GIS at EIU
Geographic information systems (GIS) allow users to create maps to visualize and understand patterns in data. Read an overview of GIS in the Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science, edited by K Kemp.
GIS has applications in business & management, information technology, political science, city planning, public health, social sciences, the arts & humanities, as well as the natural sciences.
The maps on the left were created using GIS and are part of the larger poster, “Love Fever on Twitter,” by Ali AkbariMoghaddam. “Love Fever” is the most recent winner of EIU’s annual student map competition. View the full poster here.
On March 28, 2017 the Illinois GIS Association will be holding its regional meeting at EIU. Registration and an agenda for the event are available on the ILGISA website.
Learn more about GIS at EIU
EIU GIScience Center Identify GISci academic programs, faculty & staff research interests, and facilities & resources at EIU.
Booth Library GIS research guide Discover library resources, data sources, and careers in GIS in this interactive guide.
Want to get started with GIS? There are many free GIS software tools; see a list of options in the right-hand column of this Booth Library GIS research guide.
On display at Booth Library, these GIS books are available to check out!
- Bushmanders & Bullwinkles: How Politicians Manipulate Electronic Maps and Census Data to Win Elections
- Monmonier, Mark S.
- JK1341 .M66 2001
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- Cartographies Of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine
- Koch, Tom, 1949-
- RA792.5 .K63 2005
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- Designing Better Maps: A Guide for Gis Users
- Brewer, Cynthia A., 1960-
- GA105.3 B74 2005
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- Digital Geography: Geospatial Technologies in the Social Studies Classroom
- LB1584.7 .D54 2008
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- Gis: A Short Introduction
- Schuurman, Nadine.
- G70.212 .S38 2004
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- Gis and Archaeological Site Location Modeling
- GIS and Archaeological Predictive Modeling Conference (2001 : Argonne National Laboratory)
- CC80.4 .G57 2001
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- Global Mapping Of Infectious Diseases: Methods, Examples and Emerging Applications
- RC112 .G66x 2007
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- Google Maps: Power Tools for Maximizing the Api
- Petroutsos, Evangelos,
- G70.212 .P495 2014x
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- Illinois Gis Notes: The Newsletter Of the Illinois Gis.
- 526 ILLI
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- Key Concepts & Techniques in Gis
- Albrecht, Jochen.
- G70.212 .A43 2007x
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- Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and Gis
- Crampton, Jeremy W.
- GA102.4.E4 C73 2010
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- Mapping the Future Of America’s National Parks: Stewardship Through Geographic Information Systems
- SB486.M35 M36 2004
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- Mapping the Nation: Supporting Decisions That Govern a People.
- G70.215.U6 M263 2014x
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- Mapping the News: Case Studies in Gis and Journalism
- Herzog, David, 1963-
- PN4729.3 .H47 2003
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- Measuring Up: The Business Case for Gis
- Thomas, Christopher, 1963 August 6-
- HD30.213 .T47 2004
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- Participatory Mapping: New Data, New Cartography
- Plantin, Jean-Christophe,
- GA102.4.E4 P53 2014x
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- Telegeoinformatics: Location-based Computing and Services
- QA76.59 .T46 2004
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- Time and Navigation: The Untold Story Of Getting from Here to There
- Johnston, Andrew K. (Andrew Kenneth), 1969-
- VK555 .J64 2015
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- Unlocking the Census with Gis
- Peters, Alan H.
- HA37.U55 P48 2004
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- Web Cartography: Map Design for Interactive and Mobile Devices
- Muehlenhaus, Ian, 1976-
- GA102.4.E4 M82 2014
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