Administrative Units
Tool-specific Documentation Links
QGIS
- Joining features between layers (QGIS Documentation)
- Tool-based documentation
- Performing Table Joins
- A short tutorial that walks you through obtaining a population data table and a boundary file from the US Census website, uploading them into QGIS, and creating a new joined file using a Table Join. Also includes steps to create a population density map for California from this new file.
ArcGIS Pro
- Add Join (Data Management)
- Tool-based documentation
- Join tabular data to a spatial layer
- A 15 minute tutorial that has you join a CSV of data to a layer in ArcGIS Pro
ArcGIS Online
- Join Features
- Tool-based documentation
- Join a table to a feature layer in ArcGIS Online
- A 15 minute tutorial that has you join data from a CSV to an existing layer in ArcGIS Online
Best practices for map-making
- ESRI: Create maps, scenes, and apps
- Building Beautiful Interactive Mapping Applications with ArcGIS Basemap Services
- QGIS
- Google Earth: Create engaging map experiences
Cleaning Messy Data
Different ways to symbolize data
- https://gistbok-ltb.ucgis.org/page/current/concept/AM-02-009
- https://www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/documents/barrell02/images/ch18.pdf.html
- https://community.environicsanalytics.com/hc/en-us/articles/13299751591437-What-are-the-Mapping-Classification-Methods
- https://www.axismaps.com/guide/data-classification
How to make an interactive map
- ESRI: Create maps, scenes, and apps
- Building Beautiful Interactive Mapping Applications with ArcGIS Basemap Services
- QGIS
- Google Earth: Create engaging map experience
How to print or take a screenshot of a map
I want to know more about my data
- Introduction to metadata
- About ISO
- ISO Geospatial Metadata Standards
- Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
Let’s choose a platform for your map
Visualize your data in a GIS program
Work with images
Georeferencing
- Imagery and Its Use in GIS
- Georeference historical imagery in ArcGIS Pro
- Georeferencing a Map (QGIS)
- Hand-drawn historic maps: Utilization and conversion of unique features into Geographic Information Systems
Creating points / lines /polygons
- Creating lines and polygons
- Create a Layer and Add Features in ArcGIS Online *Create points on a map (ArcGIS Pro)
- Create features in QGIS
