• GIS basics
  • Important concepts: GIS and spatial analysis
  • Useful applications
  • Data type in GIS
• Thematic mapping and visualizations
  • Map layouts
  • Color scheme
  • Data classification
  • Data normalization

• Table data preparation
  • Data join
• Data source
• Georeferencing
• On-screen digitization (ArcGIS and Google Earth Pro)
• Geo-coding

• Projection
  • Datum
  • Geographic Coordinate System and Projected Coordinate System
• Add and calculate attribute fields
• Descriptive and summary Statistics
• Selecting and extracting Features

• Geoprocessing tools
  • Overlay
  • Merge
  • Proximity
  • Aggregation
• Spatial statistics tools
• Network analysis tools
• Raster analysis and functions
• Geo-planner and web-based tools

• University of YouTube
• GIS StackExchange
• GIS Subreddit
• Esri Community
• wiki.gis.com
• New York State Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Clearinghouse

• NYS GIS Association
• University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
• THE SPATIAL COMMUNITY
• GIS Discord Server

• QGIS (free, open source, Windows/Mac)
  • QGIS Quick Tip: Customize the Interface
  • RiverGIS (free QGIS plugin)
• MapInfo (proprietary, Windows)
• GRASS GIS (Free, open source, Windows/MacOS/Linux)
• Global Mapper (Proprietary, Windows)
• GeoMedia (Proprietary, Windows)
• Manifold GIS (Proprietary, Windows)

• SAGA GIS (Free, open source, Windows/Linux)
• GE Smallworld (Proprietary, Windows)
• AutoCAD Map 3D (Proprietary, Windows)
• MicroStation (Proprietary, Windows)
• Google Earth (Proprietary, Windows)
• TerrSet (Proprietary, Windows)
• TatukGIS (Proprietary, Windows)

• Positionstack: Free geocoding API for global places and coordinates
• OGC APIs: A family of API standards that are being developed to make it easy for anyone to provide geospatial data to the web
• Google Earth Engine: Google Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities and makes it available for scientists, researchers, and developers to detect changes, map trends, and quantify differences on the Earth’s surface

• ArcGIS JavaScript API
• Mapbox
• Carto
• LeafletJS/leafmap
• Geoserver
• PostGIS

• Google Maps API
• Bing Maps API
• OpenStreetMap
• Smartystreets
• geodatadownloader
• Pine Chrome Extension: Google Chrome extension that allows you to directly access the layers in a webmap

Spatial packages in R/Posit

Spatial packages in Python