GIS workshops
Research computing regularly schedules and coordinates GIS workshops with the UD Library, Delaware Geological Survey (DGS), Esri, etc for members of the UD community who wish to learn more about a particular aspect of GIS. If you have topics that you would like to be presented in the GIS Workshops series, submit your ideas to gis-info@udel.edu.
All Fall semester workshops are complete—check back in early February for the Spring workshop lineup.
Recent workshops
- Basics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Getting started with ArcGIS Pro
- Getting Started with ArcGIS Online
- Creating and Sharing Your Data with ArcGIS Online Story Maps
- Researching and Exporting Data with PolicyMap
- Digital Scholarship Method Series: Introduction to Data Collection
UD-GIS Community Group
The UD-GIS community group has taken different forms at different times, according to community involvement. If you are interested in participating in a UD-GIS meet up, please join UD-GIS Google Group.
Esri e-Learning
The University of Delaware maintains a site license with Esri, the makers of ArcGIS. As part of this site license, UD faculty/staff/grant supported student that pay for an Esri license and any UD student may take any GIS technology classes at Esri e-Learning at no cost. These courses are a great way to get started with GIS or learn a new aspect of ArcGIS or even general GIS fundamentals. Send a request to askIT@udel.edu if you would like access to Esri e-learning. (If you are requesting for a UD course the email should include a list of UDel email addresses for all students in the class.)
University Classes
A number of departments at UD offer courses focused on or touching on geospatial knowledge.
Fundamentals Classes
- Introduction to GIS (GEOG372)
- GIS in Natural Resource Management (APEC480)
- Geographic Information Systems and Science (GEOG670)
- Advanced GIS (GEOG471/671)
GIS Topics Classes
- Select Technical Topics: Python Scripting, LIDAR & Hyperspectral, etc. (GEOG473)
Classes Where GIS is Applied
GIS LearnIT Express Sessions
These quick videos highlight a particular technology or technique, to fast forward your learning
- Creating and Sharing Your Data with ArcGIS Online Story Maps Discover how to present data and selected multimedia in a user-friendly geographical context. You will learn how to create a multifaceted map by combining maps with images, text and other multimedia, and how to link multimedia files to their geographic coordinates.