From Maps to Analysis

GIS

map

geospatial analysis

Authors

Julien Brun

Jon Jablonski

Kristi Liu

Jairo Melo Flórez

Greg Janée

Published

March 6, 2026

The goal of this workshop series is to provide a gentle introduction to creating maps and conducting geospatial analysis without the need to have programming skills.

We have organized this curriculum into three workshops:

Workshop 1 - I want to make a map

2-hour workshop using ArcGIS Online to create a map. This workshop will introduce the basic elements of a map and leverage ArcGIS Online to learn how to:

adjust the background basemap
add an existing layer to a map
change symbology
draw lines and polygons on a map

The workshop ends with exporting a map suitable for inclusion in a publication.

Workshop 2 - I think I need GIS

2-3 hours workshop using ArcGIS Online to conduct basic GIS data manipulations.

data import & export
projections
raster and vector data

Ends with an analysis, maybe zonal statistics?

Workshop 3 - Geospatial analysis

4-hour workshop. Carpentry-like in ArcGIS Pro

Data analysis centric:

buffering
interpolation
zonal statistics
raster calculation

Citation

BibTeX citation:

@online{brun2026,
  author = {Brun, Julien and Jablonski, Jon and Liu, Kristi and Melo
    Flórez, Jairo and Janée, Greg},
  title = {From {Maps} to {Analysis}},
  date = {2026-03-06},
  url = {https://ucsb-library-research-data-services.github.io/from-maps-to-analysis/},
  langid = {en}
}

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Brun, Julien, Jon Jablonski, Kristi Liu, Jairo Melo Flórez, and Greg Janée. 2026. “From Maps to Analysis.” March 6, 2026. https://ucsb-library-research-data-services.github.io/from-maps-to-analysis/.