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GEOG 865: Cloud and Server GIS

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Lesson 1: Introduction to Cloud and Server GIS

  • Overview
  • What is Cloud Computing?
  • Introduction to Amazon EC2
  • Introduction to Cloud and Server Security
  • Setting up your first Windows instance
  • How to stop and start your instance
  • Logging in to your instance
  • Assignment: Reflecting on your first AWS walkthrough
  • Cloud Computing Discussions: Introduction
  • Cloud Computing Discussion: Cloud GIS

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  • Welcome to Cloud and Server GIS
    • Lesson 1: Introduction to Cloud and Server GIS
      • Overview
      • What is Cloud Computing?
      • Introduction to Amazon EC2
      • Introduction to Cloud and Server Security
      • Setting up your first Windows instance
      • How to stop and start your instance
      • Logging in to your instance
      • Assignment: Reflecting on your first AWS walkthrough
      • Cloud Computing Discussions: Introduction
      • Cloud Computing Discussion: Cloud GIS
    • Lesson 2: ArcGIS Server up and running on Amazon EC2
    • Lesson 3: Cloud-based databases and web editing with ArcGIS Server
    • Lesson 4: ArcGIS Server performance and rasterized map tiles
    • Lesson 5: Map design and vector tile services using Mapbox
    • Lesson 6: Thematic mapping services with CARTO
    • Lesson 7: Web maps and data as services using ArcGIS Online
    • Lesson 8: GIS as a service using ArcGIS Online
    • Lesson 9: GIS on your own cloud using Portal for ArcGIS
    • Lesson 10: Term project

Course materials prepared by Sterling Quinn, Ryan Baxter, and James O'Brien, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

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