ESRI ArcGIS is the industry standard of Geographic Information Systems software. It can create, edit, visualize, analyze and publish geospatial information on Windows. In the workshop you will learn how to work with geospatial raster data.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to

• Understand the principles of a GIS and the basics of geospatial data
• Understand the structure of ArcMap and common data types used
• Understanding raster data
• Raster calculation
• Importing ASCII raster files
• Define projection
• Mosaic rasters
• Masking raster (by shape & by values)
• Zonal statistics
• DEMs/Hydrology (Slope, Aspect, Hillshade)
• Map Algebra
• Display and design a map

Prerequisite: none

Requirement: Before you come to the workshop, please have either have ArcMap installed on your Windows computer (you can get your complimentary license as a McGill student, faculty or staff member by contacting us at gicsupport@mcgill.ca) or make yourself accustomed with logging into one of our public computers in the GIC (see our homepage how to do so).

This workshop will be hosted online on Zoom and takes about 2.5 hours.  Registration opens Feb 9 and is closed at noon on the day of the workshop. You will subsequently receive the Zoom link before the workshop starts. The instructor will be Ruilan Shi.