Note to say we have moved our Blog over to Blogger. Read the latest at:

http://salgis.blogspot.com/

Happy Holidays everyone.....

GIS Team at Smith

An Interesting Blog-icle: Greenwich Emotion Map. This project makes use of GPS and a device that detects and records emotional responses to the physical surroundings of the wearer to produce an "emotional map" that highlights where people feel stressed or where they feel excited.

An interesting implication: how would a map made in a similar fashion to the Greenwhich map be similar or different to these maps of the Smith campus using the results of a survery where students consciously decided between places that made them uncomfortable and places they felt safe in.

We now have 15 minute USGS maps for Massachusetts in our Special Collections data library. These maps were acquired from the Harvard GeoSpatial Library which is a great resource for mappers and historians alike.  You can now access these maps "locally" from our server - \\geo\gis\data\special_collections\ma_15min_quads

Enjoy....

Tags: data, special collection, usgs

Take a look and see what David Maquire at ESRI has to say about jobs in GIS.

"One of the biggest factors holding back GIS is a shortage of staff. This year ESRI will attempt to hire around 400 people at locations throughout the US, with most vacancies here at our headquarters in southern California."

David's blog: GIS Matters

The Canadian Cartographic Association's Weblog
Geography 2.0: Virtual Globes
GIS Matters
Map Room: A Weblog About Maps

Browse high resolution maps and images with Zoomimfly. Take a look at North American shaded relief or zoom around the campus orthophoto in a snap!

Looking for a great gift for that Geographer, Geologist, Historian, GIS Specialist, or all around Map Lover?  Browse over to Old Maps and find a gem.  Perhaps a gift to the Spatial Analysis Lab....

From the website:

 "Our focus is mostly on the extraordinary wall maps of the late 1850s; some of the first detailed maps for most of rural New England.  These maps are not very accessible to most people since they are large maps which can't be easily copied.  As time permits, we will be adding to the collection now offered.."

Soon all of our good friends, despite their insistence on using a Mac will be able to ogle earth with Google Earth.  Welcome to the club!  See Apple Insider for details...

Cool Google Maps is a collection of all the variety of Google maps out there that make some weird and interesting use of that interface. It's pretty impressive to see what some people can come up with! Check it out.

The Young Science Library is wonderful and very supportive resource for GIS users at Smith.  Take a look at some of the new titles available!

Available now:

"GIS Processing of Geocoded Satellite Data" / Jonathan Williams
"Fun with GPS" / Don Cooke
"Cartographies of disease : maps, mapping, and medicine" / Tom Koch
"Making maps : a visual guide to map design for GIS" / John Krygier, Denis Wood
"GIS tutorial : workbook for ArcView 9" / Wilpen L. Gorr, Kristen S. Kurland

Coming Soon:

"GIS, spatial analysis, and modeling" / David J. Maguire, Michael Batty, and Michael F. Goodchild, editors
"Designing better maps : a guide for GIS users" / Cynthia A. Brewer
"Think globally, act regionally : GIS and data visualization for social science and public policy research" / Richard LeGates.
"Colour basics for GIS users" / Allan Brown and Wim Feringa

Start your search for great GIS reading at: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/