topic Re: Hello Community in New to GIS Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512470#M1386 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks a ton! <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:29:34 GMT MissySikes 2014-07-29T19:29:34Z Hello Community https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512462#M1378 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Good Morning Community,</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>I am new to the GIS world. I was wondering if there was anything that ya'll might know of that I could watch or do that will help me with the basics of GIS for free?? I have never heard of GIS until I came to work at my current company. Any advice would be much appreciated. </P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>- Missy</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:48:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512462#M1378 MissySikes 2014-07-29T13:48:28Z Re: Hello Community https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512463#M1379 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Welcome Missy,</P><P></P><P>ESRI has a lot of free training videos that can be found <A href="http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=search.results&amp;cannedsearch=2">here</A>.</P><P></P><P>I would start with this video: <A href="http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=catalog.webCourseDetail&amp;courseid=2500" title="http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=catalog.webCourseDetail&amp;courseid=2500">Esri Training | Getting Started with GIS</A>‌</P><P></P><P>Hope this helps!!!</P><P></P><P>Tim</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:53:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512463#M1379 TimWitt2 2014-07-29T13:53:26Z Re: Hello Community https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512464#M1380 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Once you gain some understanding, I would bookmark the <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html">ArcMap Help Files</A> to gain specifics on the software itself.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:00:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512464#M1380 DanPatterson_Retired 2014-07-29T14:00:24Z Re: Hello Community https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512465#M1381 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are a lot of online resources for GIS.&nbsp; A basic overview of GIS is found on ESRI's website at <A href="http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis" title="http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis">What is GIS</A>‌</P><P></P><P>If you have access to ArcGIS, there are several universities/organizations that have free tutorials on how to do basic functions online.&nbsp; One example is the Learning ArcGIS tutorials on the Pennsylvania Geospatial Data Clearinghouse: <A href="http://www.pasda.psu.edu/tutorials/arcgis.asp" title="http://www.pasda.psu.edu/tutorials/arcgis.asp">Tutorial - ArcGIS</A>&nbsp; This tutorial is using a little older of a version of ArcGIS, but the general concepts and tools should be the same.</P><P></P><P>Hope these help! </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:01:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512465#M1381 ISP_graynic 2014-07-29T14:01:02Z Re: Hello Community https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512466#M1382 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Missy,</P><P></P><P>A lot of good resources already mentioned above. Within GeoNet you can also follow the <A href="https://community.esri.com/space/2047">New to GIS</A>‌ space to learn more about GIS. And if you have any questions that you can't find an answer to, feel free to post them on GeoNet. You can learn more about using GeoNet from <A href="https://community.esri.com/space/2004">GeoNet Help</A>‌.</P><P></P><P>Timothy</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:31:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512466#M1382 TimothyHales 2014-07-29T14:31:27Z Re: Hello Community https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512467#M1383 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks a ton! <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:29:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512467#M1383 MissySikes 2014-07-29T19:29:08Z Re: Hello Community https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512468#M1384 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks a ton! <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:29:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512468#M1384 MissySikes 2014-07-29T19:29:17Z Re: Hello Community https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512469#M1385 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks a ton! <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:29:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512469#M1385 MissySikes 2014-07-29T19:29:25Z Re: Hello Community https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512470#M1386 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks a ton! <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:29:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/hello-community/m-p/512470#M1386 MissySikes 2014-07-29T19:29:34Z