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SPIF for Researchers

Are you a planetary science student or researcher? Find out how you can use SPIF resources for your research.

We offer assistance with finding and obtaining image data, processing and analysis, and finding collaborators for your project. We also develop and run workshops for using image analysis tools.

Upcoming SPIF Workshops

Our next offering will be an online workshop on November 13, 10am-6pm EST. Registration is now closed to those who did not submit an NOI.

Introduction to ArcGIS Pro for Planetary Science


Upcoming Workshops Offered by Partner Institutions

Arizona State University will host an online workshop, Introduction to JMARS, on Zoom on Monday, November 23, 2026, from 9:00am to 1:00pm MST. Registration information for this online workshop and information on downloading JMARS software can be found at this link: Registration

University of Arizona will hold an in-person Planetary Photogrammetry workshop on December 1-4, 2026. Travel grants are available. Click here to see more information, registration instructions, travel grant applications, and deadlines.

These workshops are part of the Planetary Data Training Workshop program funded through NASA's Topical Workshops, Symposia, and Conferences (TWSC). You can contact us at spif@cornell.edu to be added to our email list and receive announcements of upcoming workshops.


Past Workshops

The new version of our workshop, updated for ArcGIS® Pro, has been taught at GSA Connects 2023 & 2024, as well as at Cornell and online in 2024 & 2025. Prior to that, we taught a hybrid version in ArcGIS® Desktop and Pro at GSA Connects 2021 and 2022, locally at Cornell in 2023, and virtually in conjunction with LPSC in 2023.

We are currently a member institution of the Planetary Data Training Workshops program, which offers a variety of workshops in ArcGIS®, ISIS3, JMARS, stero photogrammetry, and data management. If you would like to be added to an email list to receive announcements of upcoming workshops, please email us at spif@cornell.edu

We taught our workshop on ArcGIS Desktop (v10.4-8), Introduction to Image Analysis with ArcGIS®, at LPSC, GSA, OPvCon, and locally at Cornell from 2018 to 2020. Since support for ArcGIS® Desktop has now ended, we have fully retired this version of our workshop.

View Image Data Resources


Images Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech, Top Panel PIA14293, Bottom Right Panel PIA02816