Workshops
GIF offers workshops on GIS, remote sensing, web GIS, and spatial modeling. Most workshops are free for UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty.
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Office Hours →Topics Covered
- GIS
- Remote Sensing
- QGIS
- ArcGIS Online & StoryMaps
- Google Earth Engine
- R & Shiny
- Image Classification
- Web Mapping
Spring 2026 Schedule
All workshops meet 1:00–3:30 pm in 124 Mulford Hall unless otherwise noted. Free for UC Berkeley affiliates; $150 for non-UC participants.
- Building Decision Support Web Apps with Shiny for RRegister →
- Date:
- Friday, February 6, 2026
- Location:
- 124 Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley
- R
- Shiny
- Web Apps
- Decision Support
- Introduction to Open-Source GIS: Working with QGISRegister →
- Date:
- Friday, February 20, 2026
- Location:
- 124 Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley
- GIS
- QGIS
- Vector Data
- Raster Data
- Open Source
- Introduction to Remote Sensing Using Open-Source ToolsRegister →
- Date:
- Friday, February 27, 2026
- Location:
- 124 Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley
- Remote Sensing
- QGIS
- Imagery
- Multispectral
- Storytelling with ArcGIS Online and StoryMapsRegister →
- Date:
- Friday, March 6, 2026
- Location:
- 124 Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley
- ArcGIS Online
- StoryMaps
- Web Mapping
- Narrative
- Introduction to Google Earth Engine and Vegetation DetectionRegister →
- Date:
- Friday, April 10, 2026
- Location:
- 124 Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley
- Google Earth Engine
- Remote Sensing
- Vegetation
- JavaScript
- Intermediate Google Earth Engine: Image ClassificationRegister →
- Date:
- Friday, April 24, 2026
- Location:
- 124 Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley
- Google Earth Engine
- Image Classification
- Land Cover
- Machine Learning
Additional workshops are available through our partners at IGIS — UC ANR.