Professional Tutorials

Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing
ARC/INFO Training
Accessing Spatial Data  the tutorial will introduce the user to the concepts of GIS, spatial data, GIS software, the NSDI and geographic data clearinghouses
ArcView and MapObjects: An Architectural Comparison for Application Developers
About GIS for Hydrology
ArcView Field Guides and Training Resources
All About GPS This tutorial is designed to give you a good basic understanding of the principles behind GPS without loading you down with too much technical detail. Info. includes why GPS? what is GPS? how GPS works? Differential GPS, putting GPS to work, and GPS applications like- Free Flight It's a coordinated set of technologies that will one day give airline pilots a lot more autonomy, Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) is a technology used for tracking vehicles, vessels, and mobile assets such as trailers, containers, and equipment. Hosted by Trimble
AllGPS is GPS for Kindergarten and up. All you need to know about the Global Positioning System! Whimsical tutorial on all about GPS. Interweaves information with games about GPS using Sherlock Holmes as your guide.

Basic Hydrologic Concepts
Buffering Themes by ESRI. Useful for determining "areas of influence"! ArcView 3.0
Buffering Themes by ESRI. Create a buffer around selected features in ArcView 3.1 & 3.2
Building Searchable Databases for GIS Metadata
BASINS Helps Solve the Watershed Puzzle

Comparative Analysis Learning Activity Water, water everywhere! How does it compare?
Creating Grids, Contours and Hillshades in ArcView® Spatial Analyst
Creating Grids Using ARC/INFO
Customizing Legends in a layout by ESRI. Working with the legend tool extension in ArcView 3.1 & 3.2
Creating Your Own Data by ESRI. Make a map using your own data!
Customizing ArcView by ESRI. Incorporate Avenue scripts into your ArcView Project
Creating a Map of Census Data Using ArcView GIS Tutorials for Creating Maps of Census Data (U. Michigan)

Decision Support Applications
DTM Surface and Contouring
Data from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Database Concepts by Kenneth E. Foote and Donald J. Huebner. (includes GIS as representations of Reality, Basic Types of Representation: Raster and Vector Reality, Organizing Attribute Data, example of Topological Relationships, Object Oriented Databases, and Idea of Expert System etc)
Decision Support Applications Recent developments associated with decision support systems in water resources by David w. Watkins, Jr. and Daene C. McKinney
Digital images and digital analysis techniques Download this basic course on Remote Sensing and try the exercises.
Definitions of Remote Sensing Conventional & Unconventional. What is remote sensing anyhow? Experts have provided both straight and wacky explanations. By CCRS.

EDUSAT: An easy way to learn Space Imaging 

Forecast Process
Fundamentals of Remote Sensing Tutorial
FarmAssist 6.0 (On-line Tutorial Wizard)

GIS for Civil and Environmental Engineers
GIS Applications in Hydrology
GIS and Extreme Hydrology
Geographic Information Systems created by the USGS (talks about what is a GIS, how does a GIS work, what's special about a GIS, and applications of GIS)
GIS and Hydrologic Modeling  an Assessment of Progress
GIS and the Geographer's Craft - Notes and Study Materials 
GIS and Remote Sensing
GIS in Water Resources  courses, offered by David R. Maidment, University of Texas at Austin
GPS Tutorial Overview on Timeline, Intro., and Facts. Also covers solving for position, signal structures, DLL tracking, Error sources, navigational data processing, observation equation, applications and precision. Provided by Aalborg Univ. Dept. of Control Eng.
GPS Tutorial There are currently over a hundred models of GPS units on the market today. The International GPS Global Positioning System Waypoint Registry are trying to figure out how to make a tutorial for all of those different models. They are working on a generic one now.
Global Positioning System Overview These materials were developed by Peter H. Dana, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin, 1994. May be used for study, research, and education in not-for-profit applications.
GPS: A New Constellation Very well put together exhibit from the National Air and Space Museum. Also has examples of GPS applications in various industries.
GPS Primer Categorized tutorial on GPS from the Aerospace Corporation. Also includes Military uses for GPS and GPS uses in everyday life.
GPS Tutor Tutorial from Quality Engineering and Survey Technology (QUEST). Find additional information about differential correction, samples of GPS & DGPS scatter plots and accuracy measurements.
GPS Tutorial from Topcon, a maker of GPS units. Has an interesting historical overview going back to prehistory. Info  divided into hyperlinked chapters. Includes advanced features and radio modems.
Garmin's GPS Guide for beginners GPS technology is rapidly changing how people find their way around the Earth. Whether it be for fun, saving lives, getting there faster, or whatever use you can dream up, GPS navigation is becoming more common every day. This guide will give you enough information to get you involved in the fun that awaits you.
GPS Tutorial is to provide you with an overview on the GPS,  that is the basis of today's monitoring technology. Additional sections will be added over the coming weeks and months, with each building on previous section. Provided by TRUCKBASE Corporation.

Hydrology for the Meteorologist: The Headwater Forecast Process
Hydrology for the Meteorologist Decision Aid  Issuing Flood Watches and Warnings for Small Streams and Headwater Basins
Hydrology for the Meteorologist: Basic Hydrology for Headwater Forecasting
HEC-PrePro An ArcView Pre-Processor for HEC’s Hydrologic Modeling System
Hydrologic Modelling Workshop (8.0 mb!) (by Minnesota Department of Natural Resource's)This workshop is a basic overview of incorporating GIS tools into Hydrologic Modeling using ArcView's Spatial Analyst Extension
Hydrologic Forecast Process for Small Streams and Headwater Basins  Flowchart Illustration (19K) 

IAC - Inter-Application Communication  Tutorial
IDRISI Tutorial a very coarse introduction to Image Processing.
Introduction to Desktop Mapping & ArcView
Inter-Application Communication (IAC) Tutorial
Intro to ArcView (by Minnesota Department of Natural Resource's)
Introduction to Digital Images & Digital Analysis Techniques A Basic Course for the Appreciation of Digital Analysis of Remotely Sensed Multispectral Data
Introduction to Basic Ground-Water Flow By the earthDr!

LandView II Tutorial
Land Evaluation by David G. Rossiter, Cornell University
Looking at the Earth's Environment through the "Eyes" of a Satellite guide for student research projects, on remote sensing and the environment.

Map Based Hydrology
Manipulating Legends in ArcView

NCGIA Core Curriculum for Technical Programs 

Projecting Data in ArcView
Project ASSIST  GRASS Page
Project ASSIST  Idrisi Support Materials
Project ASSIST Arc/Info Support Materials
Project ASSIST  Idrisi Support Materials

River Forecast
Radar-based Precipitation Estimates
Remote Sensing Tutorial the central aim of this tutorial is to familiarize, and in so doing instruct, you as to what remote sensing is,what its applications are, and what you need to know in order to interpret and, hopefully, use the data/information being acquired by satellite, air, and ground sensors.
Remote Sensing Core Curriculum  
A Remote Sensing Tutorial for Natural Resource Managers, Descriptive
Representation of Spatial Knowledge   Tutorial 
Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation & Analysis
Radars Remote Sensing Guide consists of two web-based instructional modules that use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web.
Radar and Stereoscopy Tutorial create the illusion of three dimensions using two dimensional images! This tutorial will show you how it's done
Radar Mapping Techniques and Applications
Remote Sensing of the Global Environment
RADARSAT at Titanic's Gravesite. Download a digital version of the poster that marks the spot where the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg on April 14, 1912 at 2340h. Learn more about how the poster was made, ice monitoring from space, Remote sensing, and RADARSAT.

SHEF Tutorial
Simple Road Design
Spatial Analysis Principles
Spatial Hydrology using ArcView GIS 
Satellites  Remote Sensing Guide consists of two web-based instructional modules that use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web.
Satellite data reception an animated explanation of how satellite data works at the CCRS receiving stations.  

The Hurricane module
The use of GPS/Computer combination  An introduction.
The Army GPS Tutorial provides a non-technical, operational perspective of the NAVSTAR GPS for Staff Officers and Senior NCOs in all Branches of the Army. It explains the actions necessary in planning and conducting combat operations and operations other than war to capitalize on the diverse capabilities of GPS that support the Army mission. The GPS Tutorial also contains a PLGR emulator that allows the user to become familiar with the PLGR interface. The GPS Tutorial CDROM is also available. By Terrain Visualization Center, DOD.
The Canadian Communities Atlas Project GeoAccess(formerly the National Atlas Information Service of Geomatics Canada) in partnership with a Teacher's Advisory Group from the Canadian Council for Geographic Education, is offering this Internet based project to schools across Canada. By participating and creating a Community Atlas web site, schools will be able to be part of the National Atlas of Canada. The sixth edition, an Internet based version, is currently underway and will provide the very best geographical and geospatial information and data.
The National Atlas of Canada is for interactive learning about Canada's Geography.

Using LIDAR Data in an ArcView® Project
Useful ArcView® Extensions
USGS GIS Tutorial
Using ArcView Maps on your Web Page by ESRI. how to create an ArcView layout from scratch (rather than using a template), and then export your layout to a JPEG image file for use on your web page
Using E-STAT with ArcView by ESRI. E-STAT is Statistics Canada's interactive learning tool, available on-line and on CD-ROM (Windows) designed specifically for the education community ( ArcView 3.1 & 3.2)
UNDERSTANDING GIS  The ARC/INFO METHOD - Follow-up Reference Guide 

Watching Over Our Planet From Space focused on kids level! Introduced to remote sensing through a series of fun activities using environmental applications.
What is Geographic Information Science? by Michael F. Goodchild, University of California Santa Barbara
Work of Water on the Land Fluvial Geomorphology 
Working With CAD Drawings by ESRI. CAD Drawings - what they are, and how you can use them in ArcView
WFO Hydrologic Forecast System (WHFS)Workshop Material 

Introductory Overview
RiverPro On-Station Training: Lesson Plans and Exercises
Workshop Exercises on HydroBase
Workshop Exercises on HydroView

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