About the Geographic Information Systems Lab at Washington College
The Geographic Information Systems Lab at Washington College integrates a data from a table, spreadsheet, or database and creates maps. GIS is a computerized mapping system that stores, displays and analyzes any type of data that has a geographic location. This field is used across disciplines and throughout the world. Environmental managers employ it to inventory and manage resources for the future while demographic researchers can use it to plot case specific data. For more information on this growing field of study, please visit Washington College.
In partnership with eXtension, Washington College offers the following courses for the public
- Learning Lesson: Adding Data from an ArcIMS Server
- Learning Lesson: GIS and GPS to Google Earth
- Learning Lesson: GIS Careers
- Learning Lesson: Create in Google Sketch-Up
- Learning Lesson: How Does GPS Work
- Learning Lesson: Introduction to Bing
- Learning Lesson: Basics of Google Earth
- Learning Lesson: Using Geospatial Tools to Track Land Use Change
- Learning Lesson: GIS and Security
- Learning Lesson: Soils and GIS
- Learning Lesson: Watersheds
- Leaning Lessons: What is GIS
