Posts Tagged ‘Free GIS Tutorial’

Download Free “The Illustrated Guide to Nonprofit GIS and Online Mapping”

February 26th, 2010

Download for free  ebook “The Illustrated Guide to Nonprofit GIS and Online Mapping” from www.MapTogether.org

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Download Ebook : GIS for Public Safety An annotated guide to ArcGIS tools & procedures

February 19th, 2010

Download for free ebook “GIS for Public Safety An annotated guide to ArcGIS tools & procedures” by Joel M. Caplan, Ph.D.

This book focuses on ESRI’s ArcGIS functionality and presents all of the tools and procedures that are commonly used by public safety researchers and practitioners. It gives simple steps for descriptive, exploratory, and explanatory mapping tasks and includes concise but meaningful discussions to let you critically assess and accurately apply the software to your own unique specialty. This provides a solid foundation for advanced spatial thinking and permits you to utilize GIS technology in your own innovative ways. This book is intended for an introductory audience, but GIS users at all skill levels will find value in it as a reference manual. “Introductory” does not mean limited content. Rather, it means that the focus of the book is on the technical aspect of GIS mapping.

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Technical Guide Datum and Coordinate System

January 20th, 2010

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Technical Guide Datum and Coordinate System from BAKOSURTANAL

This technical guide available in PDF format include an application software to :

  • Geographic Coordinate transformation to UTM and vice versa
  • Geographic Coordinates Transformation to TM3 ° and vice versa
  • Coordinate Transformation adjacent UTM zone
  • Coordinate Transformation in ID-74 to DGN-95
  • Corner Coordinate Transformation in Map-ID-74 to 95 DGN
  • UTM Map Projection Transformation in ID-74 to DGN-95
  • Map Projection Transformation TM3 ° to UTM.

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ArcGIS Explorer quick start tutorial online

January 13th, 2010

If you’re new to ArcGIS Explorer, or use for the first time, this online training will provide a valuable and comprehensive introduction.

The tutorial is a free 60 minutes online seminar, which presents the latest version of ArcGIS Explorer and covers the following topics:

  • Using ArcGIS Explorer and setting preferences
  • Navigation and exploring the map
  • Adding and working with content
  • Adding documents, photos, and more
  • Leveraging ArcGIS Online

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Video tutorial GIS : How to create an atlas with Geopublisher in 5 minutes

December 31st, 2009

Geopublisher is a application to generate & publish multimedia atlases & has been developed to overcome the technical obstacles in publishing geo-data. The targeted users are scientists & institutions that need to communicate their results to the general public. The exported atlases are user-friendly & can therefore easily be used by people who are not familiar with GIS.

From video tutorial below you will learn the steps you require to generate & export a basic atlas using the free Geopublisher program. The video takes about 5 minutes & its purpose is to show the basic steps needed to generate a first atlas with Geopublisher. » Read more: Video tutorial GIS : How to create an atlas with Geopublisher in 5 minutes

Download GIS for Forest Carbon Management

December 22nd, 2009

Foresters, owner makers, and businesses are using GIS to measure and support the forest’s natural ability to neat carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the atmosphere and reduce the greenhouse effect on the climate. This free ESRI Best Practices booklet includes case studies about using GIS for forest carbon management. Learn about other GIS solutions for countering climate change.

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ArcGIS Tips : How to Copy Map from ArcMap Data View to Word/Excel/Powerpoint

December 11th, 2009

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ArcGIS Tips : How to Copy Map from ArcMap Data View to Word/Excel/Powerpoint
Available only in Bahasa Indonesia
by iniGIS


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GIS Tutorial : Design Geodatabase Using ArcGIS Diagrammer

November 17th, 2009

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GIS Tutorial : Design Geodatabase Using ArcGIS Diagrammer
Available in PDF format, language : Bahasa Indonesia
by Geovisi

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Google Maps Courses – Introduction to the Google Maps API

November 5th, 2009

From GeoSpatialTraining.com :

freexsmallThis is our entry level course for the Google Maps API, and is designed to enable you to build Google Maps applications for the web.  You will learn how to create maps, add map controls for user interactions (zooming, and panning), programmatically alter the map extent, add points of interest to the map, create lines and polygons on a map, add custom icons, geocode addresses on the fly, read addresses from XML or KML files, calculate driving directions, view current traffic conditions, display a street view, integrate with Google Earth, and display aerial photography.

Intended Audience
This course is designed for all levels.

Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Google Maps
Module 2: Basic Concepts of the Google Maps API
Module 3: Geocoding
Module 4: Reading Data from File and Database Sources (XML, KML)
Module 5: Driving Directions, Traffic, and Street View
Module 6: Integration with Google Earth
Module 7: Integrating Local Search with Google Maps
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Quantum GIS Tutorial

October 16th, 2009

Download for free a terrific tutorial series on GIS called “introducing GIS” by using Quantum GIS, was sponsored by the Chief Directorate: Spatial Planning & Information, Department of Land Affairs, Eastern Cape, South Africa (DLA).

Topics :

  • introduction to gis
  • vector data
  • attribute data
  • digitising vector data
  • raster data
  • topology
  • coordinate reference systems
  • map production
  • spatial analysis: vector data
  • spatial analysis: raster data

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Download Ebook “Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth”

September 17th, 2009

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Ebook “Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth”

This feature gives you a detailed explanation on building your own community site through Google Maps.

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How to Crop Raster Data Using Global Mapper

September 15th, 2009

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Video Tutorial GIS : How to Crop Raster Data Using Global Mapper

Video Format *.MP4

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Download Ebook “Google Maps API Second Edition”

September 9th, 2009

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Ebook “Google Maps API Second Edition”

In this concise guide You can integrate Google Maps capabilities into your own applications. Draw maps, add annotates and routes, and geocode your data. » Read more: Download Ebook “Google Maps API Second Edition”

Download Ebook “GIS for Web Developers”

September 7th, 2009

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Ebook “GIS for Web Developers”

O’Reilly : With this book in hand, you’ll become a real geographic programmer using the Java programming language. You’ll find plenty of working code examples in Java using some of the many GIS-oriented applications and APIs. You’ll be able to:

  • Find free sources of GIS data on the web
  • Browse GIS data using open source desktop viewers
  • Manipulate GIS data programmatically
  • Store and retrieve data using geographically-enabled databases
  • Explore free web toolkits like Google Maps
  • Publish and consume web services using Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) interfaces

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GIS Tutorial : ArcView Network Analyst

August 18th, 2009

The ArcView Network Analyst extension module allows the user to solve 3 categories of the analysis of network problems; Best Route, Find and Find Next Service Facility. If you need to do a complex analysis of the 3 default options are available, you can do with Avenue scripts.

Find the best way to problems in finding the “least cost impedance” path through the network between two or more stops. Find Next concerns the ease of the distance from one event to another clinic, or vice versa, seeking the removal of a plant to one or more events. Service area you find the area of a plant may be in a certain time or cost frame.

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