GIS @ W&L

This is the new GIS blog for W&L. W&L faculty, students, and staff who are involved in GIS will find this blog interesting, but outsiders are welcome as well. You'll find news, activities, ideas, issues, and other GIS related content here, and I encourage folks to comment.

If you find news or ideas that you want posted, please contact me.

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What is GIS?
From GIS.com:

"GIS is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information."
http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/index.cfm

What is GIS?
What can you do with GIS?
GIS Showcase
ESRI Website
ESRI News Feeds

What:

Learning GIS Using ArcGIS Desktop. An ESRI Instructor led workshop to help you learn what GIS is, basic functions and properties, and how others are using it. Students will learn how to integrate GIS into their work as well as get hands-on training with ArcGIS software. More information at the ESRI website.

When:

April 10 & 11, 2007, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Where:

Parmly 302

Who:

Mary Abdoney (Science Library)
Tom Contos* (University Architect)
Lisa Dunlap (University Computing)
Laurence Eaton (Environmental Studies)
Laura Galke (Sociology & Anthropology)
Bill Hamilton (Biology)
Jim Kahn (Environmental Studies/Economics)
Carol Karsch (Library)
Cindy Morton (Science Library)
Kathryn Szramek (Geology)
John White* (Help Desk)
* will be sending someone from their department

Why:

GIS can use any type of data that has a geospatial component, whether archival or current. Instead of laboring over your data and crunching numbers just to understand it, GIS does the work for you, and presents the data in friendlier format. GIS software, such as ArcGIS, creates layered maps that can be used for presentations as well as manipulation of data.