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GIS Services Office
The GIS Services office is part of the Digital Library office on the second floor of the Honnold/Mudd Library.
GIS Servicesc/o CCDL
Honnold/Mudd Library
800 N. Dartmouth
Claremont, CA 91711
More information about GIS
GIS Services Information
The Libraries of the Claremont Colleges supports the innovative use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for our students, staff, and faculty.
GIS is a powerful, very marketable tool that allows information to be displayed to a location, such as people to an address, crime to a demographic area, species to a slope and aspect then analyzed spatially combining critical thinking and problem solving by layering other information to give a better understanding of why certain populations vote, spend or where species can be found. Classic examples include spatially displaying information for environmental analysis, analyzing social demographic & voting patterns, or geographically displaying spending habits such as where are more populations likely to purchase the Washington Post to where there are more concentrations of poverty, or analyzing pollutions within delineated watershed.
Increasingly more faculty in different departments will be using GIS in their courses and research, and interest in the technology is growing on campus and in the marketplace. We invite you to join the free weekly GIS workshops or drop in to explore applications in your area of interest. For more information, contact GIS Specialist Warren Roberts.
What is GIS?
GIS are comprised of computer applications that allow
you to visualize large
amounts of complex, spatial data by creating and combining layers of customized
maps. If you can imagine, GIS allows you to wipe a landscape clean of its
jumble of topography, rivers, environmental damage, wildlife, streets,
buildings, telephone lines, and people, and then add this information back as
separate layers in any combination so that you can see patterns and
relationships that would have been difficult to notice otherwise. GIS can mine
data from spreadsheets or relational databases, and combine it with visual data
such as CAD files, graphics, and images to create "intelligent maps" on which
different types of analysis can be performed.
GIS Activity
Are you a globetrotter, geocacher or can’t find your way out of a wet paper bag? Do you think 'spatially'? What you study or research has roots in geography!
Play this fun game AND learn about GIS at the Claremont Colleges.
Grand non-prize winner of the GIS game:
- Gloria Bracy, Claremont McKenna College
Additional top scorers:
- Boyle Ke, Joint Science Department
- Brad Daniels, Claremont McKenna College
- Heidi Denenholz, Claremont McKenna College
Congratulation to our winners who clearly knew that Geographic Information Systems could be so much darn fun!