All web tutorials, vlogs, and podcasts are licensed for use by their respective authors under the guidelines of CC-BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.


Web Tutorials

ArcPro Model Builder
Check out this simple guide to using ArcGIS Pro’s ModelBuilder by Jake Werner.
How to Basemap in Q
Check out this tutorial by Sean O’Rahilly on how to add a basemap to a map project in QGIS.
Spatial Joins
Check out this tutorial by Ian, Morgan, and Michele on how to join crime offenses to different neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, PA.
Tabulate Intersection
Check out this tutorial by Lauren Kohout on how to use the Tabulate Intersection geoprocessing tool to calculate the amount of intersection between two feature classes or variables of interest.

Vlogs

Advanced GIS Student Vlog Series Playlist (YouTube)


Podcasts

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October 29 | Fall 2021

“GISInc Podcast #143: The geoethics of open data and the environment”

In this podcast, Christine and Marie discuss the geoethics involved with the ethics of gathering, processing and sharing of rare plant and animal species location data, citing sources such as eBird1 by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, iNaturalist2 by the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society, and Eagle Nest Locator3 by The Center for Conservation Biology.

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May 8 | Spring 2021

“Geoethics Podcast”

In this podcast, Jake, Ella and Evie of the Urban Thermal Taskforce discuss the geoethics involved with the extreme heat caused by the urban heat island effect and the practice of redlining.

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May 1 | Spring 2021

“Geoethics Podcast”

In this podcast, John talks about the geoethics of the privacy concerns when combating the COVID-19 pandemic with the focus on the differences between eastern and western world tactics. The articles discussed include Huang et al. (2020)4, Laurent (2020)5, and Hui (2020)6.

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April 29 | Spring 2021

“Geoethics Podcast”

In this podcast, the members of First Ascent Spatial Solutions consultancy (Sidonie, Ben and Caleb) discuss the the idea of climate reparations paid to island nations impacted by greenhouse gas emissions from “carbon major” countries.

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April 27 | Spring 2021

“Geoethics Podcast”

In this podcast, Andrew discusses the geoethical concerns on zoning laws based on a Tweet7 by Sam Deutsch.

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April 26 | Spring 2021

“GEOETHICS Podcast”

In this podcast, Maddy walks us through the geoethics of aerial geotourism. See also, Maghsoudi, Moradi, and Moradipour (2021)8.

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March 29 | Spring 2021

“Geoethics Podcast”

In this podcast, Quentin introduces the concept of zoning laws and the electoral college followed by a discussion on the geoethics of racial segregation.

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November 24 | Fall 2020

“The Geospatial Day Show”

In this podcast, Sean defines geoethics and examines the ethical challenges associated with a few recent applications of GIS and data science, including articles by Leow (2019)9, Purnell (2020)10, and Amnesty.org (2020)11.

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November 24 | Fall 2020

“Geoethics and Diversity and Inclusion”

In this podcast, Mayada addresses the challenges of diversity and inclusion as a woman of color pursuing a career in STEM and challenges her peers to think about diversity and inclusion when considering geoethics in their own personal and professional lives.

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November 23 | Fall 2020

“Geoethics of Geofencing”

In this podcast, Jerry examines the ethical concerns surrounding the use of geofencing on our mobile devices.

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November 23 | Fall 2020

“IoT Geofencing for COVID-19 Home Quarantine Enforcement”

In this podcast, RJ summarizes the work of Tan et al. (2020)12 regarding the use of geofencing technology for home quarantine measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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November 22 | Fall 2020

“Geoethics”

In this podcast, Haley and Dorian provide an open discussion of the geoethics behind articles by Patino (2020)13 and Carman (2017)14.

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November 14 | Fall 2020

“Fireside Chats”

In this podcast, the fictitious host, Caroline Santos, interviews renowned GIS expert and (someday) President of the United States, Dr. Lauren Bartlett, and Senator of New Jersey, Meg Vinick, about the White House’s “Take Back the Map” initiative.

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October 17 | Fall 2020

“Data and GIS”

In this podcast, Lindsey and Sarah Grace discuss the challenges and benefits of open data in reference to this Iain Brown (2006)15 article.

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August 6 | Summer 2020

“RIC Podcast”

In this podcast, Eric defines geoethics and discusses the pros and cons of geofences in the marketing industry.

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August 3 | Summer 2020

“Peter’s GIS Podcast”

In this podcast, Peter defines geoethics and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of geofences for tracking cell phone locations.

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July 31 | Summer 2020

“Geostrategy - Episode 1”

In this podcast, Chuck talks about geofencing and its role in strategic studies.

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May 15 | Spring 2020

“Geoethics Podcast”

In this podcast, Jeremy discusses geoethics as it relates to the use of geofencing in political campaigns.

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May 15 | Spring 2020

“GIS Pod - Episode 1”

In this podcast, Sean discusses geofencing and provides examples of how this technology is used in commercial development.

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May 15 | Spring 2020

“Boring in the Morning”

In this podcast, Jake explains what are geoethics and how they pertain to geofencing.

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May 5 | Spring 2020

“Ethics of Geofencing: Safeguarding personal information”

In this podcast, Jesus takes a look at the ethics behind location services and geofencing and shares his design ideas for a geofencing web app.

  1. https://ebird.org↩︎

  2. https://www.inaturalist.org/↩︎

  3. https://ccbbirds.org/what-we-do/research/species-of-concern/virginia-eagles/nest-locator/↩︎

  4. https://hbr.org/2020/04/how-digital-contact-tracing-slowed-covid-19-in-east-asia↩︎

  5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/dont-ignore-the-good-news-on-covid-19-from-asia/2020/10/30/ee2541dc-1a8a-11eb-8bda-814ca56e138b_story.html↩︎

  6. https://qz.com/1825997/taiwan-phone-tracking-system-monitors-55000-under-coronavirus-quarantine/↩︎

  7. https://twitter.com/samdman95/status/1371855298994966528↩︎

  8. Maghsoudi, M., Moradi, A. & Moradipour, F. Aerial Geotourism: New Branch of Geotourism for Promoting Geoconservation (Examples from Iran). Geoheritage 13, 4 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-020-00526-8↩︎

  9. https://towardsdatascience.com/analysis-of-tweets-on-the-hong-kong-protest-movement-2019-with-python-a331851f061↩︎

  10. https://www.wsj.com/articles/whatsapp-to-suspend-processing-law-enforcement-requests-for-user-data-in-hong-kong-11594034580↩︎

  11. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/07/hong-kong-national-security-arrests-over-social-media-posts-violate-freedom-of-expression/↩︎

  12. https://doi.org/10.1109/IOTM.0001.2000097↩︎

  13. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/how-to-make-people-stay-home↩︎

  14. https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/13/15289178/snapchat-ad-tracking-snap-to-store-geofilters↩︎

  15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.07.011↩︎