Introduction to

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

in the Library


January 6, 2006

The purpose of the class is to give a cursory view of the theory, software, potential pit falls, Scholars' Lab GIS resources and some cartography associated with using GIS.

Download main PowerPoint presentation here.

Download cartograhpy PowerPoint presentation here.

Download both presentations zipped here.

Download zipped data for projection exercise here.

Download zipped data for map making exercise here.

Download zipped data for view shed exercise here.

Download zipped ESRI whitepapers here.

Download the whole shooting match zipped here.