gis in eds
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GIS in EDS
What is it?
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What is GIS?GIS = Geographic Information
Systems
GIS includes the following:
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Why is GIS useful?GIS is an extremely powerful
analytic tool that allows users to:
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GIS allows you to…
Display your data in its geographic context.
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GIS allows you to…
Visualize your data, and understand it more quickly.
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DBF
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GIS allows you to…
Combine data from a variety of sources and examine their relationships.
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Why EDS and GIS?
GIS is becoming more popular in the social sciences.Demand for GIS support on the Morningside campus increasing.
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More GIS Support in EDS
EDS expanded its limited GIS support by hiring a GIS librarian in the fall of 2003.
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GIS in Action“I need data on Chinatown.”
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Community Districts
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Community District 3
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Clip Down to Area of Interest
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Asian Population Density
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Asian Population/Multi-racial Population Density
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Asian Population/Overall Racial Breakdown
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GIS and YouESRI softwareFree ESRI courses online
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/esri-courses.html
GIS workshops in EDS http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/news/gis_workshops.html