Earthdata has a range of tutorials, data recipes, and webinars for users interested in learning more about how to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with NASA Earth science data. Explore our GIS-related learning resources below.

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OTD Lightning Flash Location Quickview using Python 3.0 and GIS

This data recipe guides the user through a Python script that enables visualization of Optical Transient Detector (OTD) lightning flash locations.

Data Recipe

Dec. 2, 2022

Global Seasonal Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence and Backscatter Dataset. First-of-its-kind spatial representation of multi-seasonal, global SAR repeat-pass interferometric coherence and backscatter signatures.

Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence Image Services

Access enhanced image services for NASA's Global Seasonal Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence and Backscatter dataset.

StoryMap

Dec. 1, 2022

Satellite Remote Sensing for Measuring Urban Heat Islands and Constructing Heat Vulnerability Indices

This ARSET training provides hands-on exercises to measure urban heat islands and construct heat vulnerability indices.

Training

Aug. 2-11, 2022

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Observing Tropical Storms using NASA GIS Data

Near real-time monitoring of tropical storms and observations of previous hurricanes.

StoryMap

April 28, 2022

Striking New Spatial Bounds Using ISS LIS Data

Join us to learn how the new International Space Station (ISS) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) data can be used within Python, GIS and other applications to study lightning that occurred during the 2017 hurricane season.

Webinar

April 20, 2022

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Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) Enhancements for GIS

Enable your Earth Observing data products to work in applications built on GDAL, such as ArcGIS, QGIS, and Geoserver.We will guide you through this process with an overview of GDAL framework documentation, plug-in construction and certification.

Webinar

April 18, 2022

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Publish an ArcGIS Cloud Raster Format from Local Drive on Server

Learn how to publish an ArcGIS cloud raster format from the local drive on the server

Tutorial

Jan. 25, 2022

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Create a Cloud Raster Format from NetCDF4

Learn how to create a Cloud Raster Format from netCDF4 by using ArcPy scripting.

Tutorial

Jan. 10, 2022

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OTD Lightning Flash Location Quickview using Python 3.0 and GIS

Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence Image Services

Satellite Remote Sensing for Measuring Urban Heat Islands and Constructing Heat Vulnerability Indices

Observing Tropical Storms using NASA GIS Data

Striking New Spatial Bounds Using ISS LIS Data

Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) Enhancements for GIS

Publish an ArcGIS Cloud Raster Format from Local Drive on Server

Create a Cloud Raster Format from NetCDF4

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