Intro to GIS

This is a quick introduction to GIS using the open-source software package QGIS. Many of the exercises are set up as assignments on a corresponding GitHub Classroom page and you'll need a GitHub account to use them. Installing GitHub Desktop will also be necessary to manage the assignments unless you already have another version of Git on your computer. Finally, some of the assignments will use data files available from a Google Drive folder listed in the resources section at the bottom of the page.

FEMA Flood Map Service Center

Find flood maps by using the "Search All Products" tool and selecting "NFHL Data-County"

New York State Property Tax Data

Data on all tax parcels in New York. Provided by county for parcel centroids.

Syracuse Open Data Portal

Data provided by the City of Syracuse.

Google Drive Folder for Data Files

Access to data files that aren't built into the assignment repositories.

Census Shapefiles

Links to the key download pages at the Census

Markdown Cheatsheet

A great quick reference guide