GIS Software and Tutorials

This workshop was originally presented on November 16, 2020 as part of Geography Awareness Week, hosted by the Data Services team at the WashU Libraries.  The workshop covers the following topics, presented as chapters in the video:

• Obtaining installation files and licensing
• Starting a new project
• Downloading spatial data from a local government source
• Exploring spatial data
• Labeling
• Selecting features by attribute
• Selecting features by location
• Exporting selected features
• Symbolizing data - single symbol and symbolize by category
• Creating a map layout
• Exporting a map layout to PDF
• Exporting spatial data to CAD format

Download additional workshop materials (presentation, workshop guide, data)

This workshop was originally presented on November 17, 2020 as part of Geography Awareness Week, hosted by the Data Services team at the WashU Libraries.  The workshop covers the following topics, presented as chapters in the video:

• Obtaining installation files and licensing
• Timeline
• Project structure
• Key terms
• Application interface
• Importing an existing map document
• Exploring spatial data
• Adding and calculating fields
• Making changes to the layout
• Create a new layout from an existing MXD
• Create a new map
• Symbology
• Labeling
• Geoprocessing Tools
• Editing

Download additional workshop materials (presentation, workshop guide, data)

This workshop was originally presented on February 8, 2021 as part of Love Data Week, hosted by the Data Services team at the WashU Libraries, Becker Medical Library, and the Institute for Informatics.  The workshop covers the following topics, presented as chapters in the video:

• Introduction
• Workshop Outline
• Access for WashU Users
• Exploring an Area or Topic
• Sharing a Map
• Creating a Story
• Download Spatial Data
• Download Data Tables
• Create a Map in GIS

The above video frame will begin automatically at the Create a Map in GIS section.  To watch the entire video, see Introduction to Social Explorer. To access Social Explorer, see the WashU Libraries A-Z Database list.

LiDAR data is a common form of elevation data and many users are interested in using this kind of data in their GIS projects.  This video from Joseph Kerski (ESRI) demonstrates several important tasks associated with obtaining and using LiDAR data in ArcGIS Pro.  The video includes examples of:

• Searching and downloading LiDAR data from the National Map
• Creating a LAS dataset (LASD) file to enable ArcGIS Pro to import and analyze LiDAR data
• Creating derivative products (slope, aspect, contour lines)
• Generating elevation profiles and viewsheds