Software Skills

Software Solutions

Mastering essential geospatial application suites, command-line interfaces, and processing workflows.

Tutorials

These tutorials reach a wide audience around the world. Along with each tutorial I share sample datasets so you can follow along step by step, yet many learners still run into trouble when applying the workflows to their own data or building dependable models. To support this community, I run hands-on GIS and water-resources modeling workshops, which have drawn participants from consulting firms and government agencies alike. If you have a question, feel free to email me. You can also join the conversation on the Facebook page for these tutorials — post comments, suggest new tutorial ideas, and help shape this effort — or follow along for live updates via Twitter/X. Your contributions are always welcome and appreciated!

QGIS

Beginner Level QGIS Labs/Tutorials

  1. QGIS Lab 1: Georeferencing
  2. QGIS Lab 2: Projection system transformation (GCS to UTM)
  3. QGIS Lab 3: Shapefile Creation and Editing Shapefile
  4. QGIS Lab 4: Attribute Table Preparation and Excel Data Joining
  5. QGIS Lab 5: Thematic Map Preparation and Layout

Advanced Level QGIS Labs/Tutorials

  1. QGIS Lab 1: Geoprocessing — Buffer, Clip, Intersect, Merge, Dissolve, Erase
  2. QGIS Lab 2: FCC Creation and Generation of Spectral Library
  3. QGIS Lab 3: Image Classification
  4. QGIS Lab 4: Change Detection from Multidate Maps and Images

ArcGIS

Beginner Level ArcGIS Labs/Tutorials

  1. ArcGIS Lab 1: Geodatabase and Georeferencing
  2. ArcGIS Lab 2: Projection system transformation (GCS to UTM)
  3. ArcGIS Lab 3: Shapefile Creation and Editing Shapefile
  4. ArcGIS Lab 4: Attribute Table Preparation and Excel Data Joining
  5. ArcGIS Lab 5: Thematic Map Preparation and Layout

Advanced Level ArcGIS Labs/Tutorials

  1. ArcGIS Lab 1: Geoprocessing — Buffer, Clip, Intersect, Merge, Dissolve, Erase
  2. ArcGIS Lab 2: FCC Creation and Generation of Spectral Library
  3. ArcGIS Lab 3: Image Classification
  4. ArcGIS Lab 4: Change Detection from Multidate Maps and Images

Hydrological Analysis ArcGIS Lab/Tutorial

  1. Handling Raster Data for Hydrologic Applications
  2. Stream Network and Watershed Delineation using Spatial Analyst Hydrology Tools
  3. Watershed and Stream Network Delineation Using ArcHydro Tools

Network Analysis ArcGIS Lab/Tutorial

Coming soon.

Overlay Analysis ArcGIS Lab/Tutorial

Coming soon.

HEC-HMS

Beginner Level HEC-HMS Labs/Tutorials

Tutorials coming soon.

Spectral Indices

Vegetation Indices

  1. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  2. Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
  3. Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI)
  4. Modified Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (MSAVI)
  5. Optimized Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (OSAVI)
  6. Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (GNDVI)
  7. Difference Vegetation Index (DVI)
  8. Ratio Vegetation Index (RVI)
  9. Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index (RDVI)
  10. Leaf Area Index (LAI)
  11. Triangular Vegetation Index (TVI)
  12. Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index (ARVI)
  13. Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index (WDRVI)
  14. Perpendicular Vegetation Index (PVI)
  15. Global Environment Monitoring Index (GEMI)

Chlorophyll & Red-Edge Indices

  1. Chlorophyll Index – Green (CIgreen)
  2. Chlorophyll Index – Red Edge (CIrededge)
  3. Normalized Difference Red Edge (NDRE)
  4. Modified Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index (MCARI)
  5. Transformed Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index (TCARI)
  6. Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI)
  7. Red Edge Position Index (REPI)

Water & Moisture Indices

  1. Normalized Difference Water Index – Gao (NDWI)
  2. Normalized Difference Water Index – McFeeters (NDWI)
  3. Modified Normalized Difference Water Index (MNDWI)
  4. Automated Water Extraction Index (AWEI)
  5. Water Ratio Index (WRI)
  6. Land Surface Water Index (LSWI)
  7. Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI)

Soil & Geology / Mineral Indices

  1. Bare Soil Index (BSI)
  2. Clay Minerals Ratio (CMR)
  3. Iron Oxide Ratio (IOR)
  4. Ferrous Minerals Ratio (FMR)
  5. Normalized Difference Salinity Index (NDSI)
  6. Grain Size Index (GSI)

Built-up, Burn & Snow Indices

  1. Normalized Difference Built-up Index (NDBI)
  2. Index-based Built-up Index (IBI)
  3. Urban Index (UI)
  4. Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR)
  5. Differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR)
  6. Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI)
  7. Normalized Difference Salinity Index (NDSI)

Landscape Fragmentation Analysis

Tutorials coming soon.

ENVI

Tutorials coming soon.

Erdas

Tutorials coming soon.

Fragstats

Tutorials coming soon.

DSAS

Tutorials coming soon.

IDRISI / TerrSet

Tutorials coming soon.

Global Mapper

Tutorials coming soon.

MapInfo

Tutorials coming soon.

Delft3D

Tutorials coming soon.

SNAP Desktop

Tutorials coming soon.