GIS Services Knowledge Articles
This article guides a user through the process of accessing our multiple GIS systems and applications to benefit their own work and engage with the university's restricted GIS data.
This article shows users every feature and tool available in "GISmaps 2.0". This guide includes information on tools within restricted features to access these tools, see the requesting access how-to guide.
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This guide provides descriptions of every tool and how to use the Historic Map
This guide provides descriptions of every tool and how to use the Campus Map
A concise list of documentation useful for field verification onboarding.
This is a step by step guide to creating a GIS Service that shares data to the web.
This is a step by step guide to creating ArcGIS Online Content using an Experience Builder Template.
A KB for users looking to connect to GIS data or reconnect after the February 2024 migration.
How to take drone imagery from raw collected data all the way to an image service. This is an advanced version of the KB "Generic Postflight Processing in SiteScan"
This is supplemental pre-flight information that is not drone specific.
This is a training guidelines document used to onboard new pilots with our equipment. This is a beginners guide that is in addition to existing FAA and OSU drone policies.
This article describes how to request access to the three core GIS Systems: GIS Maps, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise Portal.
Submit a New FITS Request
FITS is here to assist the university community with your facility and spatial data needs. If you are in need of assistance regarding one of our systems or the data we manage, please submit a FITS Request using the following link:
go.osu.edu/fitsrequest