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Open Educational Resources: GIS

This guide introduces OER, reasons for their utilization, and resources for their discovery.

GIS OER

Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS by Yiping Fang, Vivek Shandas, and Eugenio Arriaga Cordero

Earth in the Future (EARTH 103)
You can view the entire course and download course files.
Essentials of Geographic Information Systems
From Open Textbook Library.

Geography OER

Open Geography Education
Wide range of open resources on geography and GIS.
Image: Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory
Open Street Map
OpenStreetMap is the free and open web map of the world