ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) & More

• EsriI’s Academy Training Courses 
  • Training modules produced by ESRI, including self-paced courses, seminars, videos, and other resources covering a variety of ArcGIS topics and tools.  
    • Suggested Courses to “Get Started:” 
      • Get Started with ArcMap (3 hours) 
      • ArcGIS Online Basics (1.5 hours) 
      • Getting Started with ArcGIS Pro (5.5 hours) 
• Documentation on ArcGIS 
  • Documentation on ArcGIS applications such as ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcMap and more.  
• ArcGIS Lesson Gallery 
  • Quick lessons that approach GIS learning from a variety of topical applications such as environment, health, humanities, public safety, etc. 

QGIS (Open Source) 

• Documentation Manual for QGIS 3.10 
  • Manual for using QGIS software.
• QGIS Tutorials and Tips 
  • QGIS tutorials and tips on the overview, basic GIS operations, intermediate GIS operations, advanced GIS operations, network analysis, python scripting (PyQGIS), and web mapping. 

Google Earth and Google Earth Pro 

• Introduction – Google Earth User Guide 
  • A PDF user’s guide that includes a variety of topics to learn Google Earth basics.
• Google Earth Outreach 
  • Training tutorials on Google Earth platform that include: 
    • Creating a map or Story in Google Earth Web 
    • Annotating Google Earth Desktop 
    • Importing Geography Information Systems (GIS) data in Google Earth Desktop 
    • Mapping from a Google Spreadsheet 
    • Adding Legends, logos, and banners to Google Earth Desktop with Screen Overlays 

Additional Free Online Courses 

• COURSERA  
  • Learn a variety of skills from top Universities. Currently there are 49 courses that included learning GIS skills: COURSERA - GIS  
  • Suggested COURSERA courses to "Get Started": 
    • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialization – UC DAVIS  
    • Maps and the Geospatial Revolution – Penn State   
    • GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis – University of Toronto 
• Open Education Resources – OPEN.ED@PSU 
  • Advanced courses hosted by Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) and OER’s initiative that provides resources for free-of-charge under the Creative Commons License. 
  • Suggested courses:
    • GIS Analysis and Design (GEOG 468)
    • Exploring Imagery and Elevation Data in GIS applications (GEOG 480)
    • Making Maps that Matter with GIS (GEOG 482)