Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
Brian Culpepper
Email: rculpepp@uark.edu
Phone: 479-575-8745
Data Services Librarian
Lora Lennertz
Email: lennertz@uark.edu
Phone: 479-575-7197
Libraries CAST Liaison
Mary Leverance
Email: mleveran@uark.edu
Phone: 479-575-2535
Geosciences Librarian
Stephanie Pierce
Email: sjpierc@uark.edu
Phone: 479-575-4483
Asst. Geosciences Library Liaison
Robin Roggio
Email: rroggio@uark.edu
If you have gotten an Esri account through the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), you are able to access all web courses at the Esri Online Academy.
If you are new to GIS, we recommend:
Developing Mobile Web ArcGIS Applications by
This guide is invaluable to those just starting out with GIS development but will also benefit GIS professionals wishing to expand their development skills to include mobile apps.
GIS Tutorial 1 for ArcGIS Pro by
This book published in 2017 for an earlier version of ArcGIS Pro; downloadable supplement available for ArcGIS Pro 2.4 here GIS Tutorial 1 for ArcGIS® Pro: A Platform Workbook is an introductory text for learning ArcGIS Pro, the premier professional desktop GIS application. In-depth exercises that use ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and other ArcGIS apps feature the latest GIS technology to show readers how to make maps, how to create and analyze spatial data, and how to manage systems with GIS. Incorporating proven teaching methods in detailed exercises, "Your Turn" sections, and expanded homework assignments, this book is suited to learning GIS in a classroom. Wilpen L. Gorr and Kristen S. Kurland have written the top-selling GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook, GIS Tutorial for Health, and GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis. Resources for instructors are also available upon request. This book published in 2017 for an earlier version of ArcGIS Pro.A supplement based on ArcGIS Pro 2.4 to help you complete exercises in the book is also available on the book resources page. A new edition is anticipated in Fall 2020 for the latest version of ArcGIS Pro.
Mapping with ArcGIS Pro: design accurate and user-friendly maps to share the story of your data by ArcGIS is a geographic information system (GIS) for working with maps and geographic information. It is used to: create and use maps; compile geographic data; analyze imagery and other geospatial data; share and discover geographic information; use maps and geographic information in a range of applications; and manage geographic information in a database.
The system provides an infrastructure for making maps and geographic information available throughout an organization, across a community, and openly on the Web.
ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based mapping and analysis platform developed by Esri. Launched in 2012, ArcGIS Online now allows users to store and share GIS data online via downloadable datasets, create and publish maps, analyze data, and share with collaborators.
The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) administers and manages all UARK ArcGIS user accounts and licenses. If you're a University of Arkansas faculty, staff, or student and ArcGIS Online sounds like something that might be useful to you, please fill out the Requst Access Form below or contact Brian Culpepper at rculpepp@uark.edu for more information.
Some of this information was adapted from Georgetown University Library's ArcGIS Software Guide under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
With an ArcGIS Online account, you automatically receive: