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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!

  • Fall Python Series: An Exploration of Research Tools for Beginners

    Posted by Chelsea Lane on September 23, 2022 at 5:30 pm

    Join the GCDI for a fall Python series exploring various research methods and tools. We will begin by introducing the programming language Python and then continue by practicing and building out core skills through various practical applications, including text analysis with NLTK, data analysis with Pandas, web scraping with Beautiful Soup, and reading data with APIs. This is a workshop series intended for beginners. Sessions will be recorded for those unable to attend certain workshops, but regular participation is encouraged. Knowledge from individual workshops will be strengthened in PUG (Python User Group) sessions, which will run every other Friday from 3–4PM (beginning October 7th). All meetings will be held online synchronously on Zoom, using the regular PUG meeting link: https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/85456607308?pwd=aHFxTU5VTStUQTlsdTFRUnRDMkVYQT09#success

    Tentative Schedule:

    • Friday, September 30th, 2–4PM: Introduction to Python
    • Friday, October 14th, 2–4PM: Text Analysis with NLTK
    • Friday, October 28th, 2–4PM: Tables and Pandas and Python! Oh my!
    • Friday, November 11th, 2–4PM: Web Scraping with Beautiful Soup
    • Friday, December 2nd, 2–4PM: Plugging into APIs

    Meeting times will also posted on the GCDI calendar.

    Regular updates and Zoom link will be posted on the PUG commons page!

    Hope to see you there!

    –Chelsea (GCDI Postdoc) + Rebecca (GC Digital Fellow), co-organizers

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