[mitgis] MIT GIS updates

[Jennie Murack]

GIS help hours:

-There will be no help hours on Thursday, April 28th  or Friday, April 29th
-Spring semester help hours will end on Thursday, May 12th
-Summer GIS help schedule:
May 13th - May 27th : by appointment
May 31st - September 2nd: Monday-Friday, 2-3pm

If you cannot make the scheduled help hours, email gishelp at mit.edu<mailto:gishelp at mit.edu> to set up an appointment at another time.

Featured resource: MapZen Data: https://mapzen.com/data/

If you are looking for OpenStreetMap<http://www.openstreetmap.org/> data in a shapefile format for a metro area, use  MapZen's Metro Extracts<https://mapzen.com/data/metro-extracts/>. They also have other projects and data to explore.


Jennie Murack

Jennie Murack
Geospatial Data Librarian and Statistics Specialist
MIT Libraries, 7-238
617-258-6680
murack at mit.edu


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