{"id":939,"date":"2025-02-28T15:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/emarcano\/?page_id=939"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:00:35","slug":"mhcgis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/emarcano\/mhcgis\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for learning GIS @ MHC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Index<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#courses\">Current courses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#online\">Online GIS\/RS resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#tutorials\">Tutorials and training sites on software GIS\/RS\/GNSS software <\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#commercial\">Commercial software &amp; hardware<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#opensource\">Open source software<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#art\">Maps as art<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#data\">Sources of digital data<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"courses\">Current courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Geog 205 &#8211; Mapping and Spatial Analysis (E. Marcano)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geog 210 &#8211; GIS for the Social Sciences &amp; Humanities (A. Allen)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geog 321 &#8211; Advanced GIS (A. Allen)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/emarcano\/mhcgis\/geog323\/\">Geog 323 &#8211; Pixels to Landscape &#8211; Raster Analysis &amp; Remote Sensing <\/a>(E. Marcano)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"online\">Online GIS\/RS resources (mostly free)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/emarcano\/gis\/online-resources\/#gis\">Free GIS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/emarcano\/gis\/online-resources\/#rs\">Free remote sensing &amp; digital image processing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/emarcano\/gis\/online-resources\/#cloud\">Cloud\/Online GIS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/emarcano\/gis\/online-resources\/#google\">Google Mapping<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tutorials\">Tutorials and training sites for software in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/mtholyoke.edu\/sciencecenterinfo\/facilities-and-resources\/geo-processing-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GeoProcessing Lab (GPL)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the trainings shared here these software also contain built in tutorials accessible in the GPL. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/directory\/faculty-staff\/eugenio-marcano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact us<\/a> for more information about learning GIS @ MHC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"commercial\">Commercial software &amp; hardware<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"esri\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESRI<\/a> (many tutorials are free but others require maintenance subscription available to all MHC users, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/directory\/faculty-staff\/eugenio-marcano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact us<\/a>)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArcGIS documentation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/training\/catalog\/search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArcGIS &amp; extensions tutorials catalog<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/pro-quickstart-tutorials.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArcGIS Pro quick-start tutorials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-online\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArcGIS Online<\/a> &#8211; ArcGIS Online has multiple online apps. Some of those currently being used at the college are the following:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArcGIS Storymaps<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-survey123\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArcGIS Survey123<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-field-maps\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArcGIS Field Maps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv5geospatialsoftware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ENVI<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv5geospatialsoftware.com\/docs\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Documentation Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv5geospatialsoftware.com\/Support\/Self-Help-Tools\/Help-Articles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Help Articles<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv5geospatialsoftware.com\/Support\/Self-Help-Tools\/Tutorials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ENVI Tutorials<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv5geospatialsoftware.com\/Learn\/Training\/ENVI-Quick-Guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ENVI\u00ae Quick Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluemarblegeo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blue Marble Geographics<\/a> (Global Mapper)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/training.bluemarblegeo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online classroom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bad-elf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bad Elf GNSS<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bad-elf.com\/pages\/learn-more-about-bad-elf-in-gis-mapping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GIS Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"opensource\">Open source software<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/centers\/geospatial-analytics\/terrset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terrset LiberaGIS<\/a> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BqaTglzkP1M&amp;list=PLgSA87N9yNR_wtfkswFTVu2tO3MKvPiB9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TerrSet Tutorial Video Series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QGIS<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.qgis.org\/3.44\/en\/docs\/training_manual\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Training manual<\/a> (QGIS 3.44) \/ Dataset in the N: drive in GPL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgistutorials.com\/en\/docs\/learning_resources.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QGIS Learning Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.gisopencourseware.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GIS Open Courseware<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"data\">Sources of digital data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/emarcano\/gismhc\/gis-data\/\">General GIS Data<\/a> (v. 13)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/emarcano\/state-gis\">U.S. State GIS data providers<\/a> (v.3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"art\">Maps as art<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1739544081577_199\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidrumsey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Rumsey Map Collection<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiosandyrodriguez.com\/new-page-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mixpantli: Contemporary Echoes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/terms\/maps-borders-and-networks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maps, borders, and networks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eros.usgs.gov\/media-gallery\/earth-as-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earth As Art<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radicalcartography.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radical Cartography &#8211; old maps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Index Current courses Online GIS\/RS resources (mostly free) Tutorials and training sites for software in the GeoProcessing Lab (GPL) In addition to the trainings shared here these software also contain built in tutorials accessible in the GPL. Contact us for more information about learning GIS @ MHC. 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