Curious about whether GIS is right for your project? GIS tools and best practices are applicable across many disciplines, from history to public health! This hour-long lecture-style workshop will introduce participants to basic GIS concepts such as vector and raster data types and map projections, and demonstrate some commonly-used tools such as clips and buffers. Intended for those with no experience with GIS. This workshop … Continue reading What is GIS? »

This 90-minute session will include a broad overview of what is available to you through the U-M Library for your GIS needs, including tools and data from ESRI (the creators of ArcGIS), with a focus on two sources of data/basic analysis that the Library subscribes to: Social Explorer, and PolicyMap. There will be brief demonstrations of the capabilities of some of these tools. No experience … Continue reading Introduction to Library GIS Resources – Social Explorer & PolicyMap »

In this workshop: You will learn about two major United States Census datasets: the decennial census, done every 10 years, and the ongoing American Community Survey. You will explore the different demographic and housing related questions asked in these two surveys, and how these have changed over time. You will see how the data can be mapped from the state all the way down to … Continue reading Accessing and Mapping Census Data »

Georeferencing is taking a digitized historic map (or other inherently spatial thing that cannot yet be used in its spatial context) and assigning it to the place in space where it belongs, so that it can be viewed in the context of other geospatial elements. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to turn a historical map into usable GIS data in ArcGIS Online. … Continue reading Georeferencing Maps »

What is Remote Sensing? The discipline of remote sensing concerns processing and analysis of any imagery obtained from satellites, drones, or other airborne sensors. Remote sensing tools and best practices can be used to investigate land use change, check agricultural crop yields, monitor wildfires, and more. This session will introduce basic concepts used in the discipline of remote sensing such as image collection and interpretation, … Continue reading Intro to Remote Sensing »

This hour-long workshop will show participants how to create a basic webmap in ArcGIS Online using open data. Please bring a laptop if you’d like to follow along, all you need is a browser. Intended for those with little to no experience with GIS or ArcGIS Online. NOTE: This session does not include StoryMaps. This workshop is part of a series offered by the Clark … Continue reading Intro to ArcGIS Online »