GIS at UCD and on the Web: Mapping and GIS tutorials & courses

The 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.

This lesson from Geospatial Historian will teach you how to georeference a scanned historic map as raster data in ArcMap.

Geospatial 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.

Search 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.

Geospatial Training Solutions offers a variety of courses on GIS and spatial data including using R and QGIS.

Next 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.

Next 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.

Next 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.

Next 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.

In 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.

Physalia-courses provides scientific training courses and workshops in R, Python, Remote Sensing, Spatial Statistics and other software for biological data.

Next 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.

A 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.

This programme is offered in both full-time and part-time modes.

The 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.

This 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.

A collection of videos on GIS and all aspects of geographic information from the past few years.