Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialization

Map Your World With GIS. Explore the tools, concepts, and terminology of spatial analysis and modeling

Instructor: Eric Howard

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4 course series

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2 months to complete

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4 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

4.8

(6,099 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 months to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Create and work with raster data.
Develop and analyze data for the geospatial analysis project.
Develop a large processing workflow in ModelBuilder.
Interpret and explain the results you obtained in comparison to your original GIS question and/or hypothesis.

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Specialization - 4 course series

Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is an increasingly sought after skill in industries from agriculture to public health. This Specialization, offered in partnership with ArcGIS developer Esri, will teach the skills you need to successfully use GIS software in a professional setting. You will learn how to analyze your spatial data, use cartography techniques to communicate your results in maps, and collaborate with peers in GIS and GIS-dependent fields.

Applied Learning Project

Learners will work through the various course projects to gain experience and skills related to geographic information systems. Each course builds on the knowledge of the previous and the final course provides you a survey of the various industries GIS is being used.

Fundamentals of GIS

Course 126 hours

What you'll learn

Define core geospatial concepts
Practice with subset data using selections and feature attributes
Create map books using advanced mapping techniques
Create layer and map packages

Skills you'll gain

Category: ArcGIS

Category: Geographic Information Systems

Category: Metadata Management

Category: Spatial Analysis

Category: Data Manipulation

Category: Data Access

Category: Geospatial Mapping

Category: Data Import/Export

Category: Data Visualization

Category: Data Quality

Category: Data Mapping

Category: Data Sharing

Category: Data Analysis

GIS Data Formats, Design and Quality

Course 226 hours

What you'll learn

Design data tables and use separating and joining data in a relational database
Write query strings to subset data
Create and work with raster data
Create web maps

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Quality

Category: ArcGIS

Category: Data Storage

Category: Data Manipulation

Category: Data Management

Category: Spatial Analysis

Category: Relational Databases

Category: Data Modeling

Category: Data Sharing

Category: Query Languages

Category: Geospatial Mapping

Category: Database Design

Category: Analytics

Category: Geographic Information Systems

Geospatial Analysis with ArcGIS

Course 312 hours

What you'll learn

Apply your GIS knowledge in this course on geospatial analysis, focusing on analysis tools, 3D data, working with rasters, projections, and environment variables. Through all four weeks of this course, we'll work through a project together - something unique to this course - from project conception, through data retrieval, initial data management and processing, and finally to our analysis products.

In this class you will learn the fundamentals of geospatial and environmental analysis during four week-long modules: Week 1: How to represent spatial data and analyze spatial relationships using ArcGIS Pro Week 2: Conduct Network-Based Analysis Week 3: Demonstrate Heatmaps and Hotspot Analysis in ArcGIS Pro Week 4: Expand your knowledge of data storytelling. Learn how to visually display your data and sharing your maps in ArcGIS Online. Take Geospatial Analysis with ArcGIS as a standalone course or as part of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialization. You should have equivalent experience to completing the first and second courses in this specialization, "Fundamentals of GIS" and "GIS Data Formats, Design, and Quality", before taking this course. By completing this third class in the Specialization you will gain the skills needed to succeed in the full program.