The QGIS hats plugin is a bit of fun that accomplishes no other purpose than to add a hat to the QGIS icon.
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Installing QGIS on the Mac
QGIS is an open source GIS software package that can be freely downloaded. Find step-by-step instructions on how to install QGIS on a Mac.
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How To Make a Map From Open Data Using a Spreadsheet
Jonathan Goldman explains in this tutorial how to extract an open data feed from a civic data portal and pull it into Google Sheets, and then map it quickly using Geosheets.
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How to Map a Single Set of Coordinate Using QGIS
If you have a single set of coordinates that you want to map using QGIS, here are step-by-step instructions on how to do that.
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How to Convert a Selection into a New GIS Dataset Using QGIS
Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to convert a geographic selection from one GIS dataset into a new GIS file using QGIS.
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ArcGIS 10.4 Released and Updated GIS Tutorial Workbook
Esri has released ArcGIS 10.4 and an updated edition of GIS Tutorial 2: Spatial Analysis Workbook.
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Learning ArcGIS Pro Book
A recently released book by Tripp Corbin teaches readers how to use ArcGIS Pro, Esri’s latest iteration of its GIS desktop application.
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Creating Administrative Choropleth Maps Using R
Learn how to create Administrative Level 1 Choropleth Maps in R with this tutorial by Ari Lamstein.
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Updated GIS and Health Tutorial Book
Esri has released the fifth edition of GIS Tutorial for Health. The latest edition has been updated to be compatible with ArcGIS 10.2 for Desktop. The tutorial helps health professionals and students learn how to analyze data and solve problems using geographic information system (GIS) technology. GIS Tutorial for Health also has extended introductions […]
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How to Add XY Coordinates to a File in ArcGIS
If you are using Esri’s ArcGIS GIS software program, there is a simple way to add coordinate information to the attribute table of a GIS data set. Outlined in this article are the steps to take in order to add X Y coordinates to a field in the attribute table. […]
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Investigating Health Inequalities Across England Using Web Mapping
This tutorial about using GIS to investigate health inequalities in England is a guest contribution by Robert Lang. Local Health is an online GIS site of United Kingdom Health Profiles that has been created by Geoclip a French GIS company for the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) for the NHS […]
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How Can Looking at Hurricane Tracks Help to Understand Them?
Robert Lang has contributed this GIS tutorial on using publicly available hurricane mapping sites to understand hurricane tracks. Exploratory questions are posted within the steps of this hurricane track tutorial. Hurricanes are an example of a natural hazard that can be investigated in the Key Stage 3 Geography national curriculum […]