Learning Resources for GIS

GIS dictionaries and glossaries: https://support.esri.com/en/other-resources/gis-dictionary

• Essentials of Geographic Information Systems by Jonathan E. Campbell and Michael Shin
• Nature of Geographic Information Systems by David DiBiase

• Esri MOOCs
• Some GIS courses at Coursera, EdX, LinkedIn Learning can be audited for free.

• Penn State – Open Courses from the Geography Department with several for GIS
• MIT – Open Courses from the Urban Studies and Planning Department with several for GIS

• Esri Academy: https://www.esri.com/training/
  • Esri provides a great deal of learning material for ArcGIS and other Esri products, including web courses, massive open online courses (MOOCs), training seminars, videos and hands-on lessons. Courses range from beginner to advanced and can be completed on your own time and at your own pace. Courses come with a certificate of completion and expire one year from the date of enrollment. Some resources are freely available, while others require access credentials. 
  • Courses that are marked as free can be accessed by signing in using a Esri public account (create one for free). Some of the courses that require a subscription are available for free to UWindsor faculty, staff and students. Contact the Esri University Site License Manager, Ms. Alice Grgicak-Mannion, to request access to those courses. 
• Esri Learn ArcGIS: https://learn-arcgis-learngis.hub.arcgis.com
  • Provides story-driven exercises and activities to teach GIS to new or advanced users.
• ArcGIS Knowledge Base: https://support.esri.com/en/knowledge-base
  • Browse or search for authoritative content such as technical articles and white papers for a specific product.
• Documentation for ArcGIS: https://doc.arcgis.com/en/
  • Provides unified access to online documentation for a wide range of Esri products. 

QGIS Documentation: https://www.qgis.org/en/docs/index.html
QGIS Training Manual: https://docs.qgis.org/2.8/en/docs/training_manual/
QGIS Tutorials and Tips: http://www.qgistutorials.com/en/#qgis-tutorials-and-tips
ArcGIS and QGIS Comparison: https://gisgeography.com/qgis-arcgis-differences/

• Spatial Data Science with applications in R: https://keen-swartz-3146c4.netlify.app/
  • Introduce the concepts behind spatial data, coordinate reference systems, spatial analysis, and introduce a number of packages that can be used to perform spatial anayses in R. 
• Spatial Data Science with R: https://www.rspatial.org/index.html
  • A broad overview of spatial capabilities of R with a focus on raster analysis.
• Geocomputation with R: https://bookdown.org/robinlovelace/geocompr/
  • A book on geographic data analysis, visualization and modeling.
• An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis and Visualisation in R: https://data.cdrc.ac.uk/dataset/introduction-spatial-data-analysis-and-visualisation-r
  • This tutorial series provides an accessible introduction to techniques for handling, analysing and visualising spatial data in R. 
• GIS in R: http://www.nickeubank.com/gis-in-r/
  • This site provides a set of tutorials for using R with spatial data and the data used for exercises. 
• Get Spatial! Using R as GIS: https://mhallwor.github.io/_pages/welcome
  • This site introduces you different spatial data types and how to create, read, manipulate and analyze spatial data in R.
• CRAN Task View: Analysis of Spatial Data: https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Spatial.html
  • An overview of R packages used for spatial data analysis and visualization.
• Introduction to visualising spatial data in R: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/intro-spatial-rl.pdf
  • This tutorial is an introduction to analysing spatial data in R, specifically through map-making with R’s base graphics and various dedicated map-making packages including tmap, ggplot2, andleaflet.
• r-spatial: https://r-spatial.org/ 
  • A website and blog for those interested in using R to analyse spatial or spatio-temporal data.
• R – ArcGIS Community: https://r.esri.com/
  • A community driven collection of free, open source projects making it easier and faster for R users to work with ArcGIS data, and ArcGIS users to leverage the analysis capabilities of R.

• GIS StackExchange – a GIS Q&A community: http://gis.stackexchange.com
• GeoNet – Esri’s GIS Q&A community: https://geonet.esri.com/welcome
• Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives – provides a list of useful GIS resources from Canadian libraries : https://acmla-acacc.ca/tools
• GIS Lounge – a GIS news site: https://www.gislounge.com/
• Digital Geography – a GIS news and blogging site: http://www.digital-geography.com/
• GIS Geography – a site for GIS news, tutorials, data and information:  https://gisgeography.com
• Directions Magazine – online journal and website that is a news and resource guide for geospatial professional: https://www.directionsmag.com/
• Geospatial World – creates awareness about geospatial technology; organizes regional and international conferences and exhibitions in the field of geospatial sciences, technologies and applications: https://www.geospatialworld.net/
• GISCafé – includes GIS news, career information, and the downloadable GIS resources: https://www.giscafe.com/