M. Anwar Sounny-Slitine


Educator of GIScience, Remote Sensing, Geomorphology, Design, and Code

Welcome

Digitally Exploring the World!


There are so many aspects of our world that are still unknown, underappreciated, or not fully understood. Today you have the ability to explore and uncover how our world works digitally. Digital Geographic Techniques like GIS, Remote Sensing (RS), GPS, Geostats, and Web Mapping are versatile with limitless applications. The only thing limiting you is developing your skillsets. Look below and learn how to digital explore the world.

Let's Learn!
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MapBox/Leaflet

Create a custome MapBox Style and add it to a Leaflet WebMap

Tutorial
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Simple Map in ArcMap

How to make your first map in ArcMap.

YouTube Video
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DMS to DD in Excel

How to convert Lat/Long from Degree, Minutes, Seconds into Decimal Degrees.

YouTube Video
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DD to DMS in Excel

How to convert Lat/Long from Decimal Degrees to Degree, Minutes, Seconds.

YouTube Video
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Esri ArcGIS Basemaps

How to add a basemap to ESRI ArcMap 10

YouTube Video
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NDVI with ArcMap 10.1

4 band Aerial Photo (RGBiR) is used to calculate the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)

YouTube Video
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Elevation Transect in Google Earth

Use Google Earth to explore the elevations of a particular path

YouTube Video
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Geocoding Addresses with ArcGIS.com

How to geocode addresses from an Excel Spreadsheet (xlsx) to a shapefile (shp).

YouTube Video
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Choropleth Mapping in ArcMap

In this video we look at choropleth mapping of FEMA declared disasters.

YouTube Video
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Import GPS int ArcMap

This lab maps and then measures the error associated with GPS signals.

YouTube Video
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What is GIS? - The Tool, Science, and Art

An introductory video about GIS, what it is, and how to apply it. A lecture you would get on the first day of class.

YouTube Video
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Georeferencing a Historical Air Photo in ArcGIS Pro

Image to Basemap Georeferencing in ArcGIS Pro of historical aerial photography

YouTube Video
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Adding Landsat Data into Google Earth Engine

Learn how search and find remotely sensed imagery in Google Earth Engine.

YouTube Video
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How to Open Attribute Tables in ArcMap 10

How to open the attribute table of a shapefile or layer in ESRI ArcMap 10 Desktop.

YouTube Video
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How to Open a Toolbar in ArcMap

How to find and open a toolbar in ESRI ArcMap 10 Desktop.

YouTube Video
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Andriod Studio on a Mac

How to install Andriod Studio on a mac

YouTube Video
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Andriod Studio on a PC

How to install Andriod Studio on a PC

YouTube Video
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GPS

Everything you would want to know about GPS!

YouTube Video
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Map Projections

Everything you would want to know about Map Projections!

YouTube Video
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ArcGIS Pro

Quick Intro to ArcGIS Pro

YouTube Video

Recommend Apps


This is a collection of the must have apps and tools needed for you digital exploration with GIS

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The Must Haves


esri

A suite of GIS software products, which operate on desktop, server, and mobile platforms. esri.com

GitHub

Hosting for software development version control. github.com

Brackets

A source code editor with a primary focus on web development. brackets.io

Leaflet

an open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. leafletjs.com

Font Awesome

A toolskit for fonts and icons based on CSS and LESS. fontawesome.com

Bootstrap

A free and open-source CSS framework directed at responsive, mobile-first front-end web development. getbootstrap.com

Adobe

Multimedia and creativity software products. adobe.com

Google Fonts

Catalog of free and open source Typography. fonts.google.com

jsfiddle

Online coding sandbox jsfiddle.net

python

Easy to use programming language python.org

node.js

JavaScript run-time environment nodejs.org

html

The web's markup language whatwg.org

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