Hours The GIS laboratory, housed in Rotch Library (7-238), is available for use during Rotch operating hours. GIS Lab Assistance: September 14 - December 10 A GIS specialist will be available in the GIS lab for walk-in assistance from 12:30-4:00 pm, Monday-Thursday. If you have a GIS question and are not available during walk-in lab hours please email gishelp(at)mit.edu to check if a GIS specialist can meet with you at a different time A brief description of your question, and the geographic area you are working on is helpful.

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• Data updates:
• Manhattan, NY 3D buildings from 2009 in MIT Geodata Repository - (MIT web certificates required for viewing and accessing)
• New administrative boundaries for countries all around the world - including municipal, counties, postal codes, etc. (MIT web certificates required for viewing and accessing)
• Energy data from Platts in the MIT Geodata Repository- (MIT web certificates required for viewing and accessing)
• City of Boston Land Parcels- (MIT web certificates required for viewing and accessing)
• New York City Tax Lots- (MIT web certificates required for viewing and accessing)
• South Africa: Cape Town | Eastern Cape | Western Cape
• India GIS datasets
• China GIS datasets
Data on the web by state webpage update: NYC Data Mine
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• Services updates:
• Download the latest version of the MIT Geodata Repository Search Tool - released October 2009
• Learn more about it with the new MIT Geodata Repository Search Tool for ArcGIS Help Guide
• ESRI ArcGIS 9.3.1 available to the MIT community
• MIT GeoWeb - GIS data access with a web browser
• GPS units available for checkout from Rotch Library