GIS (Geographic Information System)

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information. It uses data that is attached to a unique location.

— USGS

Common Applications

Any organizations that heavily uses maps uses GIS. This includes energy, navigation, federal institutions, biology/ecology, construction, urban planning, geology, and many more.

Resources

All resources are chosen by Data Mine staff to be of decent quality, and most if not all content is free.

Websites

Indiana GIS Portal

GIS (National Geographic)

What is GIS? (CDC)

What is GIS (Esri, makers of ArcGIS)

Videos

GeoSpatial Analysis With Python For Beginners(~1 hour)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Dan Scollon at TEDxRedding (~16 minutes)

Books

Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R (2013)

Introduction to GIS programming and fundamentals with Python and ArcGIS (2017)

GIS fundamentals : a first text on geographic information systems (2019)

Python for ArcGIS pro : automate cartography and data analysis using ArcPy, ArcGIS API for Python, notebooks, and pandas (2022)

Articles

“FluvialCorridor”: A new ArcGIS toolbox package for multiscale riverscape exploration (2015)

IG-Mapper: A new ArcGIS® toolbox for the geostatistics-based automated geochemical mapping of igneous rocks (2017)

Digital soil mapping in the Bara district of Nepal using kriging tool in ArcGIS (2018)

Physical-Chemical Properties and Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metals in Agriculture Soil in Al-Qadisiyah City by using ArcGIS and Multivariate Analysis (2022)