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Rotch Library, building 7-238

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General Online Help For ESRI Products

  • ArcGIS 10 Desktop Help (includes tutorials)
  • ESRI web-based help overview

    ESRI Virtual Campus Courses free for MIT Students

    ESRI virtual campus classes are available to the MIT community through our site license. These courses are all online and can be started and stopped at one's convenience. If you would like to take one of these online courses please send an email to gishelp@mit.edu listing the name of the course(s) you are interested in taking. A gis specialist will then email you the course codes necessary for beginning the class.

    Courses that do not require a code, as indicated below, are listed on the ESRI Virtual Campus website: http://campus.esri.com/. You do not need to email gishelp before taking these courses.

    General GIS Courses:

  • Understanding Geographic Data
  • Understanding GIS Queries
  • Understanding Map Projections and Coordinate Systems
  • Creating and Integrating Data for Natural Resource Applications
  • GIS for Humanitarian Mine Action (no access code required)
  • ArcGIS General Introductory Courses:
  • Getting Started with GIS (for ArcGIS 9.2-9.3) (no access code required)
  • Getting Started with GIS (for ArcGIS 10) (no access code required)
  • Learning ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 9.2-9.3)
  • Learning ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 10)
  • Turning Data into Information using ArcGIS 10 (no access code required)
  • Working with Coordinate Systems in ArcGIS 10
  • Basics of Geographic Coordinate Systems
  • Basics of Map Projections
  • Getting Started with Cartographic Representations
  • Advanced Techniques for Cartographic Representations
  • Editing in ArcGIS Desktop 10 (no access code required)
  • The 15-Minute Map: Creating a Basic Map in Arcmap
  • Using ArcMap in ArcGIS Desktop 10
  • Using ArcCatalog: Tips and Tricks
  • Cartographic Design using ArcGIS 9
  • Creating and Editing Labels and Annotation
  • Creating and Maintaining Metadata Using ArcGIS Desktop
  • Geocoding with ArcGIS Desktop
  • ArcGIS Working with Rasters:

  • Basics of Raster Data (for ArcGIS 10)
  • Working with Rasters in ArcGIS Desktop
  • Georeferencing Rasters in ArcGIS
  • Organizing Raster Data Using ArcGIS 10
  • Deriving Rasters for Terrain Analysis Using ArcGIS 10
  • Displaying Raster Data Using ArcGIS 10
  • Processing Raster Data Using ArcGIS 10
  • Using Raster Data for Site Selection
  • Performing Spatial Interpolation Using ArcGIS 10
  • Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
  • ArcGIS Working in 3D:

  • Learning ArcGIS 3D Analyst
  • 3D Analysis of Surfaces and Features Using ArcGIS 10
  • 3D Visualization Techniques Using ArcGIS 10
  • Introduction to Surface Modeling Using ArcGIS 10
  • Creating 3D Data Using ArcGIS 10
  • ArcGIS Interoperability:

  • Introduction to ArcGIS Data Interoperability Spatial ETL Tools
  • ArcGIS Data Interoperability Basics (no access code required)
  • Advanced Format Translations with ArcGIS Data Interoperability Spatial ETL Tools
  • Custom ArcGIS Data Interoperability Tools and Spatial ETL Best Practices
  • Data Transformation with ArcGIS Data Interoperability Spatial ETL Tools
  • Multiple Dataset Translations Using ArcGIS Data Interoperability
  • ArcGIS Geodatabases:

  • Basics of the Geodatabase Data Model
  • Getting Started with the Geodatabase (for ArcGIS 10)
  • Creating and Editing Geodatabase Features with ArcGIS Desktop
  • Creating and Editing Geodatabase Topology with ArcGIS Desktop
  • Creating, Editing, and Managing Geodatabases for ArcGIS Desktop
  • Working with Geodatabase Subtypes and Domains
  • Getting Started with Geodatabase Topology
  • Versioned Editing Workflows for the Multiuswer Geodatabase
  • Python:

  • Basics of Python
  • Using Python in ArcGIS Desktop 10 (no access code required)
  • Python Scripting for Map Automation in ArcGIS 10
  • Python Scripting for Geoprocessing Workflows
  • ArcGIS Other:

  • Introduction to ArcGIS 9 Geostatistical Analyst (no access code required)
  • Introduction to ArcLogistics 9.3 (no access code required)
  • Network Analysis Using ArcGIS 10
  • Introduction to Map Production System-Atlas (no access code required)
  • Distance Analysis Using ArcGIS 10
  • Exploring Spatial Patterns in Your Data Using ArcGIS 10
  • Introduction to Editing Parcels Using ArcGIS Desktop 10
  • Managing Parcel Data Using ArcGIS Desktop 10
  • Getting Started with Linear Referencing with ArcGIS Desktop
  • Using LIDAR Data in ArcGIS
  • Managing LIDAR Data in ArcGIS
  • Teaching with GIS: Introduction to Using GIS in the classroom
  • Working with Annotation Using ArcGIS 10
  • Building Models for GIS Analysis Using ArcGIS 10
  • Linear Referencing Using ArcGIS 10
  • Linear Referencing with ArcGIS Desktop
  • Geoprocessing with ArcGIS Desktop
  • Managing Imagery with ArcGIS 10
  • Using ArcGIS for Land Records Management (no access code required)
  • Mobile GIS:

  • Mobile GIS: Creating Web Maps for Lightweight Mobile Apps (no access code required)
  • Mobile GIS: Using the ArcGIS for iOS Application (no access code required)
  • Mobile GIS: Creating Data Collection Applications Using the ArcGIS API for iOsM
  • Mobile GIS: Getting Started with the ArcGIS API for iOs
  • Mobile GIS: Creating Web Maps for Lightweight Mobile Apps
  • Using ArcGIS for Smartphones and Tablets (no access code required)
  • Other ESRI software :

  • Working with ArcPad 7
  • Customizing ArcPad
  • Field GIS: Collecting and Editing Data Using Arcpad 10
  • Working with Map Topology in ArcGIS (ArcView)
  • Introduction to GIS Data Reviewer (no access code required)
  • Using ArcGIS.com Templates to Create Web Applications (no access code required)
  • Hazard Mapping with GIS:

  • HAZUS-MH Overview and Installation (no access code required)
  • Introduction to Using HAZUS-MH for Earthquake Loss Estimation
  • Introduction to Using HAZUS-MH for Hurricane Loss Estimation
  • Introduction to Using HAZUS-MH to Assess Losses from a Riverine Flood Hazard
  • HAZUS-MH Flood Model Output and Applications
  • Integrating User-Supplied Hazard Data into the HAZUS-MH Flood Model
  • Introduction to the HAZUS-MH Comprehensive Data Management System
  • updated February 2012

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