Intro to GIS

Learn the basics of visualizing & analyzing geographic information & creating your own maps

Event date July 28, 2015 1pm - 4pm

map We will introduce open source and proprietary Geographic Information System (GIS) software options and let attendees choose to work through exercises using ESRI ArcGIS (proprietary) and/or Quantum GIS (QGIS) (open source). Learn to work with data from the MIT Geodata Repository, analyze the data, and create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.

Location: 14N-132 DIRC

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Contact: Jennie Murack, murack@mit.edu