Learning GIS

The Clemson Center for Geospatial Technologies is committed to support training and education in GIS. We offer free workshops and Virtual Campus online training for Clemson's faculty, staff and students that ranges from introductory topics in GIS, to advanced analysis and modeling, to using High Performance Computing (HPC) and High Throughput Computing (HTC) for GIS processing jobs.

Free Access to ESRI E-Learning (Virtual Campus Training)

ESRI E-Learning offers many free online training courses which cover all aspects of GIS. Clemson faculty, staff and students can access all these free resources by creating a My Esri using their standard Clemson login information.

Click here for instructions on creating your My Esri account to access Esri E-Learning.

Hands-on GIS Workshops

We offer many free, hands-on workshops to help you become a knowledgeable, proficient GIS user. All of our workshops are offered on-demand. When there are at least four people interested in a workshop, we send out a Doodle poll to determine the best time for everyone.

Please use this form to register for our workshops. Students who attend some of our recommended workshops can earn a Certificate Of Attendance.

If you need help in any other topic related to GIS, please feel free to Contact us.

Learning GIS

Free Access to ESRI E-Learning (Virtual Campus Training)

Hands-on GIS Workshops

ArcGIS Desktop

Introduction to GIS

This workshop is for anyone new to GIS. Learn about applications of GIS, data types, and how to use tools in ArcGIS Desktop to make a map of spatial data.

Introduction to GIS for History

This is a workshop for people in the history department who wants to use GIS in their research.

Introduction to GIS for Public Health

Understand the impact of geospatial analysis on public health and use of GIS in enhancing health practices.

Introduction to GIS for Civil Engineering

This is an introductory workshop for people in civil engineering to learn about the capabilities of GIS and how they can be used.

Introduction to GIS for Archaeology

This is an introductory workshop for people in the archaeology department who wants to learn and use GIS in their research.

Introduction to GIS for the Military

This is a workshop for military veterans, cadets, and those interested in GIS technology within the armed forces.

GIS Data Creation And Management

Learn to use the tools which turn images and tabluar data into spatial data by geo- referencing and geocoding, learn how to draw your own data, and gain skills in managing GIS data sets.

Working with Tabular data

Tabular information is the basis of geographic features, allowing you to visualize, query, and analyze your data. Learn how to efficiently search, analyze, and use attribute data.

Introduction to Spatial Analysis

Do you want to learn how to apply spatial analysis methods to solving geographic problems? Apply several tools and learn spatial querying in this workshop.

Spatial Statistics with GIS

Examine distributions, patterns, and relationships in spatial data and see how to identify if clusters and hot-spots are present in the data .

3D LiDAR Applications

Want to know which applications can be used on LiDAR systems? In this workshop you will explore LiDAR's unique abilities.

ESRI Business and Community Analyst

Explore ESRI's extensions to analyze site locations,demographic data, business data etc.

ArcGIS Pro

Introduction to ArcGIS Pro

This workshop helps you explore tools to visualize, analyze, compile, and share your data, in both 2D and 3D environments.

Introduction to ArcGIS Pro for History

This is a workshop for people in the history department who wants to use GIS in their research.

Introduction to ArcGIS Pro for Archaeology

Analyze clustering, proximity, orientation and other spatial relationships.

Advanced Data Collection (UAVs, LiDAR, GPS & Mobile Data Collection)

UAVs (Drones) and LiDAR for Mapping

Learn how UAV's (drones) and LiDAR technology capture geospatial data and process sample data sets. See CCGT resources available to support your research.

Field Data Collection using GIS

Use your iOS or android devices to collect data from the field and learn how to upload that data.

Data Visualization and Analytics

Cleaning data with Open Refine

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Gather, visualize, and share data tables on the web as interactive displays and maps using Google Fusion Tables.

Tableau

Tableau is a software package for rapidly and intuitively visualizing and analyzing data using drag-and-drop operations.

ESRI Story Maps

Learn how to build your own story map using ArcGIS Online. Learn the basics plus tips and tricks to turn your story map into a polished communication product.

ESRI Maps for Office

Make interactive maps of your spreadsheet data right in Excel. With a few clicks create color-coded, point, clustered-point, and heat maps and gain visual insights about your data.

Getting and Visualizing Worldwide Census and Survey Data

Learn how to get data with IPUMS and visualize it using Tableau.

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Open Source GIS

Introduction to QGIS

This is a free and open source for GIS technology available for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Introduction to R for Spatial Analysis

Learn R that provides a wide variety of statistical and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible.

Web Mapping Applications

Introduction to ArcGIS Online and Story Maps

Create, visualize, analyze your data on a browser using ArcGIS Online. This workshop helps you in creating your own interactive web maps and apps. Register...

Introduction to ArcGIS Online for History

This an hands-on workshop to create your own interactive maps with ArcGIS Online.

Introduction to ArcGIS Online for

Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management

Explore the use of GIS apps that helps to research parks and landscapes.

Introduction to ArcGIS Online for

Forestry

This is an hands-on workshop to create your own interactive maps with ArcGIS Online.

CyberGIS/Programming

Introduction to Python for ArcGIS

This workshop is designed to get the basic idea of python scripting for geoprocessing tasks.

Introduction to Python for HTC

Quick introduction to python and how it can be used for algorithm development especially in parallel programming.

Introduction to High Throughput Computing with ArcGIS

Introduction on how HTCondor can be used to greatly reduce the processing time for intensive ArcGIS jobs.

High Performance Computing with Spatial Data

Learn to use Palmetto Cluster to expolit spatial data using R with multiple cores for spatial calculations.

GIS for Engineering and the Environment

Introduction to GIS for Environmental Engineering

Gather hands-on experience on ways to use smartphones and tablets in the field to accurately and efficiently collect
data

Learn how
spatial analysis tools are used to solve geographic problems.

Continue on building your spatial analysis skills by learning more advanced analyses, such as how to perform
interpolation of numerical data

Learn how to create and manage 3D LiDAR point cloud datasets in GIS and derive high-resolution
elevation models for spatial analysis.

Create a story map that displays four possible future climates depending on how much greenhouse
gases are emitted in the years to come.