Geographic Information Systems (GIS)  

The GIS laboratory, housed on the 3rd floor of Rotch Library (7-238), is available for use during Rotch's operating hours.

Summer GIS Lab Assistance:

May 20th - May 31st: by appointment

June 3rd - August 30th: Monday-Friday: 2-3pm 

There will be no GIS help on May 27th and July 4th due to holidays.

If you cannot make these times, feel free to email your question to us or contact us to set up an appointment at another time. Our email address is gishelp@mit.edu.

We added new tutorials on finding business data, geocoding addresses, and adding xy coordinates as points. Check them out here.

Landscan Data Learn more about population distribution around the world using LandScan 2011. You must be on the MIT Network to access the web application. This data will soon be available in MIT's Geodata Repository.

Wind and Solar Data for Massachusetts and Florida: Data on wind speed and solar irradiation are available for Massachusetts and Florida on DVD in the GIS lab.

Want to learn MIT GIS Services news as soon as it is released? Sign up for our listserv.

Download ArcGIS 10.1 and the MIT Geodata Search Tool for ArcGIS. MIT Certificates are required to download this software. Installation instructions are here (.pdf format).

ArcGIS 10.1 Service Pack 1 available. Download it here.

MIT GeoWeb: Start your search for geographic information here. You can search for GIS data held in the MIT Geodata Repository and other local colleges.

Traveling? Find out how to use ArcGIS off campus.

MITGIS email list: Subscribe to get updates about GIS related events, new GIS data and software, and more.

gishelp@mit.edu