# Identify available mailing lists, forums, helpdesks, in the planetary community

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**Created:** [May 13, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/identify-available-mailing-lists-forums-helpdesks-in-the-planetary-community/637 "2023-05-13T20:47:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmarmo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openplanetary.discourse.group/cmarmo/32/271_2.png) [@cmarmo](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/cmarmo)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/identify-available-mailing-lists-forums-helpdesks-in-the-planetary-community/637/1 "2023-05-13T20:47:56Z")

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The planetary community is a rich and diverse environment.  
A number of historical resources, mailing lists, helpdesks are available online.  
@Trent_Hare recently posted some useful technical questions and answers from [USGS astrodiscuss](https://astrodiscuss.usgs.gov/t/welcome-to-discourse/7) (thanks!! 🙏).  
This thread would like to provide a list of those resources and their owners, in order to facilitate cross-posting and a more efficient and open information sharing.

Feel free to suggest new resources in the thread (I’m clearly not up to date… 🙂 )  
Thanks for your collaboration!

- (officially shut down)~~[USGS astrodiscuss](https://astrodiscuss.usgs.gov/t/welcome-to-discourse/7)~~
- [StereoPipeline Support Forum](https://groups.google.com/g/ames-stereo-pipeline-support)
- [gdal mailing list](https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev)
- [SPICE discussion mailing list](https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pipermail/spice_discussion/)
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**Author:** ![Trent\_Hare](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openplanetary.discourse.group/trent_hare/32/303_2.png) [@Trent\_Hare](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/Trent_Hare)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/identify-available-mailing-lists-forums-helpdesks-in-the-planetary-community/637/2 "2023-05-15T15:07:01Z")

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# Virtual MRCTR Office Hours

> **[Virtual MRCTR Office Hours](https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/planetary-geologic-mapping/virtual-mrctr-office-hours)**
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> Live GIS and mapping support from the USGS-NASA Planetary Geologic Mapping Program

[MRCTR](https://www.usgs.gov/centers/astrogeology-science-center/science/mrctr-gis-lab) Office hours specialize in helping with geologic mapping efforts (largely using ArcGIS Pro), but Sarah is willing to help with most other planetary GIS questions.

For off-line mapping help:

- see Sarah’s [User’s Guide to Planetary Image Analysis and Geologic Mapping in ArcGIS Pro](https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/planetary-geologic-mapping/planetary-mapping-and-gis-tutorials).
- More ArcGIS-based tutorials by [Tennessee Tech](https://tntechsedgeology.org/tutorials/).
- For QGIS mapping support see the [GMAP Planetary Geologic Mapping Winter School series](https://www.planetarymapping.eu/).
- For more simple mapping tasks, [JMARS](https://jmars.asu.edu/jmars-tutorials) might get you started also.
- [SPIF and ASU GIS training workshops](https://cornellspif.com/researchers/). The first [ASU training workshop](https://rgcps.asu.edu/gis-pdtw/) is already May 23-26, 2023 but watch out for more. The ASU series features GIS training, ISIS3 training, and a Photogrammetry day.

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**Author:** ![dpmayer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openplanetary.discourse.group/dpmayer/32/50_2.png) [@dpmayer](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/dpmayer)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/identify-available-mailing-lists-forums-helpdesks-in-the-planetary-community/637/3 "2023-06-07T17:14:39Z")

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@cmarmo Astrodiscuss has officially been shut down and the link no longer resolves, so that one can be taken off the list.

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**Author:** ![dpmayer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openplanetary.discourse.group/dpmayer/32/50_2.png) [@dpmayer](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/dpmayer)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/identify-available-mailing-lists-forums-helpdesks-in-the-planetary-community/637/4 "2023-06-07T17:16:33Z")

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The official GitHub for USGS ISIS has a Discussions tab:

> **[DOI-USGS/ISIS3 · Discussions](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/discussions)**
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> Explore the GitHub Discussions forum for DOI-USGS ISIS3. Discuss code, ask questions & collaborate with the developer community.

That’s a good place for users to ask ISIS-specific questions and can provide a segue to opening issues if something a user asks about turns out to be a bug.