Subject Librarian
Lucinda M. Hall
Contact:
Evans Map Room, Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
25 N Main ST
Hanover, NH 03755
Dartmouth College
25 N Main ST
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-0962
Website Skype Contact: d1128r8@kiewit.dartmouth.edu
Introduction
ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based GIS application. It is not exactly the same as the installed software, but it does have a number of analysis tools available.
Our site license limits access to ArcGIS Online to current students, staff and faculty. If you wish to create an account, you can click on the link below and log in using your Dartmouth credentials. Once you do that, you will be able to start using this application.
The books and videos below will help you better use this application.
- ArcGIS.com (Dartmouth)
This is the entrance to Dartmouth's ArcGIS Online (AGO) organization.
After clicking on the above link, click on Your ArcGIS Organization's URL box.
Type "dartmouth" in the open box.
Then check the box Remember this URL.
Click on "Continue."
You should be prompted to log in using your Dartmouth credentials. Once you do that, you should be in ArcGIS Online.
The ArcGIS book: 10 big ideas about applying geography to your world by Call Number: Baker-Berry G 70.212 .A72 2015ISBN: 9781589484498This book helps you understand and use Web GIS, a powerful mapping technology that is transforming the way we apply and share geographic information. Each "big idea" is part of the ArcGIS platform and it's big because it empowers you, enabling you to do new things and to accomplish familiar tasks more quickly and with ease. This is a hands-on book that you work with as much as read.
Instructional guide for the ArcGIS book by Call Number: Baker-Berry G 70.212 .K475 2016ISBN: 9781589484702This companion textbook to The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying Geography to Your World builds on the foundational concepts laid out in The ArcGIS Book. Whether you are a self-learner, currently teaching, or are planning to teach GIS, this guide provides the materials to develop and apply ArcGIS tools and concepts.
Creating or Enhancing Your Maps in ArcGIS Online
- ArcGIS Online ResourcesThis site contains tutorials, documentation, videos and more to help you create and share interactive web maps.
- ArcGIS Online BasicsArcGIS Online is a cloud-based geographic information system used to map data, share content, and collaborate. This course will give you a foundation for working with ArcGIS Online. You will learn what ArcGIS Online is and the benefits that you and your organization can gain by using it.
This course is free to all within Dartmouth's organization. - Creating and Sharing GIS Content Using ArcGIS OnlineWe have access to several virtual courses to help you better understand ArcGIS Online. If you are interested in taking this self-paced course, please contact the Evans Map Room for a course code.
This course is free to all within Dartmouth's organization. - Adding Demographics to Your MapThis short instructional shows you how to add demographic data to map you create in ArcGIS Online.
This video is a little old and the interface and menus may have changed. - ArcGIS Online: Analysis BasicsGet started using spatial analysis tools in ArcGIS Online Map Viewer to answer questions and solve problems based on spatial criteria.
- Esri on YouTube
Esri has its own channel on YouTube. You can search the channel to find relevant instructional videos.