Free GIS Book: A Practical Guide to Geostatistical Mapping (Tomislav Hengl)

A practical guide to geostatistical mapping using R+gstat/geoR, SAGA GIS and Google Earth combo of software packages. Includes seven diverse data analysis exercises. Materials presented in this book have been used for the five-day advanced training course “GEOSTAT: spatio-temporal data analysis with R+SAGA+Google Earth”, that is periodically organized by the author and collaborators. Visit http://spatial-analyst.net/book/ to obtain a digital copy of the book and R scripts / data sets used. This is an Open Access Publication.

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• Download: http://spatial-analyst.net/book/download

ArcGIS Online: Create and share your maps

ESRI recently released their online version of ArcGIS, their leading software for georeferencing mapping.  The website is called ArcGIS Online and can be accessed through this address: http://www.arcgis.com/home/.

There is also a tool called ArcGIS Explorer Online that seems to be an alternative to Google Maps or Bing Maps… except the fact that it won’t tell you how to go from A to B! It still can be useful on some projects… but at this moment I can’t really see how someone can use this tool. If you have had any experience with it, why not share with us by posting a comment?

GIS Training Courses in Montreal’s area

Ok, I’ve managed to find all the courses available to those who want to learn a little bit more about GIS systems in the Montreal‘s area, province of Quebec (Canada).

• UQAM: Certificat en systèmes d’information géographique
• UdeM: Maîtrise en géographie
• UdeM: Microprogramme de 2e cycle (géomatique et analyse spatiale)
• UdeM: D.É.S.S. (géographie appliquée en environnement)
• ESRI Canada
• Association de géomatique municiapale du Québec
• Inventis
• Chaire de recherche en géomatique d’affaires
• Géomatique/Formation continue à l’Université Laval
• Centre de géomatique du Québec