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GIS & Data Lab

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 ArcGIS Workshop Materials
• KU Library Custom ArcGIS 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
• ArcGIS Exercises- ESRI ArcLessons
• ArcGIS Exercises- ESRI ArcUser Magazine
• ArcGIS Excercises as part of GIS course- Rocky Mountain Mapping Center and Sinte Gleska University
• ArcGIS Exercises and Instruction Sets- University of Alberta
• ArcGIS Exercises- ESRI Digital Books- KU Libraries (through campus site license)
• ArcGIS 'How To...'- Instructions for social scientists- Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science
• ArcGIS Tutorials- KU students, staff and faculty contact data@ku.edu or 864-1238 to register- ESRI
• ArcGIS, Google Earth and Quantum GIS Tutorials (and more)- University of Waterloo Library
• Crime Mapping GIS Tutorials- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
• DIVA GIS Tutorials
• FME Tutorial- GIS data conversion software- Safe Software
• GIS Exercises using various software packages- Harvard University Center for Geographic analysys
• MapServer Tutorial- University of Minnesota MapServer
• Open Source GIS Tutorials -Open Source Geospatial Foundation
• Quantum GIS Tutorials (10 labs)- UC Davis
• Quantum GIS Workbook- FOSS4G2007


• Academic GIS Programs- ESRI
• GIS Curricula- ESRI
• GIS Curriculum- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis

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