ArcGIS Online for the Digital Humanist

Welcome to the curriculum page for the ArcGIS Online for the Digital Humanist workshop. This workshop was taught as part of the South Bend Digital Humanities Research Institute during Summer 2023.

Workshop Overview

This workshop covers the foundations of using Geographic Information Systems with ESRI's ArcGIS Online platform. ArcGIS Online is a browser-based GIS platform that allows users to create, visualize, and manipulate spatial data. Whether you are interested in working with larger datasets, collaborating on GIS-driven research projects, or creating maps to add an article, conference paper, or class project. ArcGIS Online offers an excellent workspace for researchers who are beginning to work with GIS.

Time: 2.5 hours

This resource is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Workshop Learning Objectives

After completing this workshop, you will be able to:

1. Gather, create, manage and display spatial data in ArcGIS Online.
2. Apply geospatial analysis tools and workflows to answer research questions.
3. Create data visualizations using the styles and print tools.

Workshop Data Download

All data needed to complete this workshop is available in the data folder of this repository.

Table of Contents

Session 1: Mapping

1. Geographic Information Systems - An Overview
2. Getting to Know ArcGIS Online
3. Gathering Spatial Data
4. Creating and Editing Feature Layers
5. Data Visualization in ArcGIS Online

Session 2: Geospatial Analysis

6. Geospatial Analysis - An Overview
7. Data Preparation
8. Filters
9. Extract Data
10. Table Joins
11. Data Analysis
12. WWII-Era Population Growth Mini-Lab
13. Resources

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