Geographic Resources Center Information is only valuable if it can be understood. The center recently received an international award for special achievement in GIS from the Environmental Systems Research Institute, a leading developer of GIS software. The award was given to the center because of its achievements in using GIS technology to make the world a better place. The geography department now offers nine classes related to GIS and digital mapping information. It is used by everyone from city planners, to school districts, to convenience stores trying to decide where to put a new shop.
Graduates have real-world experience by the time they complete their program.
When students walk out of here, they haven't just had classes. James Harlan, senior research specialist, has worked with a wide range of special needs, including providing information for political boundary redistricting, environmental issues and community development specialists. Data concerning features such as school districts, city and town boundaries, roads and railroads are updated continually. You put the school districts up as a map, and the map will connect back to a database that can, conceivably, tell you everything you want to know about any school district. DMCA and other copyright information.