GIS at UCD and on the Web: Mapping and GIS tutorials & courses
UCD Library GIS Guide
Free Open Source GIS Module - Learning about GIS and How to Use QGIS
Click on the link above and it will take you to the Library Guide page with all of the course content.
Library Training
Build Your Research Skills @ UCD Library
This semester we are running in-person presentations and workshops on a range of practical topics to help support your research.
Click on the image above to book & attend any of these Library events
Guides Created by UCD Library
- Creating a Bounding Box for an Historic Irish Map using MapGenieBy creating a bounding box around a geo-referenced map image you can obtain the co-ordinates of the corners of the map minus the sheet frame or margin.
- Georeferencing historical maps with ArcGISIn this guide you will learn how to georeference a scanned map in ArcGIS and using the OSI 25inch mapping series from MapGenie.
- Georeferencing historical maps in Google Earth_Version 7.1.7.2606In this guide you will learn how to georeference a scanned map and save it as a KMZ file.
- ArcGIS Online - Getting StartedThese step-by-step instructions, created by UCD Library, will help you get set up to use ArcGIS Online in UCD. You can start learning ArcGIS Online using the sample exercises together with the files you need to complete them.
Updated May 2023
How to Import a CSV file into ArcGIS Pro and Save the Layer as a Geodatabase
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Importing a CSV File with Lat / Long into ArcGIS ProThese step-by-step instructions show how to Import a CSV file into ArcGIS Pro to display the addresses as points on a map. The results can be saved as a geodatabase and used again in other ArcGIS Projects - the instructions show how to do this.
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Oak Trees of IrelandThis CSV file contains the data required to complete the exercise in the PDF 'Importing a CSV file into ArcGIS'.
Show Data on a Free World Map using ArcGIS
- Show Data on a Free World Map using ArcGIS ProAdd your data from a spreadsheet (see below) to this free map of the world shapefile. Learn how to do this in a step-by-step way using ArcGIS Pro. Updated December 2024.
- Number of research publications per countryYou can use this spreadsheet for this practical exercise. This will help you learn how to add data from a spreadsheet to a free world map shapefile in ArcGIS.
Free world shapefile with numerical data displayed
Other GIS tutorials and training
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Digimap Collections : Import Data to GISThe exercises on this page require access to ArcGIS or QGIS software for geospatial data analysis. All resources can be downloaded and adapted for use in your own teaching and learning.
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Georeferencing Maps using ArcMap : a TutorialThis lesson from Geospatial Historian will teach you how to georeference a scanned historic map as raster data in ArcMap.
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GIS-related podcasts and tutorialsGeospatial Centre at the University of Waterloo staff have created podcasts and hands-on tutorials to assist new users with the basics of specific software programs, including one named ArcGIS beginner. Each tutorial comes with a manual and corresponding Geographic Information System (GIS) files.
Georeferencing Tutorial using an Historical Map from the USA
Drones - Data Processing, Visualization, and Modelling Course
Enhance Your Skills with UCD Geography's Summer Drone Course
The UCD School of Geography is offering two specialized drone courses this July 2025. Whether you're new to drones or looking to advance your data processing skills, we have an option for you.
One-Day Courses Two-Day Courses
2nd July 9:30 - 17:00 14th - 15th July 9:30 - 17:00
3rd July 9:30 - 17:00 17th - 18th July 9:30 - 17:00
31st July 9:30 - 17:00 21st - 22nd July 9:30 - 17:00
24th - 25th July 9:30 - 17:00
28th - 29th July 9:30 - 17:00
For further details and to book a place, click this link: UCD Geography's Summer Drone Course
Latest Courses News
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Geospatial MOOCs and Free Online CoursesSearch for MOOC and Free Online Courses from Coursera, edX, ESRI, FutureLearn and other top providers and universities in a wide range of categories and subjects.
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Training Courses for R and QGISNick Bearman offers a variety of courses on GIS and spatial data including using R and QGIS.
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CartographyNext course dates: 27th August - 8th October 2025
Registration closes: 11th September 2025
Sign up for this free Massive Open Online Course from ESRI to discover how to make maps using ArcGIS Pro. This course shows how to produce engaging maps that communicate with impact. -
GIS for Climate ActionNext course dates: 19th February - 2nd April 2025
Registration closes: 6th March 2025
Sign up for this free Massive Open Online Course from ESRI. This course uses ArcGIS Pro 3.3. A changing climate creates complex, interrelated, and inherently geographic challenges. Because it uses location as a common thread, GIS technology is uniquely suited to create clarity from myriad data sources and illuminate climate-related risks, opportunities, and sustainable solutions. -
Imagery in ActionNext course dates: 20th September - 1st November, 2023
Registration closes: 4th October 2023
Sign up for this free Massive Open Online Course from ESRI to learn—or learn more—about the many uses of imagery, the many types of imagery, and the rapidly growing integration of imagery with GIS. -
Going Places with Spatial AnalysisNext course dates: 29th January- 12th March 2025
Registration closes 13th February 2025
Sign up for this free 6-week Massive Open Online Course from ESRI and learn about the capabilities of spatial data analysis. It gives free access to the full analytical capabilities of ArcGIS Online. -
Modern Remote Sensing and Image AnalysisIn this webinar from Esri learn how imagery is used in a variety of domains for monitoring environmental change, creating digital twins and smarter cities, and responding to disasters.
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Physalia CoursesPhysalia-courses provides scientific training courses and workshops in R, Python, Remote Sensing, Spatial Statistics and other software for biological data.
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Spatial Data Science : the New Frontier in AnalyticsNext course dates: 17th September - 29th October 2025
Registration closes: 2nd October 2025
The course uses ESRI's ArcGIS Pro 3.3 and explores the application of spatial data science to uncover hidden patterns and improve predictive modelling.
GIS Courses & Training
- Environmental Geospatial Data AnalysisA 6 week fully online micro-credential course from the University of Limerick. This module will train students in the use of open source and/or commercial Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software to analyse environmental and other geospatial data.
- Technological University Dublin - MSc in Geographic Information ScienceThis programme is offered in both full-time and part-time modes.
- MSc in Geographic Information Science - TUDThis brochure describes the MSc in Geographic Information Science courses at Technological University Dublin.
- UCD School of Geography - Structured GIS ElectiveThe BSc in Social Sciences programme provides a unique opportunity for you to develop your GIS skills through a structured elective. This brochure outlines the modules available.
- UCC - MSc GeoinformaticsThis twelve-month full-time course covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of geoinformatics, including Geographical Information Systems and Science (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), geospatial data analysis and visualisation, programming, and internet GIS.
- YouTube - Geographic Information Systems (GIS)A collection of videos on GIS and all aspects of geographic information from the past few years.
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