Geospatial Data & GIS

Welcome to the Geospatial Data & GIS Infoguide.                                              

 Use this guide to discover geospatial data and GIS resources available to you at Mason and online.

• Find Geospatial Data - GMU GIS data collection and online data resources. 
• Learn GIS - Library workshops, tutorials, and virtual online resources  
• Access GIS Software - Ways to access GIS software
• Create Web Maps - Resources available for web mapping
• Write and Cite - Information on citation of geospatial data and maps generated using GIS tools. 
• Get Help - E-mail the GIS specialist, setup an appointment for a consultation, or e-mail datahelp.

The following guides may be useful for doing research in using GIS as a tool.

• Geography: Resources and tools to study in Geography (via Mason).
• Neighborhood Geography: Resources and tools to delineate a boundary of a neighborhood and to get its demographic data (via Mason). See the guide on how to delineate a boundary of a neighborhood using Social Explorer (via Mason).
• Big data and geovisualization: Storage and tools for big data analysis and visualization (via Mason).
• Atlases and Maps: Finding maps and atlases using catalog and online map resources (via Mason).
• Humanities GIS: Finding applications of GIS in humanities (via Mason).
• Data Services & Data Management: Resources for data management at Mason.
• Data Visualization: Resources for data visualization in general (via Mason) and via Duke.  
• See also many other online resources at our Digital Scholarship Center site.

• Annals of GIS

  Peer Reviewed articles and reviews on topics in geo-information science, such as remote sensing, data acquisition, GIS and geo-visualization, and their applications.
• Transactions in GIS

  Peer Reviewed articles studying the latest advances and best practices in the spatial sciences and geographic information systems.
• International Journal of Geographical Information Science

  Peer Reviewed articles covering research in fundamental and computational geographic information science, including applying geographical information science to monitoring, prediction, and decision making, as well as natural resources, social systems, computer science, cartography, surveying, geography, and engineering, in both developed and developing countries.
• GeoJournal

  Peer Reviewed international journal devoted to all branches of spatially integrated social sciences and humanities.