Esri Courses

Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps

4.9

You don’t have to be a software developer to build valuable geo-enabled apps that make your communities smarter and businesses more successful. This course will show you how to combine location and narrative in one application to better communicate and broadcast your story, create custom web applications that solve problems in your community, and build powerful native applications for iOS and Android devices without touching a piece of code. If you are a developer, you’ll be interested in Esri’s APIs, SDKs, and the buzzing GeoDev community.Section 1Overview of the Course and Geo AppsGeo-enabling means more than plotting dots on a map. This section provides an orientation to the course and thoughts about how geo apps can strengthen communities.Section 2Geo Apps for Smarter CommunitiesThis section explains how geo apps can raise community awareness through storytelling, help solve local problems, and enable staff and community members to make the most of their mobile devices.Section 3Put Your Story on the MapLearn to configure application templates to create geo-enabled apps that tell your community’s story.Section 4Web Apps for Your CommunitySee how communities use Esri’s Web AppBuilder to create custom geo apps to help field crews and citizens work smarter.Section 5Native Apps for Your CommunityUse Esri’s AppStudio to create native geo apps that can be published to community members through the Google Play and Apple app stores.Section 6Building Geo Apps on Open DataUsing skills developed in other sections, build an app that unleashes the value of open access data published by local, state, or federal government agencies.Section 7Custom Coding and the GeoDev CommunityTap into powerful APIs and SDKs to geo-enable your applications. Discover the GeoDev community on GitHub with Hackerlabs and sample code.

Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics

5

Use location to find patterns and tackle complex problems.Spatial data science allows analysts to extract deeper insight from data using a comprehensive set of analytical methods and spatial algorithms, including machine learning and deep learning techniques. This course explores the application of spatial data science to uncover hidden patterns and improve predictive modeling. You'll work with powerful analytical tools in Esri's ArcGIS software and learn how to integrate popular open data science packages into your analyses.  

The Location Advantage

4.9

Location analytics uses the locational component of business data to improve users' understanding of their market, customers, and business processes. Organizations throughout the world use location analytics to make better decisions and gain a competitive advantage. This free, instructor-led MOOC explores the capabilities of Esri Business Analyst Online.

Going Places with Spatial Analysis

4.8

This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is for people who know something about data analysis and want to learn about the special capabilities of spatial data analysis. Spatial analysis focuses on location to gain a deeper understanding of data. Spatial analysis skills are in high demand by organizations around the world. You'll get free access to the full analytical capabilities of ArcGIS Online, Esri's cloud-based GIS platform. Previous experience with GIS software is helpful, but not necessary for tech-savvy problem solvers. Could you and your career go places with spatial analysis?

Earth Imagery at Work

4.8

Digital images of earth’s surface produced by remote sensing are the basis of modern mapping. They are also used to create valuable information products across a spectrum of industries. This free online course is for everyone who is interested in applications of earth imagery to increase productivity, save money, protect the environment, and even save lives.Section 1Overview of the Course and ImageryImagery is increasingly integrated in the decision making process across many industries. The analysis of imagery is an efficient way to gain information that saves time, money and resources. In this course we will talk about applications of imagery and image analysis to provide solutions to challenges faced in various industries.Section 2Imagery in Agriculture: The Crop Doctor is inIt’s more than hoping, praying, planting, wishing these days for agriculture. Learn how imagery can add another dimension to farmers’ in-depth knowledge of their land with information only available through remotely sensed data.Section 3Imagery in Environmental: Understand the World Around youSeeing is believing. Remotely sensed data enables you to understand large scale global changes over time that impact our world. Learn to identify and quantify changes in vegetation.Section 4Imagery in Disaster Management: Plan, Prepare, ActExplore how imagery is used prior to events to predict and prepare, during events to mobilize people and resources and make decisions, and after events to mitigate subsequent problems. Create maps and web apps designed to quickly disseminate information to decision makers.Section 5Imagery in Utilities: Keeping the Public HappyWhether we are talking about poles, pipes or water tanks, the public expects to have their lights on, gas flowing and clean water. Discover how imagery helps utilities work more efficiently and provide reliable service.Section 6Imagery in Commercial: Why Are You Watching MeImagery helps businesses find customers, monitor competition and market effectively. Explore how the progress of a commercial development can be monitored using imagery captured by drones.Section 7Imagery in Insurance: Risky BusinessThe world is unpredictable, and imagery can help insurance companies understand risks, make proactive decisions and uncover fraud. Explore factors considered in risk analyses and factors that contribute to the damage reported in insurance claims.

Imagery in Action

5

This course is for anyone who wants 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. Explore cutting-edge imagery applications and advanced tools to extract information from imagery and remotely sensed data. Course exercises guide you through the steps to tackle essential imagery workflows using the latest ArcGIS desktop and cloud-based apps.

Cartography

4.8

Once, only cartographers made maps. Today anyone can. Still, cartographers can teach people to make better maps, just as chefs can show people how to cook better meals. With coaching from experienced cartographers and practical, hands-on exercises using ArcGIS Pro, you'll become a smarter mapmaker, ready to go beyond the defaults and make better maps.