Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Software: An Open Source Lecture

This video provides a tutorial of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. If you are new to GIS, this video will show what GIS is and what it can and cannot do.
Free and open source GIS software and data is used in the video.
This means you can start right away with using GIS without having to purchase software or find data.
Video Chapters:
0:00:00 Start
0:00:16 Introduction - Video Topics Overview
0:01:36 Learning Objectives
0:02:36 What is GIS?
0:03:22 Parts of GIS
0:05:07 Organizing the World Geographically: Map Layers
0:05:07 What Can You Do (and Not Do) with GIS Software?
0:05:07 Data and Spatial Asset Management
0:08:54 Storage Formats
0:10:15 Storage Formats - Shapefiles
0:11:22 Imagery
0:12:16 Relational Databases
0:13:06 Data Querying
0:13:55 Spatial Query
0:14:21 Table Joining
0:14:57 Spatial Analysis
0:15:44 GIS Programming - JavaScript
0:17:21 GIS Programming - Python
0:17:44 GIS Programming - Data Science
0:18:20 Modeling - “What If?” Scenarios
0:18:51 Modeling - Transportation
0:19:21 Cartography and Map Production
0:20:26 Time and Animation
0:21:12 3D and Animation
0:21:59 Mobile GIS and Field Data Collection
0:22:46 Mobile GIS and Field Data Collection: Drones
0:23:19 GIS Limitations
0:25:38 GIS Demonstration - Introduction
0:26:05 GIS Demonstration - QGIS Overview
0:26:37 GIS Demonstration - Basemaps and Open Street Map (OSM)
0:27:23 GIS Demonstration - Plugins
0:28:16 GIS Demonstration - Basic QGIS Use
0:28:54 GIS Demonstration - Adding Data to a QGIS Map (Mumbai India Datasets)
0:31:57 GIS Demonstration - Change Layer Symbology
0:34:00 GIS Demonstration - Toggle Layer Visibility
0:35:15 GIS Demonstration - Attribute Tables
0:36:12 GIS Demonstration - Attributes and Layer Symbology
0:37:16 GIS Demonstration - Attribute Tables and Query
0:39:20 GIS Demonstration - Raster Datasets
0:41:27 GIS Demonstration - Modifying Landsat Imagery Bands
0:43:37 GIS Demonstration - Measure Tool
0:44:05 GIS Demonstration - Importing Text Files
0:48:52 Video Summary
Follow these links to access to the software and data sets used in the video.
Software:
QGIS - The free and open source GIS software used in the video:
www.qgis.org
Data:
The Mumbai India datasets - The data sets used in the video, available for free to download:
gisfordisastermanagement.com/#...
Topics discussed in the video include spatial data and asset management, imagery and remote sensing data querying and table joining, spatial analysis, GIS programming and application programming interfaces (APIs), spatial modeling, cartography, visualization, and map production, animation and 3D, mobile GIS and field data collection, and limitations of GIS.
A demonstration of GIS software is also provided to show you what GIS software looks like in practice.
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Thanks for stopping by!
Brian Tomaszewski, Ph.D.
@bangeobrian
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[@MHAUSMAN]

Thanks for posting this overview on GIS. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you!

[@7daysfan932]

I honestly thought when starting to learn about GIS in university that it would be a chore, but you managed to make it somehow interesting :P.

[@GIScienceRIT]

Awesome thank you for the feedback I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. There's so much to the fascinating world of GIS, keep exploring!

[@peterm8517]

Brian, you have a pedagogical and engaging way of conveying knowledge on GIS. Your passion for its inherent possibilities transfers to viewers. Well done!

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you for the nice feedback I appreciate it!

[@spawntez]

Thank you very much, this was my first intro to GIS. I learned something new.

[@GIScienceRIT]

Awesome! Great to hear, please subscribe to the channel keep you updated on new videos to keep on learning about gis!

[@vanessareed1172]

I'm a dev learning gis and this video is a great step in that journey. 👏🏾

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you!

[@hikpod]

This Video is amazing. Thanks alot!!!!

[@prashantagarwal5781]

Brian I have just started to listen to your video. I am an adjunct professor. You have conveyed information in a very good way.

[@GIScienceRIT]

Awesome, thank you!

[@abiyottilahun1526]

Your video has given me a very good introduction of GIS. The video is very easy to understand and practice. Hope many more is to come

[@GIScienceRIT]

So nice of you

[@brianthorson8624]

Nice video, easy to follow and understand. Thanks!

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thanks for the positive feedback! Be sure to subscribe to the channel to check out other videos, Happy learning!

[@fladners]

nice vid! Too bad the sound only comes in one earbud.

[@jhanmaido8393]

Thank you so much for this video. God bless you more!!!!

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you!

[@jamesbell8861]

Most of this was 'over my head' ... but ... I've been playing around in QGIS, just enough, that nothing you were talking about was 'foreign'. Thank you for putting this Video together.

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you for your feedback, I'm glad that you found the video useful, keep at it and soon enough you'll be a GIS expert! Be sure to subscribe to the channel and hit the notification icon to stay up to date on new videos thank you again!

[@parthbrahmbhatt1546]

Great Video.

[@JoannaU]

Best intro to GIS I have seen!!!

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you very much appreciate your feedback! Be sure to subscribe to the channel and hit the notification icon to say up to date a new videos, Happy learning!

[@robertlongoria765]

Thanks for the knowledge and for some, an excellent intorduction to a worthwile and producrtive career.

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you for the feedback! Be sure to check out other videos on the channel they can help grow your interest in GIS.

[@jamalaldinbadawi7726]

It is really great lecture, I benefit a lot, and would like to continue learning GIS from your Videos.

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you for the feedback! Be sure to subscribe to the channel and click the notification icon happy learning!

[@BlessedFigTree]

Quality education, I am going to keep an eye out for your 2nd edition book coming out soon. Merci! QGIS downloaded and I started playing with it, I'm trying to learn Python and SQL related data science lately after encountering them a little bit in my geography courses. I want to learn more about shape files as they seem unique to GIS over the general data sciences.

[@BlessedFigTree]

QGIS is surprisingly quick compared to any online arcgis program or alternatives I had learned for school. OSM maps have a lot to play with!

[@GIScienceRIT]

Awesome! Thank you for your feedback and I'm glad that you find the video useful for your education.

[@solomonakililu]

Good work

[@saywhatnow9422]

This is very helpful. Thank you!

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you, I'm glad you found the video useful. Be sure to subscribe to the channel and hit the notification icon stay up to date on new videos, Happy learning!

[@binegojoseph7984]

thanks for teaching

[@nghnino]

Wow he presented it well, thank you very much for sharing

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you! Be sure to subscribe and hit the notification icon to stay up to date on future videos on this channel thank you again

[@Damarleylaing]

Thank you ! Just started my degree in GIS !

[@GIScienceRIT]

Awesome, welcome to the amazing world of GIS!

[@Mnsabcd]

Awesome information

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you!

[@kenhaq1723]

Hello Brian ,it is wonderful video ! I am curious is there any possibility to to find out the land encroachment of a lake. We do have the GIS map of the said Lake taken in 2008 .So, considering the base year as 2008, is there any way we can integrate API to a software to find the deviation on the map so far to find the land encroachment and other changes from time to time since the base year. I will highly appreciate your suggestions and inputs on this ..

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thanks for your comment, if I'm understanding what you're trying to do, one thing you might try is taking a polygon of your lake from 2008 and then a polygon of your Lake from say 2020 and then do a clip or difference function on the two polygons to determine the changes between the two of them

[@AnujTiwari]

Nice video :)

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you!

[@mohamedabdel-aty5682]

excellent

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@louiseburgess2220]

Thanks so much for the video, it's very helpful. Are the datasets free to use under your copyright or a CC licence or 'free' free? Thanks again.

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thank you for the kind feedback, yes the data sets are free to use as I got them all from public sources and there should be a readme file about that when you download them. Thanks again and be sure to subscribe and check out other videos on the channel!

[@louiseburgess2220]

Definitely subscribed and looking forward to watching more. I'm an ESRI fan, but I'm liking QGIS more and more.

[@C_CREATURE_]

What do you think of blender for GIS? Also, do you think someone with no experience in the industry can become a "rodman" (on the field data collector) without a full understanding of the data compiling and drafting side of the industry?

[@GIScienceRIT]

I would say contact a surveying company and ask them about entry level positions and look at job descriptions for ideas on what is needed in terms of skill sets. Example: www.ziprecruiter.com/Jobs/Survey-Rodman

[@C_CREATURE_]

@@GIScienceRIT Thank you for the video, and thank you for replying

[@Damarleylaing]

is there a free open source to find datasets for your projects ?

[@metehand8838]

Hi man thanks for the video but I am wondering if GIS is still good career and demand ? thank you

[@GIScienceRIT]

yes! Take a look at: www.gjc.org/cgi-bin/listjobs.pl www.ziprecruiter.com/Jobs/GIS Note too the mix skills needed besides GIS - programming etc.

[@TehDarkOn3]

Who would have thought that after all this time playing sim city and civilization, I'd be an advanced novice in GIS.

[@GIScienceRIT]

That's the great thing about gis, many of us arrived to it from so many diverse perspectives and backgrounds. By the way check out this video on Channel the tie your interest with video games to GIS

[@GIScienceRIT]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/injVmIikj8qcrMU

[@majedbm617]

I want to learn GIS in the field of web gis, and currently I take lessons on javascript django database. Is web gis required in the market and give me advice please

[@GIScienceRIT]

Hello, it is always good to know about web GIS topics like javascript and APIs like Google, leaftlet.js, Esri and others. However, it is also depends on the kind of job you want to get and how relevant web skills are. take a look at: www.gjc.org/cgi-bin/listjobs.pl and review specific job listings and the kinds of skills they are looking for, this can guide how you spend your time with training and the kinds of jobs you might pursue.

[@8MCDonalds8]

Isn't there a site that lets you enter a land by name or address or zip code? I'm looking for the lines dividing where public can, or can't be. Like if I were walking along a road and someone randomly tells me I'm on their property but I am literally walking on the side of the road. How the hell do I know officially (legally)? I see several people I watch that use these things and they always say "Just grab the gis on it". Any time I ever try to look for any kind of GIS I never find anything that offers the information, rather just information talking about the information and all the great stuff it offers.

[@GIScienceRIT]

My initial response might be to look for data on tax Parcels if you're in the United States as that could tell you where things are in terms of legal boundaries, sometimes you can find websites that have public information on tax personal boundaries

[@benly32]

interesting

[@GIScienceRIT]

Thanks!

[@hms9520]

I need to to get digital data file for, let's say US rivers system and their streams and stuff, organized based on GPS coordinates. Will GIS software do it for me?

[@GIScienceRIT]

Yes, once you find the relevant data sets for what you're interested in, GIS software will allow you to display these data sets. In some cases software like arcgis Pro will help you to find digital data files like the ones that are interested in using internal search systems they have. Thank you for your comment

[@hms9520]

@@GIScienceRIT I am interested in getting a digital file from a visual map! Like I have the map available. I need to do geo-referencing and structure the geographical coordinate information of my area of interest together. Will ArcGIS do that for me? Is there a simpler way?

[@GIScienceRIT]

pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/2.8/help/data/imagery/georeferencing-tools.htm

[@GIScienceRIT]

I think this is what you would want to do if you already have an image that you would then like to derived geographical information from it by digitizing geo referencing and so forth

[@hms9520]

@@GIScienceRIT Thank you so much. Let me look into it.

[@SF-fb6lv]

How can I analyze the entire USA to find (amongst other 'ANDed' booleans) every house which sits on a hill? By 'sits on a hill' I mean: 'has at least 90 contiguous degrees azimuthal unobstructed negative 30 degrees slope in the terrain for at least 150 meters in elevation'. Basically I want to live on a hillside or a knoll. What (affordable to regular person) software will all this type of programming?

[@GIScienceRIT]

docs.qgis.org/3.22/en/docs/training_manual/rasters/terrain_analysis.html#moderate-fa-calculating-the-slope

[@GIScienceRIT]

Try the slope analysis tools as a starting point in qgis

[@princemassey7826]

Brian, how can I download the data set from your website?

[@GIScienceRIT]

Try: gisfordisastermanagement.com/datasets/mumbai_datasets.zip

[@GIScienceRIT]

If that doesn't work let me know thank you for your support!

[@Humble01able]

What did you get your PhD in?

[@GIScienceRIT]

Geography from Penn State

[@muhammadshaheedshammodin9803]

why are there no audio? only got audio during introduction before 1.30

[@GIScienceRIT]

There is a known technical issue with this video that it's only available in one channel so perhaps to check your left and right tanning?

[@jijizool9358]

please send me QGIS software link

[@GIScienceRIT]

You can find a link to the qgis software in the video description

[@getfanmedia]

"This is what I like to see."

[@GIScienceRIT]

I'm glad you like the video, be sure to subscribe to the channel and hit the notification icon to stay up to new content as it comes out! Thank you again

[@getfanmedia]

@@GIScienceRIT i did it thank you

[@hardrocklobsterroll395]

This guy is wearing a Pendleton shirt so I have to trust him

[@johng5295]

No sound.

[@GIScienceRIT]

Hello, this video is in mono, perhaps check you left and right speaker channel settings?

[@harneyzach]

@@GIScienceRIT watching this on a phone with headphone, I only get audio on the left side.

[@thomasayalew9530]

I am new, help me.

[@GIScienceRIT]

Watch the full video on this topic on my channel thank you for your interest