The May 2026 GIS workshop has concluded.
Presenation materials are available through the links below.

Presentation materials:

JMARS: S. Dickenshied
• ASU Planetary Data Training Workshop – JMARS [PDF, 1.8 MB] (Dated Aug. 2025, same presentation used for May 2026

ArcGIS Pro: D.M. Nelson
• GIS-Seminar 1: Lecture – What Is GIS? [PDF, 14.1 MB]
• GIS-Seminar 2: Exercise 1 – The Interface [PDF, 6.2 MB] and Ex 1 Data [ZIP, 6.5 GB]
• GIS-Seminar 3: Exercise 2 – Rasters [PDF, 4.4 MB] and Ex 2 Data [ZIP, 2.0 GB]
• GIS-Seminar 4: Exercise 3 – Vectors [PDF, 4.7 MB] and Ex 3 Data [ZIP, 51 MB]
• GIS-Seminar 5: Exercise 4 – Combined Datasets [PDF, 3.7 MB] and Ex 4 Data [ZIP, 5.1 GB]

Planetary Data System (PDS) & Planetary Data Management: D. Williams
• Introduction to the NASA Planetary Data System & Planetary Data Management [PDF, 6.6 MB]

ISIS 3: D.M. Nelson
• ISIS3 Presentation [PDF, 13.7 MB]
• Exercises 1 & 2 [ZIP, 36.3 MB]
—> Exercises require ISIS3 (ver. 8.x) running on a Linux/macOS computer with MESSENGER data kernels installed.
See: USGS GitHub site for installing ISIS

Planetary Geologic Mapping: D. Williams
• Planetary Geologic Mapping: An Introduction [PDF, 51.1 MB]

QGIS [3.44]: D.M. Nelson
• QGIS-1: Lecture – Why GIS? [PDF, 2.9 MB]
• QGIS-2: Exercise 1 – Assembling A New Project [PDF, 6.2 MB]
• QGIS-3: Exercise 2 – Navigation & Symbology [PDF, 4.4 MB]
—> QGIS Exercise Data: QGIS_Moon_Geo_Map [ZIP, 140.6 MB]

Additional data used for these exercises can be downloaded from the USGS Astropedia:
• Moon LRO LROC WAC Global Morphology Mosaic 100m [6 GB]
• Moon LRO LOLA DEM 118m [8.5 GB]

Contact GIS specialist: David Nelson, ASU School of Earth & Space Exploration: nelson99@asu.edu.