[Crosstalk] Ed Tech Times Update: Fall GIS Workshops

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http://edtech.mit.edu/times/archives/000074.html

The GIS Lab is offering five one-hour workshops this fall to help
people get started using Geographic Information Systems at MIT. 

Workshop topics include:
    * Introduction to ArcGIS software
    * How to Read Topographic Maps with Digital Elevation Models
    * Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
    * The Quest for Data - Finding data for your projects and getting
it into a GIS
    * Working with U.S. Census Data in a GIS

Watch for the more in-depth GIS classes which will be offered during
IAP. For more information see the class descriptions. 

For more information about these classes and how to register go to
http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/fall2005.html.  To contact the GIS
Lab, send email to gishelp at mit.edu.


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