Have you ever wanted to create your own maps, or integrate and visualize spatial datasets to examine changes in trends between locations and over time? Follow along with these training tutorials on QGIS, an open source geographic information system (GIS) and learn key concepts, procedures and skills for performing common GIS tasks – such as creating maps, as well as joining, overlaying and visualizing spatial datasets. These tutorials are geared towards new GIS users. We’ll start with foundational concepts, and build towards more advanced topics throughout – demonstrating how with a few relatively easy steps you can get quite a lot out of GIS. You can then extend these skills to datasets of thematic relevance to you in addressing tasks faced in your day-to-day work.

ArcGIS tool and tutorial to convert the shapefiles into network format. The latest version of the tool is available at http://csun.uic.edu/codes/GISF2E.htmlUpdate: we now have added QGIS and python tools. To download them and learn more, visit http://csun.uic.edu/codes/GISF2E.htmlPlease cite: Karduni,A., Kermanshah, A., and Derrible, S., 2016, "A protocol to convert spatial polyline data to network formats and applications to world urban road networks", Scientific Data, 3:160046, Available at http://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201646

This dataset is part of the QGIS beginner tutorial: https://youtu.be/wu42hyshx7Q

Raczynski, K., Grala, K., & Cartwright, J. H. (2024). GEO Tutorial: Work Automation in QGIS Using Model Builder. Mississippi State University: Geosystems Research Institute. [View Document] GEO TutorialNumber of Pages: 9Publication Date: 11/2024This work was supported through funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Geospatial Modeling Grant, Award # NA19NOS4730207.

Raczynski, K., Nagel, A., & Cartwright, J. H. (2025). GEO Tutorial: Hotspot Analysis in GIS. Mississippi State University: Geosystems Research Institute. [View Document] GEO TutorialNumber of Pages: 5Publication Date: 06/2025This work was supported through funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Geospatial Modeling Grant, Award # NA19NOS4730207.

This resources contains PDF files and Python notebook files that demonstrate how to create geospatial resources in HydroShare and how to use these resources through web services provided by the built-in HydroShare GeoServer instance. Geospatial resources can be consumed directly into ArcMap, ArcGIS, Story Maps, Quantum GIS (QGIS), Leaflet, and many other mapping environments. This provides HydroShare users with the ability to store data and retrieve it via services without needing to set up new data services. All tutorials cover how to add WMS and WFS connections. WCS connections are available for QGIS and are covered in the QGIS tutorial. The tutorials and examples provided here are intended to get the novice user up-to-speed with WMS and GeoServer, though we encourage users to read further on these topic using internet searches and other resources. Also included in this resource is a tutorial designed to that walk users through the process of creating a GeoServer connected resource.

The current list of available tutorials: - Creating a Resource - ArcGIS Pro - ArcMap - ArcGIS Story Maps - QGIS - IpyLeaflet - Folium

Raczynski, K., Nagel, A., & Cartwright, J. H. (2025). GEO Tutorial: Batching GIS Tasks: a Way To Speed Up Repetitive Procedures. Mississippi State University: Geosystems Research Institute. [View Document]

GEO Tutorial Number of Pages: 6 Publication Date: 06/2025This work was supported through funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Geospatial Modeling Grant, Award # NA19NOS4730207.

Raczynski, K., Babineaux, C., & Cartwright, J. H. (2025). GEO Tutorial: Dealing with Coastal Flooding series, part 9: Creating And Animating Timeseries. Mississippi State University: Geosystems Research Institute. [View Document] GEO TutorialNumber of Pages: 5Publication Date: 06/2025This work was supported through funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Geospatial Modeling Grant, Award # NA19NOS4730207.

This resource contains the test data for the GeoServer OGC Web Services tutorials for various GIS applications including ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, ArcGIS Story Maps, and QGIS. The contents of the data include a polygon shapefile, a polyline shapefile, a point shapefile, and a raster dataset; all of which pertain to the state of Utah, USA. The polygon shapefile is of every county in the state of Utah. The polyline is of every trail in the state of Utah. The point shapefile is the current list of GNIS place names in the state of Utah. The raster dataset covers a region in the center of the state of Utah. All datasets are projected to NAD 1983 Zone 12N.

Raczynski, K., Xavier, F., & Cartwright, J. H. (2025). GEO Tutorial: Dealing with Coastal Flooding series, part 3B: Using Supervised Machine Learning For Land Use Land Cover Classification. Mississippi State University: Geosystems Research Institute. [View Document] GEO TutorialNumber of Pages: 8Publication Date: 06/2025This work was supported through funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Geospatial Modeling Grant, Award # NA19NOS4730207.

QGIS Intro and Instructions for Mapping Species Occurrences

In order to use the QGIS plugin ‘Seilaplan’ for digital cable line planning, a digital terrain model (DTM) is required. In this tutorial video, we show how to merge multiple DTM raster tiles into one file, using the QGIS tool ‘Virtual Raster’. This simplifies the digital planning of a cable line using the QGIS plugin ‘Seilaplan’. Please note that the tutorial language is German! Link to Seilaplan website: https://seilaplan.wsl.ch

Für die Verwendung des QGIS Plugins Seilaplan zur digitalen Seillinienplanung ist ein digitales Höhenmodell (DHM) nötig. In diesem Tutorialvideo zeigen wir, wie man mit dem QGIS-Plugin Virtuelles Raster mehrere DHM-Kacheln zu einem einzigen Rasterfile zusammenfügen und abspeichern kann. Für die Seillinienplanung mit Seilaplan muss nun nur noch eine Datei, mein neues virtuelles Raster, ausgewählt werden. Link zur Seilaplan-Website: https://seilaplan.wsl.ch

Raczynski, K., Grala, K., Raczynska, J., & Cartwright, J. H. (2025). GEO Tutorial: Generating Viewsheds: a Visibility Analysis. Mississippi State University: Geosystems Research Institute. [View Document] GEO TutorialNumber of Pages: 6Publication Date: 06/2025This work was supported through funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Geospatial Modeling Grant, Award # NA19NOS4730207.

List of 144 tutorials of the Youtube channel TutorielGeo: https://www.youtube.com/user/tutorielgeo/featured

More than 200 free tutorial videos on Qgis, Postgis, Geoserver, Pentaho, Talend, Google Earth Pro... as well as webmapping technologies and database management: Oracle, Mysql, SQL Server. Here is the link to the store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tutorielgeo.mobileapps Here is the link to the website: https://tutorielgeo.com Here is the link of the Youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/tutorielgeo Here is the link to the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Tutorielgeo-Geomatic-Tutorial-GIS-Tutorial-Webmapping-Tutorial-325658277554574/ Here is the link to the Twitter account: https://twitter.com/TutorielGeo Here is the link to the Google Plus page: https://plus.google.com/b/117203987416263637144/+tutorielgeo/posts

In order to use the QGIS plugin ‘Seilaplan’ for digital cable line planning, a digital terrain model (DTM) is required. The plugin ‘Swiss Geo Downloader’, which is available for the open source geoinformation software QGIS, allows freely available Swiss geodata to be downloaded and displayed directly within QGIS. It was developed in 2021 by Patricia Moll in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL. In this tutorial we describe how to download the high accuracy elevation model ‘swissALTI3D’ with the help of the ‘Swiss Geo Downloader’ and how to use it for digital planning of a cable line with the plugin ‘Seilaplan’. Please note that the tutorial language is German! Link to the Swiss Geo Downloader: https://pimoll.github.io/swissgeodownloader Link to Seilaplan website: https://seilaplan.wsl.ch

Für die Verwendung des QGIS Plugins Seilaplan zur digitalen Seillinienplanung ist ein digitales Höhenmodell (DHM) nötig. Das Plugin Swiss Geo Downloader, welches für das Open Source Geoinformationssystem QGIS zur Verfügung steht, ermöglicht frei verfügbare Schweizer Geodaten direkt innerhalb von QGIS herunterzuladen und anzuzeigen. Es wurde 2021 von Patricia Moll in Zusammenarbeit mit der eidgenössischen Forschungsanstalt Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL entwickelt. In diesem Tutorial beschreiben wir, wie man mit Hilfe des Swiss Geo Downloaders das hochgenaue Höhenmodell swissALTI3D herunterladen und für die Seillinienplanung mit dem Plugin Seilaplan verwenden kann. Link zum Swiss Geo Downloader: https://pimoll.github.io/swissgeodownloader Link zur Seilaplan-Webseite: https://seilaplan.wsl.ch

Raczynski, K., Nagel, A., & Cartwright, J. H. (2025). GEO Tutorial: Dealing with Coastal Flooding series, part 6: Calculating Spatial Statistics Of Inundated Areas. Mississippi State University: Geosystems Research Institute. [View Document] GEO TutorialNumber of Pages: 5Publication Date: 06/2025This work was supported through funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Geospatial Modeling Grant, Award # NA19NOS4730207.

This dataset contains example data for the Mountain Image Analysis Suite (MIAS) plugin for QGIS. The plugin is available for download through GitHub. MIAS was developed on images from the Mountain Legacy Project. A written tutorial is available for download. The dataset contains the following layers: Digital surface model at 1 m resolution for the Lost Horse Creek Valley in Waterton Lakes National Park, AB, Canada provided by Parks Canada. Digital terrain model at 1 m resolution for the Lost Horse Creek Valley in Waterton Lakes National Park, AB, Canada provided by Parks Canada. High resolution oblique image from the Mountain Legacy Project collection captured on the shoulder of Mt Blakiston by Dominion Land Surveyor Morrison P. Bridgland in 1914. High resolution oblique image from the Mountain Legacy Project collection captured on the shoulder of Mt Blakiston by Mountain Legacy researchers in 2004. Corresponding landcover classification masks created in MIAS for the two oblique images with associated probability layers (.npy). Virtual photograph constructed from elevation data through MIAS replicating the view in the two oblique images. Text file with the camera parameters used to create the virtual photograph. Aligned versions of the two landcover masks after alignment with the virtual photograph and the associated alignment tie points. Viewsheds for each oblique image comprising classified and georeferenced rasters, and associated probability layers for use in mosaicking.

Quick Guide to Mapping Occurrences in QGIS

A 40-minute tutorial to use OGC webservices offered by the Mission Atlantic GeoNode in your data analysis. The workshop makes use of Python Notebooks and common GIS Software (ArcGIS and QGIS), basic knowledge of Python and/or GIS software is recommended. • Introduction to OGC services • Search through metadata using the OGC Catalogue Service (CSW) • Visualize data using OGC Web Mapping Service (WMS) • Subset and download data using OGC Web Feature and Coverage Services (WFS/WCS) • Use OGC services with QGIS and/or ArcGIS

Raczynski, K., Nagel, A., & Cartwright, J. H. (2025). GEO Tutorial: Dealing with Coastal Flooding series, part 4: Hydrologic Raster Preparation: Resampling and Burning Stream Network: Geosystems Research Institute. [View Document] GEO TutorialNumber of Pages: 5Publication Date: 05/2025 This work was supported through funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Geospatial Modeling Grant, Award # NA19NOS4730207.