GIS Workshops and Tutorials

Mann Library offers support for both ArcGIS and Manifold.

ArcGIS

Resources at Mann Library

Mann Library offers introductory ArcGIS workshops every semester. The tutorials used during the workshops are available below. Sample data for the exercises are available on the classroom file server in the Stone Computing Center; see the individual tutorials for details.

Workshop tutorials:

• GIS I: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
  • Using ArcGIS to map Census and TIGER 2000 data (PDF)
• GIS II: Adding your own data to a GIS
  • Adding attribute data (PDF)
  • Adding GPS data (PDF)
  • Geocoding street addresses (PDF)
  • Georeferencing a scanned image (PDF)

Faculty interested in course-related GIS Instruction should contact Keith Jenkins.

The bookshelf near the Stone Center help desk contains complete documentation for ArcGIS software, including the book "Getting to Know ArcGIS," which contains many helpful tutorials to help you learn GIS.

ESRI Virtual Campus

Cornell students and staff are eligible to take some ESRI Virtual Campus courses free of charge.

Intensive 2.5-day "Introduction to ArcGIS 9.2" workshops

Stephen Smith (Cornell IRIS) will be teaching a series of 2.5-day workshops, which will use the "Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop" (2nd ed., ESRI Press, 2004) book. All participants will receive a copy. The cost of the workshop is $325 for the Cornell community, or $485 for the general public (with discounts available for multiple registrations). The workshop is being offered on four different dates:

• December 18-20, 2007
• January 15-17, 2008
• March 18-20, 2008
• May 20-22, 2008

To register, or for more information, e-mail iris@cornell.edu

Manifold

A new Manifold workshop will be held at Mann Library on April 3, 2008.

Two sets of video training tutorials, created by Art Lembo, are available for use on Stone Center classroom computers:

• An introductory tutorial created for GIS Day, 2004 (requires about 2 hours to complete). To access this tutorial, click "Classroom Files" on the desktop. The tutorial and data are in the directory GIS/Manifold_GISDay2004.
• A more comprehensive set of thirteen tutorials (requires about two days to complete all of them). To access these tutorials, click "Classroom Files" on the desktop. The tutorial and data are in the directory GIS/ManifoldVideos.

Art Lembo and his students put together a document comparing procedures in Manifold and ArcGIS: "How Do I Do This in ArcGIS/Manifold?: Illustrating Classic GIS Tasks".