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New Learning Resources: Use GIS to Bring Earth Observations to Life

Looking to brush up your skills in GIS? You’re in luck—Earthdata has released new tutorials and data recipes for GIS users.
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Nov. 17, 2025
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) resources are popular among data scientists and communicators because they enable dynamic visual representations of complex spatial and temporal data. GIS applications like ArcGIS Pro and QGIS make it possible to perform analysis, create maps, and develop applications using Earth science data.

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In this example, ArcGIS Pro is used to visualize trends in meteorology data from the NASA Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) Project. Credit: EGIST

To help guide users in navigating these resources, NASA's Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) GIS Team (EGIST) created step-by-step guides that cover how to add downloaded data to common GIS programs, how to use web and image services to access the data, and how to create time-enabled multidimensional mosaic datasets. All of these resources utilize NASA data, including from the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) and the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) platform.

Access the new data recipes and tutorials below: 

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Nov. 18, 2025

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Nov. 17, 2025