Current Articles about GIS
Full text links for the BC Community.
- Case Study: leveraging geographic dataAmerican Libraries. 43.1-2 (January-February 2012): p83.
- Open-Source Web-based Geographical Information System for Health Exposure AssessmentInternational Journal of Health Geographics. 11 (Jan. 10, 2012): p2.
- Spatial Comparison of Renewable Energy Supply and Energy Demand for Low-carbon SettlementsCities, Vol. 28, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages 557-566
- Add Multicriteria Decision Analysis and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).USA Business Review, Sep2011, Vol. 10 Issue 9, p865-879, 15p
- Digital Maps Are Giving Scholars the Historical Lay of the LandNew York Times: July 26, 2011
- Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ RichesNew York Times, Nov. 16th. See Mapping the Enlightenment.
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Boston College supports the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in teaching, research and administrative projects. GIS is a database management system for capture, storage, retrieval, analysis, and display of spatial data and related information.
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
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.
3rd Annual Boston College Libraries GIS Contest
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2012 GIS Contest
First Prize
Austin Mason for : "A Tomb with a View: Burial Rites and the Landscape of Anglo-Saxon Conversion".
Second Prize
Brendan Hildum for : "Arsenic Speciation and Groundwater Chemistry at Shepley's Hill Landfill, Devens, Massachusetts".
Third Prize
Jacob Anderson for: "Contamination of a Public Water Supply from Road De-Icers".
Honorable Mentions to Amanda Duggan for: " The Effects of Road Salt on the Public Drinking Water Supply of Norwell, MA" and Austin Nijhuis for : "Are Food Stamps Enough in New Orleans?"
Want to learn more about GIS? Contact Barbara Mento, Data/GIS Manager
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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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