GIS News:

Introduction to Google Maps API

Googler Pamela Fox will give a whirlwind tour of the Google Maps API and KML, teaching the basics of each and showing off some of the really fun applications of them (like campus maps, interactive panoramas, and fantasy worlds).

Google Maps Codelab

Interactive codelabs in the topics addressed in the Introduction to Google Maps API. Codelab participants should come prepared with basic Javascript or XML experience, and will find debugging the Maps API easier if they have Firebug installed.

Food will be provided Helpful websites:
http://code.google.com
http://googleworkshops.googlemashups.com/
http://googleworkshops.googlemashups.com/resources/googlemapsapiworkshop.html

GeoWeb

MIT Geoweb provides a web interface to search, view, and download data and view metadata from the MIT Geodata Repository, an international collection of GIS data maintained by MIT GIS Services.

Download the latest version of the MIT Geodata Repository Search Tool- released May 2008

The latest version includes an easy way to bring in search results from GeoWeb and allows multiple search terms to be used together when searching the metadata. Come explore the new tool in the MIT GIS Lab or learn more about it and download it onto your laptop.

India GIS datasets

The MIT Libraries have acquired Indian Census data to the Tahsil and Ward boundary level (the most detailed level released by the Indian government), as well as detailed city data for Hyderabad, Delhi, and Mumbai. With GIS data you can analyze the numeric information and visualize the data by creating your own maps. All data is available through the MIT Geodata Repository. The GIS Datasets for India webpage provides a more detailed listing of datasets.

Upgrade to ArcGIS 9.2 - SP5

The MIT computer labs running ArcGIS are running version 9.2, with service pack 5. The MIT Geodata Repository has also been upgraded to ArcSDE 9.2. We highly recommend anyone running ArcGIS 9.1 or an earlier version to upgrade. Users running ArcGIS 9.1 will be unable to connect to the MIT Geodata Repository because ESRI did not build in backwards compatibility with ArcSDE 9.2. DVD's with the ArcGIS software are available for the MIT community for free by filling out the ESRI GIS software order form.

China GIS datasets

Did you know the MIT Libraries has Chinese census data, to the county level, from 2000 to 1953 in GIS format? We also have township level census data for 2000, as well as satellite imagery. It is now easier than ever to find these datasets at: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/data/findingaids/china.html

Find out what's new in the MIT libraries through RSS feeds

View recent additions to the collections, including Maps, Mapping + GIS.
Items can be viewed via webpages, emailed to you on a regular basis, or checked via live RSS feeds.

If you would like to learn more about RSS:
* see our RSS guide: http://libraries.mit.edu/help/rss/
* attend our IAP class, Keeping Current: Using RSS Feeds to Stay Ahead
in Your Research: http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/iap-6767.html

GPS units available for checkout from Rotch Library

Rotch Library now has GPS units available for checkout by the MIT community from the circulation desk. Units are available for one day. If a unit is needed for a longer period of time email gishelp@mit.edu to explain why and request an extension. More information about the GPS units can be found at: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/software/gps.html