GIS Library Services • What is GIS? GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems and is a set of tools that integrates hardware, software and data to capture, manage, analyze and visualize geographic information. • What does GIS Library Services do? Help staff and students Find, Access and Use GIS software and data. • What kinds of questions can be answered using GIS?
GIS Library Services
Feb 09, 2016
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GIS Library Services• What is GIS? GIS stands for Geographic
Information Systems and is a set of tools that integrates hardware, software and data to capture, manage, analyze and visualize geographic information.
• What does GIS Library Services do? Help staff and students Find, Access and Use GIS software and data.
• What kinds of questions can be answered using GIS?
GIS Library ServicesWhat do we offer?
Data- Purchased ( aerial photos, FlySask, etc)- Free (Government Agencies, Cities, Collaborations, Companies
etc.)
Software- Purchased (ArcGIS10) - Free (Google Earth Pro, Quantum GIS…)
Training - ESRI online training - ITS courses - New Graduate level course, GEOG 882
Online mapping
Ideal for quick GIS queries, reports and presentations National • Public Health Agency of Canada – Chronic Disease
Infobase • Statistics Canada – Health Indicators • International • HealthMap• TOXMAP: Environmental Health e-Maps
GIS data – advanced users
Uses GIS software and data to create maps.
•NRCAN – Geogratis
• DMTI and Stats Canada data – Equinox
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