Current Articles about GIS
Full text links for the BC Community.
- The Geography of Violence, Alcohol Outlets, and Drug Arrests in Boston.
American Journal of Public Health. Apr2013, Vol. 103 Issue 4, - Case Study: leveraging geographic dataAmerican Libraries. 43.1-2 (January-February 2012): p83.
- Geographic Information Systems and Evaluation Tendency of Managers in Different Areas in Optimal use of this Powerful Software. INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS.
Nov2012, Vol. 4 Issue 7, p250-258, 9p - GIS-Based Regionalized Life Cycle Assessment: How Big Is Small Enough? Methodology and Case Study of Electricity Generation Environ. Sci. Technol., 2012, 46 (2), pp 1096–1103
- Open-Source Web-based Geographical Information System for Health Exposure AssessmentInternational Journal of Health Geographics. 11 (Jan. 10, 2012): p2.
- Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ RichesNew York Times, Nov. 16th. See Mapping the Enlightenment.
Support
To request a GIS class presentation or GIS consultation for a research project contact:
Barbara Mento
Email:barbara.mento@bc.edu
or
Constantin Andronache
Email: constantin.andronache@bc.edu
The GIS Team will work with faculty members to customize GIS integration into courses and support research projects. Support includes identifying GIS data, assistance in developing maps for course material, overview and demonstration of ArcGIS software and hands on workshops for smaller groups of students.
- Open-Source web-based geographical information system for health exposure assessmentInternational Journal of Health Geographics. 11 (Jan. 10, 2012): p2.
4th Annual GIS Contest 2013
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First prize winners, left Austin Nijhuis, right Andrew Ireland |
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Congratulations to the winners of the Library Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping Contest at Boston College
The first place award of a $100 Amazon Gift Card goes to:
Austin Nijhuis, Graduate student in Earth and Environmental Sciences, graduate prize: "Predicting Coastal Dead Zone Size: a Statistical Approach Using GIS".
Andrew Ireland, A&S 2014 in Biology, undergraduate prize: “Population Pressures on Tiger Habitat in India“.
The second place award of a $50 Amazon Gift Card, goes to:
Brendan Hildum, Graduate student in Earth and Environmental Sciences, graduate prize: "Arsenic Speciation and Groundwater Chemistry Near and Within a Landfill Leachate Plume in Central Massachusetts".
Licia Tomasi, International student in Earth and Environmental Sciences, undergraduate prize: “Wind Power in Massachusetts: Conservation and Energy Production”.
The third place award of a $25 Amazon Gift Card goes to:
Federico Mantovanelli, Graduate student in Economics, graduate prize: ” The Protestant Legacy. Missions and Literacy in India”.
Kyra Prats, A&S 2013 in Earth and Environmental Sciences, undergraduate prize: “Relationships Among Hydrogeomorphology, Wetland Distribution, and Water Levels in Estuarine Environments”.
News and New Books
Sign up for a free online tutorial from ESRI, producer of the ArcGIS software:
Getting Started with GIS (for ArcGIS 10)
Just create a free online account and go to this free 9 hour course.
Course description from website: This course provides a foundation for understanding what a geographic information system is and the possibilities it offers for discovering patterns, relationships, and trends. You will learn how GIS maps are different from other types of paper and digital maps, what makes the data used in a GIS unique, and how to use GIS software to obtain information and create meaningful maps. In interactive exercises and activities throughout the course, you will work with ArcGIS software and see how a GIS supports problem solving in many different contexts.
For a full list of free ESRI courses go to the ESRI Training Catalog
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