GIS Learning Resources

Below, you will also find links to resources where you can learn more about GIS:

UFI GIS Benchmarking Report

This 2-page report summarizes the benchmarking work done by UFI between 2016 and 2019. 

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CFTA GIS Webinar: UMass Lowell

UMass Lowell manages the data for 10,000+ interior spaces using the same InVision tool Notre Dame now has access to. They have used GIS to support event planning for major events such as Commencement and improve operations in Development, Campus Safety and RecSports. The link below takes you to the last few minutes of a larger presentation given at the Campus Facilities Technology Association (CFTA) Conference and shows a brief demo of their RecSports and Commencement apps.

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ESRI Case Study Video: University of Minnesota 

The University of Minnesota uses ESRI’s ArcGIS platform to support the field survey of tree assets and water utilities. Notre Dame now has access to these same sorts of tools. 

View the ESRI Case Study Video

ESRI Story Map Gallery

Find inspiration in this curated gallery of ArcGIS maps and applications. 

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ESRI Enterprise GIS Case Studies

Enterprise GIS involves transforming and integrating the business practices of many departments around a common integrated data model. This is the vision for the GIS program here at Notre Dame. At the link below, ESRI has provided some examples of organizations that have successfully implemented an enterprise GIS system like the one we are building here at Notre Dame.

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