The Geography Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is offering two GIS courses for the summer term. Visit the ArcGIS downloads page, navigating to the ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) 10.8x folder, and download all of the files there. Digital Commonwealth â Massachusetts Archives Town Plans (1794) Digitized plans of the towns in Massachusetts and southern Maine from 1794, searchable by map view or browse by place. Boston University Libraries Maps, Atlases, Directories List of resources for historical and modern maps of Boston. The Department of Geosciences offers both Master of Science (M.S.) Searchable by map view. Environmental Science employs an interdisciplinary approach, teaching students how to meet the challenges of creating a safe and healthy environment and how to recognize and control the effects of pollution and environmental stress on ecosystems. The M.S. Resources for that are at the UMass GIS Hub. If you live, work, study, or own property in Massachusetts, you can get a Boston Public Library card (eCards available for people outside Boston). Files in subfolders are for older versions of ArcGIS, or contain specific add-ons if you need them for a particular class or project. This concludes our ranking of the top online masterâs in geographic information systems. In-State Tuition: $7,088. Then visit the BPL Online Courses webpage to access Lynda.com. Digital Commonwealth The Boston Public Libraryâs platform for searching digital cultural heritage collections from a wide range of Massachusetts libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives. and Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree programs which provide the student the close interaction with faculty which is characteristic of a small school, and the many research facilities and projects characteristic of a large university. Welcome to the UMass GIS Hub, your go-to source of information about GIS, GIST, and mapping resources at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Amherst GIS The Town of Amherstâs collection of GIS data. Both can be taken online or in person at the Mt. Massachusetts. The "Favorite Places" web app was originally developed by Alexander Schreyer, Senior Lecturer in BCT, to help with the UMass master planning process. in Geographic Information Science (GIS) is a collaboration among three areas of the university: the Graduate School of Geography, the International Development, Community, and Environment (IDCE) Department, and Clark Labs, a leading developer of software-based geospatial solutions, founded and housed here at Clark University. Librariesâ GIS Help Desk. We hope that this guide will be the first step in your journey toward learning GIS, using it in class projects, and engaging in ⦠In the meantime, it has been made available freely as an open-source project. Many opportunities are available for graduate students to ⦠Collections include aerial photographs and historical maps. ⦠Ida campus in Newton, MA: Cartography and Geovisualization (Geography 493A) 3 credits Graduates of this online masterâs in geographic information systems program are prepared for careers in GIS sub-fields, including site selection and logistics, social service, and transportation and logistics, for example. The GIS Help Desk is a library service offered by the Geospatial Information Librarian, Dr. Becky Seifried, to help any UMass student, staff, or faculty member with troubleshooting software issues, finding data, ⦠Faculty and students seek practical solutions to complex environmental problems by crossing traditional disciplinary boundaries.