Fundamentals of GIS

Nick Santos is a phenomenal instructor!

Instructor Nick Santos has terrific presentation skills and his knowledge of the material is beyond reproach.

I want to thank to the lecturer, Nick Santos, for his work.

I really enyoed this course, Nick Santos is a great professor, the work was challenging and yet relatively easy to learn, given that the Great foundational information!

Nick Santos or maybe Professor Santos is a very enthusiastic teacher and really encourages the student to excel and succeed.

Thank you for all your time Dear Nick Santos!!

Nick Santos is an excellent teacher.

Special thanks to instructor Nick Santos and coursera team.Gees This was an outstanding base of knowledge that I have already recommended to many coworkers to explore so they are able increase their base of knowledge in GIS.

The lecturer, Mr Nick Santos, has a real talent in teaching and does a fantastic job in sharing his passion for GIS.

Nick Santos is a dreamboat.

informative Nick Santos makes what could be a dry and tricky subject both very accessible and interesting.

The instructor, Nick Santos, clearly loves his work, and that makes the lectures more fun to watch.

The class was fun and the instructions were easy to follow.

Great class, easy to follow and thorough instructions.

Very good course, it helped me to understand the very basic of GIS, and the Instructor is so good, He makes it easy to follow and understand good Excellent course, provides very good bases for those who start with GIS in addition to a great practical experience with ArcGIS.

best of its kind for new gis learner excellent This course was easy to follow and did an excellent job explaining the basics of GIS use and ArcGIS software.

The lecture material is clear and easy to follow with weekly assignments making good practice for theory learnt.

Easy to follow.

GOOD COURSE Really good introduction to GIS.. easy to follow, clear material and engaging content.

The coursework is user friendly and the lectures are interesting and easy to follow.

Easy to follow along.

Great introduction to GIS - fun and easy to follow along.

Very helpful and easy to follow instruction.. Nick Santos is the greatest instructor!

Thank you so much Nick Santos (our instructor) and the UC Davis Extension Team it is a good course that benefits students to learn GIS basics Excellent and easy to follow!

looking forward to course 2.

Looking forward to next course!

Looking forward for next session of this course and next course.

I'm looking forward the next course!

Thank you for all of the material and I'm looking forward to my next class!

Looking forward to next week lectures.

Looking forward to the rest of this specialization.

I am looking forward for the next courses in this suite.

I am looking forward to the next module in this specialization.

Looking forward to the next class.

I am looking forward to taking the next few courses to complete the specialization.

Looking forward to completing the rest of the specialization.

Very instructive course I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to gain knowledge and learn some basic skills in GIS.

I highly recommend this course.

The structure and the content is so exciting and really drags me into the world of GIS.The lecturer Nick Santos is really good, the pace is perfect and you are always able to go back to previous videos, documents or search the internet, ask your fellow students or the professor if something is bothering you or if you are just curious.I HIGHLY recommend this course and the specialisation aswell.

I highly recommend this course i learned so many thing in this course.Thanks to Nick and to everyone who made this possible.

I highly recommend this course if you have 5-6 hours per week.

I highly recommend this course for those who want to get familiar with ArcGIS.

Really more useful for basic learner ...and its very help for me...the way of teaching and practical works are amazing Absolutly Love It, Thank you UC DAVIS Team and Nick SAntos Useful course explaining the basics of GIS data and how to perform simple geoprocessing and cartography tasks using ArcGIS for Desktop.

I took an in-person GIS for Natural Resource Managers course a year ago (also through UC Davis Extension), and I have been using ArcGIS occasionally since.

it was really very very interesting course i enjoyed it thanks to : the primary instructor of this course : Nick Santos thanks to the outstanding team of dedicated educators at UC Davis Extension including:Instructional Designers and Project Managers: Jennifer Kremer, Dan Comins, Andy Roy, and Jeff LouxVideo Production: Kristen Hoard, Joe Najera, Adi Maldonado, and Dominick PorrasThanks as well to Esri for their support of this course.

Thanks a lot Nick Sanots, Coursera, UC Davis and all fellow learners.

Thanks to Nick Santos, UC Davis and Coursera Community.

Thank you Cousera and UC Davis for offering such a comprehensive course.

Excellent introductory course This is a great concept and I am proud and privileged to learn from Coursera and UC Davis.

I don't have a background in geography and the course gave a strong foundations Learn at your own pace, great job by the instructor and the UC Davis team.

Thank you Coursera, UC Davis,Nick Santos Amazing course, I am doing a PhD in GIS and this basically covers all the major themes and concept, while providing knowledge in practice.

However the final assignment is challenging enough to summarize whatever I have learnt.

I had a great time in taking up the quizes, and the peer reviewed final assignment.

Really good for beginners and if this course have more detailed instruction of final assignment, I would like to give five stars.

Making the online features of ArcGIS mandatory components of the final assignment may pose a barrier to some people.

So, I was not able to add the elements like basemap to my maps, which made it a big challenge for me to pass the final assignment.

Excellent course I have gained many skills from this course cool course, thanks a lot Well developed course, everything leads you up to a final assignment that helps test what you've learned and gives you a great general idea of some of the cool things you can do with ArcGIS.

The final assignment is quite challenging for novices, but I was able to complete it by reviewing the videos again.

Good final assignment.

especially I learned a lot while doing final assignment.

At first I thought it was too easy, but when you get to week 4 and work on the final assignment, everything that was taught will be utilize for you to finish the assignment and it is really challenging.

I'd highlight two points that I appreciated a lot: the final assignment closely relates to the course's content and the right balance between depth and breadth of the weekly topics.

Highly recomm very good and hight quality video , more exemple step by step i like this cousre A good introduction to GIS focusing on the fundamental principles with a good practical element included.

The step by step instructions make the course very easy to follow.

Make sure you try and do the assignments without the step by step directions and the end will be a breeze!

But It will be most useful if the student can use the same data than the instructor and follow instruction step by step.

Online format makes it easy to review lectures and go back to them and pause step by step if needed; assignments are clear and well designed to give you instruction and practice on skills.

Very useful and practical lectures to learn the basics of GIS step by step.

Highly recommended for beginners, especially if you plan on pursuing a degree which incorporates GIS.

Highly recommended for anyone seeking fundamental GIS knowledge!

Highly recommended for newbies (like myself) :) Very informative.

I really learnt a lot in a short space of time at my own pace.

It was helpful, I've learnt a lot of new things and I believe that my confidence level is up a notch:) Course which teaches you the fundamentals at an easy pace and provides additional help for assessments and advanced learning Significó un gran aporte a mis conocimientos.

learnt a lot from it .

Thank you Nick I did all your Specialization and I learnt a lot.

And the final project was also appropriate for the scope of the course - very doable but took a little bit of tinkering and experimentation.

The assignments and final project definitely helped me gain some hands-on experiences of how GIS workd practically.

Mr. Nick Santo explained various concepts and skills very nicely, which was incredibly helpful when I was doing my final project.

<3 ArcGIS Very hard, little direction for the final project.

Please update final project with better, more in-depth instructions.

I loved the tutorial assignments and the final project wasn't too challenging.

Material is logically and succinctly presented in manner that supports the completion of the final project.

In other words, I've got a lot to look forward to in upcoming courses and I hope I can learn enough to become a GIS professional.

I look forward to the next class in this specialization.

I look forward to completing this specialization.

I last worked on ArcMap about 10 years ago and the good part here was that I was able to review and see that the basic skills and tools have not changed much, and it's a great refresher course, and I look forward to seeing the new advanced tools that are available!

I have a degree in GIS, but that was over 10 years ago, this course got me back up to speed and I hope to continue learning more.

I took a GIS class in undergrad roughly eight years ago and wanted to brush up, and this class definitely helped with that.