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GIS / Mapping Working Group

The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) / Mapping working group is a network of CUNY students, faculty and staff who are interested in sharing methods and techniques, and finding support from others about ways GIS can be used to further research and teaching.

The GIS/Mapping working group is part of a GC Digital Initiatives program designed to create collaborative communities of Digital Fellows, CUNY-wide graduate students, staff, and faculty to meet regularly and share their areas of interest. The working groups provide a sustained, supportive environment to learn new skills, share familiar skills, and collaborate with both the Digital Fellows and the CUNY digital community.

If you are using Geographic Information Systems or other mapping technologies in your teaching and/or research, or if you are interested in mapping your data, or using GIS technology to analyze/visualize your data, we invite you to join the GIS/Mapping working group.

Peruse our mapping resource bank here: https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gis-working-group/docs/gis-mapping-resources/

For the Spring 2024 semester, the GIS/Mapping working group will meet in the Digital Scholarship Lab, Room 7414, every other Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. Check out our event calendar for the specific meeting dates. Please stop by!

  • Comparing Mapping Tools

    Posted by Olivia Ildefonso (she/her) on March 18, 2019 at 7:11 pm

    Hi all,

    Next Wednesday, I’m giving a workshop on “Finding the Right Tools for Mapping“. Oftentimes students and faculty at the GC have a great idea for a map they want to make, but they don’t know what mapping service to use.  The aim of this workshop is to compare some of the most popular mapping tools in order to give participants an idea of what is out there and the pros and cons of each tool. I’ve boiled it down to these 7 for comparison, but I would love to hear from you about what you think should be included. Are there any important ones that I have missed?  Thanks in advance for your help with this!

    1. Arc GIS Desktop
    2. Arc GIS Online
    3. QGIS
    4. Tableau
    5. Carto
    6. ESRI Story Maps
    7. StoryMapJS

    Best,

    Olivia

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