China Data
ArcGIS Online map of Shanghai region highlighting Open Street Maps data and several historic maps of city centers.
ArcGIS Pro map package of the above data.
You can search for layers of interest using the ArcGIS Online search.
ArcGIS Online search for Chinese census data
Library of Congress. Search by name for area of interest.
ENWR 3550
PSYC 5500
BIOL 3090
PLAP 3700
Spring 2025 GIS Workshop Series
Looking for workshop slides, handouts, and recordings? You're in the right place!
January 28th - Introduction to ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Online is the cloud-based younger sibling of ArcGIS Pro. It can't do some of the less flashy, GISy kind of things, but it's in the cloud, it's connected, which adds all the hip functionality we've come to expect. With ArcGIS Online, you can find and create spatial data, maps, and applications. Access a limited but powerful set of analysis tools that take advantage of cloud computing and pre-configured data and resources. Share and collaborate with small groups or with the world. It's an easy-to-use entry into the world of GIS, all from the comfort of your browser.
Recording (pw: sp2025gis!)
February 4th - Find and Create Spatial Data
Start your data search with AGOL's collection of geographic information from around the globe. Not finding the data you seek? We'll cover how to create your own data, and how to share it with the world.
Recording (pw: sp2025gis!)
February 11th - Collect Data in the Field
Whether you are crowd sourcing spatial data or performing survey work, having an application that records location and uploads data directly to a mapping application is incredibly useful.
Recording (pw: sp2025gis!)
February 18th - Web Mapping and Visualization
Pop-ups, filters, clustering, advanced symbology. There are many ways to personalize your maps, enhancing the story your data tells. We’ll dive into some of the advanced functionality that allows you to fine-tune your Web Maps.
Recording - Had some technical issues, please refer to the recordings from Spring 2024.
February 25th - Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Online
Perform basic analysis with tools like Buffer and Spatial Join. Or, enhance your data, taking advantage of the always up-to-date elevation, streets, and demographics data available in ArcGIS Online with tools like Create Viewshed, Find Nearest, and Enrich. Come for the learning and stay for stories about the old days when we had to create all that data ourselves. Uphill. Both ways!!
Recording (pw: sp2025gis!)
March 4th - Instant Apps and More
Dip your toes into the world of web GIS applications with AGOL's quick-configure app builders. We'll explore a few of the many options for enriching your map and data with focused applications. From time animation to interactive multimedia, these easy-to-use templates and builders take your data to the next level.
Recording (pw: sp2025gis!)
March 11th - Spring Break, No Workshop!
Enjoy a break. We'll see you next week!
March 18th - App Your Map with Experience Builder
Continuing with the app theme, we'll go beyond templates into custom application creation. Would you like to make a custom online mapping application without having to code? We would, and do. ArcGIS Experience Builder allows users of all levels to drag and drop tools to create responsive mapping applications, from simple to expansive.
Recording (pw: sp2025gis!)
March 25th - Introduction to ArcGIS StoryMaps
StoryMaps is a web application builder that makes it easy to add narritive and multimedia context to your ArcGIS Online maps. Whether telling a story, giving a tour, or comparing historic maps, StoryMaps is an easy-to-use tool that allows you to create a polished web presentation.
Recording (pw: sp2025gis!)
FREN 4585
HIEU 2071
PSYC 5500
EGMT 1530
LA 7500 / ALAR 5403
Venice Web Map (ArcGIS Online)
Veneto Region ArcGIS Pro Package
Fall 2024 GIS Workshop Series
Looking for workshop slides, handouts, and recordings? You're in the right place! Materials are added through the semester as we teach each workshop. For more information about the workshops, check out our Blog Post.
September 11th - Making Your First Map with ArcGIS Pro
Here’s your chance to get started with geographic information systems software in a friendly, jargon-free environment. This workshop introduces the skills you need to make your own maps. Along the way you’ll get familiar with the desktop GIS application ArcGIS Pro, and a gentle introduction to cartography. You’ll leave with your own cartographic masterpieces and tips for learning more in your pursuit of mappiness at UVA.
Session Recording (pw: f2024gis!)
September 18th - Putting Old Maps and Aerial Photos on Your Map: Georeferencing in ArcGIS Pro
Would you like to see historical maps overlaid on modern aerial photography? Do you need to extract features of a map for use in GIS? Georeferencing is the first step. We will show you how to take a scan of a paper map and align in it in ArcGIS.
Session Recording (pw: f2024gis!)
September 25th - Getting Your Data on a Map
Do you have a spreadsheet of Lat/Lon coordinates you would like to see on a map? We will show you how to do that and more. ArcGIS Pro makes it easy to take your tabular data and generate stylized points on a map.
Session Recording (pw: f2024gis!)
October 2nd - Points on Your Map: Street Addresses and More Spatial Things
Do you have a list of street addresses crying out to be mapped? Have a list of zip codes or census tracts you wish to associate with other data? We’ll start with addresses and other things spatial and end with points on a map, ready for visualization and analysis.
Session Recording (pw: f2024gis!)
October 9th - Taking Control of Your Spatial Data: Editing in ArcGIS Pro
Until we perfect that magic “extract all those lines from this paper map” button we’re stuck using editing tools to get that job done. If you’re lucky, someone else has done the work to create your points, lines, and polygons but maybe they need your magic touch to make them better. This session shows you how to create and modify vector features in ArcGIS Pro. We’ll explore tools to create new points, lines, and polygons and to edit existing datasets.
Session Recording (pw: f2024gis!)
October 16th - Easy Demographics
Need to make a quick demographic map? This workshop will show you how easily navigate Social Explorer. This powerful online application makes it easy to create maps with contemporary and historic census data and religious information.
Session Recording (pw: f2024gis!)
October 23rd - Introduction to ArcGIS Online
With ArcGIS Online, you can use and create maps and scenes, access ready-to-use maps, layers and analytics, publish data as web layers, collaborate and share, access maps from any device, make maps with your spreadsheet data, customize the ArcGIS Online website, and view status reports.
Session Recording (pw: f2024gis!)
October 30th - ArcGIS Story Maps
ArcGIS StoryMaps is a spatially enabled website/application builder that allows you to add narrative and multimedia context to your ArcGIS Online maps (or locational context to your narrative and multimedia content, depending on how your brain works). Whether telling a story, giving a tour or comparing historical maps, ArcGIS StoryMaps is an easy-to-use builder that creates polished presentations.
Session Recording (pw: f2024gis!)
AAS 2500
AMST 3710/5710
EGMT 1530
PSYC 5500
DS 7008
Click Here for Spring 2024 GIS Workshop Recordings (pw: sp2024gis!)
January 31st - Introduction to ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Online is the cloud-based younger sibling of ArcGIS Pro. It can't do some of the less flashy, GISy kind of things, but it's in the cloud, it's connected, which adds all the hip functionality we've come to expect. With ArcGIS Online, you can find and create spatial data, maps, and applications. You can take advantage of a limited but powerful set of analysis tools that take advantage of cloud computing and pre-configured data and resources. And, you can share and collaborate with small groups or with the world. It's an easy-to-use entry into the world of GIS, all from the comfort of your browser.
February 7th - Find and Create Spatial Data
Start your data search with AGOL's collection of geographic information from around the globe. Not finding the data you seek? We'll cover how to create your own data, and how to share it with the world.
February 14th - Collect Data in the Field
Whether you are crowd sourcing spatial data or performing survey work, having an application that records location and uploads data directly to a mapping application is incredibly useful.
February 21st - Web Mapping and Visualization
Pop-ups, filters, clustering, advanced symbology. There are many ways to personalize your maps, enhancing the story your data tells. We’ll dive into some of the advanced functionality that allows you to fine-tune your Web Maps.
February 28th - Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Online
Perform basic analysis with tools like Buffer and Spatial Join. Or, enhance your data, taking advantage of the always up-to-date elevation, streets, and demographics data available in ArcGIS Online with tools like Create Viewshed, Find Nearest, and Enrich. Come for the learning and stay for stories about the old days when we had to create all that data ourselves. Uphill. Both ways!!
March 6th - Spring Break, No Workshop!
Enjoy a break. We'll see you next week!
March 13th - Instant Apps and More
Dip your toes into the world of GIS web applications with AGOL's quick-configure app builders. We'll explore a few of the many options for enriching your map and data with focused applications. From time animation to interactive multimedia, these easy-to-use templates and builders take your data to the next level.
March 20th - App Your Map with Experience Builder
Continuing with the app theme, we'll go beyond templates into custom application creation. Would you like to make a custom online mapping application without having to code? We would, and do. ArcGIS Experience Builder allows users of all levels to drag and drop tools to create responsive mapping applications, from simple to expansive.
March 27th - Introduction to ArcGIS StoryMaps
StoryMaps is a web application builder that makes it easy to add narritive and multimedia context to your ArcGIS Online maps. Whether telling a story, giving a tour, or comparing historic maps, StoryMaps is an easy-to-use tool that allows you to create a polished web presentation.
Click Here for Fall GIS Workshop Recordings (pw: f2022gis!)
September 6th - Making Your First Map w/ ArcGIS Pro
September 13th - Putting Old maps and Aerial Photos on Your Map: Georeferencing in ArcGIS Pro
September 20th - Getting Your Data on a Map
September 27th - Points on Your Map: Street Addresses and More Spatial Things
October 4th - Taking Control of Your Spatial Data: Editing in ArcGIS Pro.
October 11th - Easy Demographics
October 18th - Introduction to ArcGIS Online
October 25th - ArcGIS Story Maps
AMST 3559/5559
Intro to ArcGIS Presentation
Intro to ArcGIS Handout
Georeferencing Presentation
Georeferencing Handout
Georeferencing Data
Critical Map Reading Presentation
HIST 3501-003
Intro to ArcGIS Online Presentation
Intro to ArcGIS Online Handout
EGMT 1530
Intro to AGOL and StoryMaps Presentation
Intro to AGOL and StoryMaps Handout
DH Certification Program
Introduction to GIS Presentation
Women in Data Science
GIS Analysis Workshop Presentation
DH 8991
LAMI
Click Here for Spring 2023 GIS Workshop Recordings (pw: sp2023gis!)
February 1st - Introduction to ArcGIS Online
February 8th - Find and Create Spatial Data
February 15th - Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Online
February 22nd - Advanced Web Mapping and Visualization
Advanced Web Mapping Presentation
March 1st - App Your Map with Web AppBuilder
Intro to WebApp Builder Presentation
Intro to WebApp Builder Handout
March 15th - Introduction to ArcGIS StoryMaps
March 22nd - Instant Apps and More
March 29th - Collect Data in the Field
Click Here for Fall 2022 GIS Workshop Recordings (pw: f2022gis!)
September 6th - Making Your First Map with ArcGIS Pro
Making Your First Map Presentation
September 13th - Putting Old maps and Aerial Photos on Your Map: Georeferencing in ArcGIS Pro
Introduction to Georeferencing Presentation
Introduction to Georeferencing Handout
September 20th - Getting Your Data on a Map
Getting Your Data on a Map Handout
Getting Your Data on a Map Presentation
Getting Your Data on a Map Data
**Sorry, we forgot to hit record on this one. If you have any questions, please contact us at uvagis@virginia.edu.
September 27th - Points on Your Map: Street Addresses and More Spatial Things
October 4th - Taking Control of Your Spatial Data: Editing in ArcGIS Pro
ArcGIS Pro Editing Presentation
October 11th - Easy Demographics
Easy Demographics Presentation
October 18th - Introduction to ArcGIS Online
Intro to ArcGIS Online Presentation
October 25th - ArcGIS Story Maps
ARH 3006/8006
PLAN 2111
ENWR 3550-001
ENWR 1510-001
Click Here for Spring GIS Workshop Recordings (pw: sp2023gis!)
February 1st - Introduction to ArcGIS Online
February 8th - Find and Create Spatial Data
February 15th - Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Online
AGOL Spatial Analysis Presentation
February 22nd - Advanced Web Mapping and Visualization
March 1st - App Your Map with Web AppBuilder
March 15th - Introduction to ArcGIS StoryMaps
March 22nd - Instant Apps and More
March 29th - Collect Data in the Field with Survey 123
EGMT 1510-104
ARCH 3003
HIEU 3501-002
EGMT 1530
ENGL 9580 - Race, Place & Culture
CE 4210
ENGL 4570/AMST 4500
PLAC 5720
Byzantine Athens Project
September 7th - Making Your First Map in ArcGIS Pro
September 14th - Georeferencing with ArcGIS Pro
September 21 - Getting Your Data on Map
September 28 - Geocoding: Mapping Addresses
October 5 - Editing With ArcGIS Pro
October 12 - Easy Demographics
October 19 - Intro to ArcGIS Online
ARCH 6020
SARC 6720
ENGL 8540
ARH 3006/8006
HIUS 3559
EGMT 1530
ENWR 1510-061
February 9th - Intro to ArcGIS Online
February 16th - Find and Create Spatial Data
Find and Create Data Presentation
February 23rd - Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Online
Spatial Analysis with AGOL Handout
Spatial Analysis with AGOL Presentation
March 2nd - Advanced Web Mapping and Visualization
Advanced Web Mapping Presentation
**March 9th - Break Day, No Workshop!
Enjoy a short break. We'll see you next week!
March 16th - App Your Map with Web AppBuilder
March 23rd - Introduction to ArcGIS StoryMaps
March 30th - Location Analytics with ArcGIS Insights
April 6th - Collect Data in the Field with Survey 123
STS 2740
ARH 2500 / 2559
PLAN 3500
ARTH 3595
EGMT 1530 - How Cities Remember
HIEU 2071
CE 4210
ENGR 1624
EDHS 3080
TJSAH StoryMaps Workshop
ENWR 1510
ARTH 1500
2020 Fall GIS Workshop Series, Docs and Links
Our GIS workshops will be virtual this semester and require registration (links below).
September 9th - Making Your First Map with ArcGIS Pro
September 16th - Putting Old maps and Aerial Photos on Your Map: Georeferencing in ArcGIS Pro
September 23rd - Getting Your Data on a Map
September 30th - Points on Your Map: Street Addresses and More Spatial Things
October 7th - Taking Control of Your Spatial Data: Editing in ArcGIS Pro
October 14th - Easy Demographic
October 21st - Introduction to ArcGIS Online
October 28th - ArcGIS StoryMaps
PAVS 4500 004
ANTH 3590
AHS 8500
ACH 7500
LAW 9277
GWS 4559
Mapping Indigenous Worlds
PLAN 2111
PLAN 6020
ARH 5612
Asia Capstone
GNUR 9890
Living Atlas of the World
ArcGIS Online Analysis
Advanced Web Mapping and Visualization
StoryMaps
Intro to the New StoryMaps
ARTH 4591
ARCH 5500
HIST 5501
PAVS 4500
PLAC 4010/5610
CE 4210
AAS 3500
Fall 2019 Workshop Documents
Making Your First Map, Intro to ArcGIS Pro
Georeferencing in ArcGIS Pro
Getting Your Data on a Map
Geocoding in ArcGIS Pro
ArcGIS Pro Editing
Easy Demographics
Introduction to ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Story Maps