 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 reviewed and updated—so, your teaching materials stay current even as software changes.
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The Basics
Beginners! Start here with a ordered sequences, including Getting Started and Setting Up and Exporting a Basic Map. Also: see a categorized list of Basic tutorials.
Mapping Data
Skills tutorials focused on plotting, examining, and visualizing geospatial data. Topics include
queries and selections,
map projections and CRS,
symbology and classification,
basic webmapping,
and others.
Also: see a categorized list of Mapping Data tutorials, or browse all Mapping Data tutorials.
Analyzing Data
Software resources for executing geoprocessing operations and other functions to support spatial analysis. Topics include
basic vector and raster geoprocessing,
spatial statistics,
remote sensing,
network analysis,
and more.
Also: browse all Analyzing Data tutorials or see a categorized list.
Making Data
The Making Data tutorials cover skills to create GIS datasets from scratch and working with different data types. These include
georeferencing, digitizing, and geocoding
creating new geometry from existing data
converting between data types
Also: browse all Making Data tutorials or see a categorized list.
FAQs & Other Help
Software FAQs. A list of common questions with links to relevant tutorials.
Working with Attributes. See a categorized list of tutorials related to working with attribute tables, including a growing collection of tutorials to help write field calculations.
Utilities. Browse tutorials on the nuts-and-bolts functions within GIS software.
Finding Data. Browse tutorials related to finding and downloading data from different sources or see a list of here.
