ArcGIS 10 Transforms the Way People Use GIS

News Release from ERSI

New Release Simplifies Your Work, Provides New Ways to Share Information, Supplies GIS in the Cloud, and Much More

Redlands, California— June 29, 2010— ArcGIS 10, which is now available from Esri, is transforming the way people use geographic information system (GIS) technology. With this release, users will be more productive with their work and will be able to take advantage of GIS everywhere: via individual local desktops, across desktops and browsers leveraging central servers, and in the cloud.

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Recent ICPSR Study Additions

Boston College students and faculty can chose from over 6000 datasets in the ICPSR data archive. Here are some recent additions:

27001 Child Care and Children with Special Needs: Challenges for Low Income Families, 2002-2005

2896 Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States,
1790-2002


4690 Americans' Changing Lives: Waves I, II, III, and IV, 1986, 1989, 1994, and 2002


20862 Latino National Survey (LNS), 2006

Questions about data or how to download data? Email: Barbara Mento, Data/GIS Librarian

Summer GIS Workshop June 15, 2010 from 10:00 - 11:30 O'Neill 245

Summer is a great time for faculty and students to learn about Geographic Information Systems as a research tool during a hands on workshop.
The workshop includes:

* ArcGIS software, data and technical support at Boston College
*License options
*Main ArcGIS features and capabilities (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcTool, ArcGlobe)
*Demos using Census and Environmental data.

Co-taught by Constantin Andronache, ITS Research Services, and Barbara Mento, Data/GIS Librarian.
Further details at: Introduction to ArcGIS

Registration
To sign up for a tutorial, please send email to researchservices@bc.edu with the name of this tutorial.