GIS & Spatial Data

Compiled by Alberta Auringer Wood: Bibliographic Control Committee of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)

Guide from Brock University Map, Data & GIS Library

Definitions for GIS terms related to operations such as analysis, GIS modeling and web-based GIS, cartography, and Esri software.

U. of Lethbridge faculty, staff, and students have free, unlimited-seat access to self-paced, self-study courses at ESRI Virtual Campus. Courses are authored by third parties-academic and industry specialists, they teach users about a variety of topics related to geographic information systems (GIS), and they provide hands-on training for the ESRI GIS software installed at the University. Please use your @uleth.ca email account to contact Jackie Montain (j.montain@uleth.ca), the ESRI site license administrator, for access codes and further information.

Video Tutorials: ArcMap 10; ArcGIS Online; ArcGIS Explorer Online; Google Earth; SimplyMap Canada.

Everything from overviews of GIS to step-by-step instructions for how to perform common tasks.

The Geospatial Historian is a tutorial-based open access textbook for historical scholars and digital humanists edited by Jim Clifford and Josh MacFadyen. It is designed to teach practical digital mapping and GIS skills that are immediately useful to real research needs.