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GIS & Data Lab | Data Download | Data Resources
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Learning and Teaching GIS

GIS and Data Lab Services

We can help you (with):

~ Walk-in access to GIS, statistical and other specialized software; work on your own or set up a consultation

~ Identify, access or acquire GIS, numeric and statistical data, or government information

~ Find data in KU Library holdings

~ Use GIS and statistical software and other data-related tools

~ Manage and organize spatial and statistical data

~ Incorporate data into a GIS (tabular data, XY coordinates, scanned maps)

~ Manipulate, subset and visualize data

~ Graphical, spatial and statistical data analysis

~ Research and questionnaire design, and statistical analysis strategies

~ Choose and understand appropriate statistical tests

~ Learn how to use GIS and statistical software through free workshops

~Use of small-format scanners, and scanning of large maps, drawings, plans, etc.

Workshops

• Customized instructor-led training - Available for GIS (sample topics listed), data and statistics by request.
Geography 105 students map and explore campus landmarks using a GIS.

GIS Training and Teaching

• KU Library Open GIS Workshop Materials
• KU Library Custom GIS Workshop Materials (download for class or individual use); title indicates level of difficulty and may differ from document title
  GIS 1: Linn Co. Site Plan and Data
  GIS 1: Map XY Data and Data
  GIS 1: Raster Data (Data download is part of workshop)
  GIS 1: Siting a New Park and Data
  GIS 2: Kansas City MO Data and Data
  GIS 2: Kansas City MO Socio-economic Data and (Data download is part of workshop)
  GIS 2: Linn Co. Site Plan and Data
  GIS 2: Map Tabular (Census) Data and Data
  GIS 2: Overbrook Site Plan and Data
  GIS 2: Post-Katrina New Orleans and Data
  GIS 3: GIS/ CAD/ 3D Data for Big Dig and Data
  GIS 3: Spatial Analysis of Habitat in Yellowstone and Data
• FME Tutorial- GIS data conversion software- Safe Software
• Geography Lesson Plans- National Geographic Xpeditions
• GIS Semester Course Materials- Rocky Mountain Mapping Center and Sinte Gleska University
• GIS Exercises- ESRI ArcLessons
• GIS Exercises- ESRI ArcUser Magazine
• GIS Exercises and Instruction Sets- University of Alberta
• GIS Curriculum- NITLE
• GIS Tutorials- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
• ArcGIS Tutorials and associated Data- ESRI Digital Books- KU Libraries (through campus site license)
• Online Interactive GIS Tutorials- KU students, staff and faculty contact data@ku.edu or 864-1238 to register- ESRI
• GIS Tutorials for Crime Mapping- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
• GIS Workshops- Harvard University Center for Geographic analysys
• Academic GIS Programs- ESRI
• GIS Curricula- ESRI

Data/ Statistics Training and Teaching

• KU Library Open Statistics Workshop Materials
• Tutorial on Internet Research for Social Statistics- Edinburgh University Data Library
• Lessons for Learning SPSS Basics- Furman University
• Numeric Data Tutorial- ICPSR
• SAS Tutorial- Social Science Statistical Laboratory, Yale University
• SPSS Course Content- Universiry of Colorado, CO Springs
• SPSS Tutorial- Social Science Statistical Laboratory, Yale University
• The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice- Tufts University
• Statistics Teaching Resources- Social Science Research and Instruction Council, CA State Bakersfield
• Teaching Module for Social Science Methods- instructional module on conducting social science research- ICPSR
• Teaching Module for Social Science Methods- instructional module on data analysis of social capital- ICPSR
• Tools for using ICPSR data in the classroom- ICPSR
• Teaching Modules for Numeric Data- ICPSR

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