For the most up-to-date information on the Stanford Libraries' response to COVID-19, please see: https://library.stanford.edu/alerts
In line with the university’s most recent updates and guidelines regarding COVID-19, the Libraries will remain open to support continued operations. As part of the Stanford Libraries system, The Stanford Geospatial Center will continue to match the opening hours of the Branner Earth Science Library (see below). However, given the fluidity of the situation, and changing directives, the Stanford Geospatial Center will begin providing as many of its support services through remote means as possible. The following guidance serves to provide information about existing and new remote support and alternative instruction options for Stanford users.
The SGC computer lab will be open during regular Branner Library hours the week of March 9th: Monday-Thursday from 9am-9pm and Saturday from 1-5pm. From March 16th-March 27th, the library and the SGC will be open Monday through Friday from 9am-5pm with no weekend hours.
Stanford Library Hours general information: https://library-hours.stanford.edu/
In accordance with the University's direction to minimize in-person instruction, the Stanford Geospatial Center Workshop series has been suspended, until guidance from the Provost directs otherwise. Much of the SGC Workshop Series is designed to be self-paced, as well as instructor-led and I have provided links to those materials, as well as other high-quality instructional materials for various platforms, below.
Please use the following link to contact SGC staff for support. This link will email all SGC Support Staff, simultaneously, and the first person able to reply will get back to you as soon as possible.
Click here to Email SGC Support Staff
To access the Stanford Geospatial Center's support Slack channel, first join the Stanford Communities of Practice Slack (https://stanfordcop.slack.com/), then add the #stanford-geospatial-center channel. SGC Staff will monitor this channel during regular business hours, and will respond to off-hours requests at the earliest possible business hour.
Wherever possible, we will be using Zoom for providing "face-to-face" support sessions. This will be the default meeting type proposed by SGC Staff, and a link to the support staff's personal "Zoom Room" will be included in the invite. If you prefer in-person meetings, please let us know when you email requesting a support consultation. For more information about Stanford's Zoom infrastructure, go to: https://stanford.zoom.us/
https://stanford.box.com/v/SGCIntroGIS is our default location for distribution of SGC Tutorial materials, including our instructor-led Introduction to GIS Series. Materials are organized by platform and include Tutorial documents and data downloads.
https://github.com/OpenGeoTutorials is a repository maintained by the Stanford Geospatial Center. It currently contains a growing number of tutorials written by SGC staff and others, shared under Open Licensing. We will be forking many more of our Github-based materials to this repository over the next few days, including the materials for our new "101s" series for ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and QGIS.
https://learn.arcgis.com/en/ is Esri's main tutorial and lessons distribution site for all software platforms, including ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online and more. You will find a Gallery with the ability to facet by software platform, applications area, and more. There are also "Tracks" which combine a series of tutorials to create a complete introduction to a particular application area.
https://www.qgistutorials.com/en/index.html is a website maintained by Ujaval Gandhi (@spatialthoughts), a Googler in India. They represent some of the best, and most comprehensive and up-to-date series of tutorials available for QGIS on everything from making a simple map to Python scripting in QGIS.
https://datacarpentry.org/lessons/#geospatial-curriculum contains well-designed and maintained materials relevant to those using R for spatial data analysis.
https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/ is the landing page for Google Earth Engine introductory materials, API reference, EDU materials and Data Catalog. The training materials at https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/ttt provide you with the same content that the SGC uses in it's Google Earth Engine 101 workshop.
https://developers.planet.com/planetschool/ is Planet.com's clearinghouse for training and support materials for Planet.com APIs and platforms. You will find links to basic introductions to the technology of Planet.com as well as Python notebooks for quickly getting up-to-speed exploring Planet imagery resources.
Installation packages for ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro, with self-licensing batch files for unattended installation, are available to Stanford.edu users at https://stanford.box.com/v/EsriSoftwareInstallers. These software packages are licensed for use by Stanford faculty, staff and students on personal and Stanford machines.
Current distributions of the open-source GIS Desktop application, QGIS, for Windows, MacOS and Linux can be obtained at https://qgis.org/en/site/
ArcGIS Online is Esri's Cloud-based Geographic Information System, providing web-based mapping and location-based application development services, tightly integrated with ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro. Use Enterprise Login at https://stanford.maps.arcgis.com with your SUNetID for access.
The Stanford Geospatial Center manages Stanford's Planet.com Enterprise account, which provides access to Planet's PlanetScope, RapidEye and monthly/quarterly composite basemap services. Access is intended for small research projects, and primarily intended for student's use in research and coursework.
Stanford researchers may request access to the Planet Enterprise Account by submitting this form: https://forms.gle/oTMeMi4zTqcD4U9n8
To access SimplyAnalytics.com from off-campus, use the "Lean Libraries" browser extension: https://library.stanford.edu/using/connecting-e-resources
Google Earth Engine is now available for immediate access to all applicants at https://signup.earthengine.google.com/#!/
https://earthworks.stanford.edu/ is Stanford University Library's portal for discovery and distribution of geospatial data. Earthworks provides federated search of more than a dozen other research collections and direct access to data for download. Earthworks currently contains records for over 72,000 spatial datasets and cartographic resources, with over 58,000 of those freely available under permissive licensing.
User who have been added to the SGC Lab Workgroup can access the materials they have saved to their R: Drive, remotely, using the following guidance.
- R:\Users = GIS user folder, access limited to signed in user, no access to other user folders.
- Q:\Groups = group folders for collaborative work, request access from SGC staff.
- Q:\Data = Read only GIS data collection.
Note: you must be on the Stanford network on campus or connected through Stanford's VPN.
- Click on This PC to open a new File Explorer window (do NOT open Internet Explorer).
- Go to the Computer tab and select the Map Network Drive dropdown and option.
- In the window that opens set the Drive letter to P
- Set the Folder path for the User connection to \sul-sgclab\Users[your SUnet username]
- Check the box for Reconnect at sign-in if you would like the drive to automatically connect every time you log on.
- Check the box for Connect using different credentials if you did not use your Stanford username and password to sign in to the computer being used (e.g. a personal laptop). If asked for your username enter it as WIN[your username]
- Repeat above with \sul-sgclab\GIS for the Data and Groups folder connections.
- From the Finder menu bar, click on Go and select Connect to Server…
- In the top bar of the window that opens type smb://sul-sgclab/Users/[your SUNet username].
- Click the + sign to add this address to the Favorite Servers list.
- Click the Connect button to open the server connection.
- In the new dialog that opens select Registered User
- In the Name field enter WIN\ [your username]
- Fill in your password and click Connect
- Repeat above with smb://sul-sgclab/GIS for the Data and Groups folder connections.