Resources

Documentation, tutorials, and training materials for learning and working with open source GIS, organized by tool.

AWS Open Data

Registry

Datasets

Copernicus

EO Data

Satellite data

Earth Engine

Tutorials

Official tutorials for Google Earth Engine, covering JavaScript and Python APIs for planetary-scale geospatial analysis.

FOSS4G

FOSS4G Conference

The global Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference series, bringing together the OSGeo community each year.

Organization Visit resource ↗

Workshop Archive

Conference workshops

GDAL

Official Documentation

Official GDAL documentation.

GeoNode

Official Documentation

Official GeoNode documentation.

Training

Official GeoNode training materials and courses.

GeoServer

Official Documentation

Official GeoServer documentation.

Training

Labs

Leaflet

Official Documentation

Official Leaflet documentation.

MapLibre

Official Documentation

Official MapLibre documentation.

MapStore

Official Documentation

Official MapStore documentation.

OGC

OGC Standards

The Open Geospatial Consortium's catalog of open standards (WMS, WFS, GeoPackage, and more) that underpin interoperability across GIS software.

OpenLayers

Examples

Live, editable code examples demonstrating OpenLayers features.

OSGeo

OSGeo Foundation

The nonprofit that supports and promotes open source geospatial software worldwide, and the parent organization of the OSGeo US chapter.

Organization Visit resource ↗

OSGeo Learn GIS

Intro course

OSGeo Wiki

Community-maintained documentation hub covering OSGeo projects, incubation process, committees, and governance.

Documentation Visit resource ↗

OSGeoLive

OSGeo Live

Prebuilt VM

pgRouting

Official Documentation

Official pgRouting documentation.

Planetary Computer

Docs

Platform

PostGIS

Official Documentation

Official PostGIS documentation.

PostGIS Introduction Workshop

A hands-on workshop for learning spatial SQL and PostGIS fundamentals, from loading data to spatial joins and analysis.

PostGIS Training Materials

Slide decks and training materials for teaching PostGIS workshops.

Docs/tutorials Visit resource ↗

PostgreSQL

Official Documentation

Official PostgreSQL documentation.

QGIS

Docs

Official docs

Plugins Repo

Plugins

PyQGIS

Python API

QGIS Training Manual

A free, comprehensive course for learning QGIS from the ground up, covering vector and raster analysis, cartography, and plugins.

QGIS Tutorials

Community tutorials covering vector and raster analysis, plugins, and spatial data processing in QGIS.

Spatial Thoughts

Tutorials and courses on QGIS, Google Earth Engine, and geospatial Python.

Training Manual

Training

STAC

Browser

A browsable web UI for exploring STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) catalogs.

Spec

The SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) specification for cataloging geospatial data.

TorchGeo

Official Documentation

Official TorchGeo documentation.