GIS Library Services• What is GIS? GIS stands for Geographic

Information Systems and is a set of tools that integrates hardware, software and data to capture, manage, analyze and visualize geographic information.

• What does GIS Library Services do? Help staff and students Find, Access and Use GIS software and data.

• What kinds of questions can be answered using GIS?

GIS Library ServicesWhat do we offer?

Data- Purchased ( aerial photos, FlySask, etc)- Free (Government Agencies, Cities, Collaborations, Companies

etc.)

Software- Purchased (ArcGIS10) - Free (Google Earth Pro, Quantum GIS…)

Training - ESRI online training - ITS courses - New Graduate level course, GEOG 882

Online mapping

Ideal for quick GIS queries, reports and presentations National • Public Health Agency of Canada – Chronic Disease

Infobase • Statistics Canada – Health Indicators • International • HealthMap• TOXMAP: Environmental Health e-Maps

GIS data – advanced users

Uses GIS software and data to create maps.

•NRCAN – Geogratis

• DMTI and Stats Canada data – Equinox

ContactEmail: jasmine.hoover@usask.ca

http://library.usask.ca/