GIS Center at FIU http://gis.fiu.edu Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Specialists Wed, 16 May 2012 17:37:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New data–Caribbean Topo Maps http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/news/latest-news/new-data-caribbean-topo-maps/ http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/news/latest-news/new-data-caribbean-topo-maps/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:37:58 +0000 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan http://gis.fiu.edu/?p=2203 The GIS Center has acquired a set of digital topographic maps of most Caribbean countries! Visit MIUS (GL 273) for more details.

]]> http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/news/latest-news/new-data-caribbean-topo-maps/feed/ 0 Can’t Find a Map/Dataset? http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/maps-data/tools/cant-find-a-map/ http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/maps-data/tools/cant-find-a-map/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:38:20 +0000 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan http://gis.fiu.edu/?p=2175 If you cannot find a map/dataset in our collection, let us know, and we might be able to purchase it for you!

Identify the map/dataset, vendor, price and e-mail your request, along with your name, Department name and Panther ID to gisrs@fiu.edu.

 

Map Vendors

OmniMap http://www.omnimap.com/base/Catalog.html

Eastview Geospatial http://www.geospatial.com

Eastview Maplink http://www.maplink.com

LandInfo Worldwide Mapping LLC http://www.landinfo.com

MapTown http://www.maptown.com

 

 

]]> http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/maps-data/tools/cant-find-a-map/feed/ 0 Introduction to GIS http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/education/classes/introduction-to-gis-2/ http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/education/classes/introduction-to-gis-2/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:17:45 +0000 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan http://gis.fiu.edu/?p=2118 http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/education/classes/introduction-to-gis-2/feed/ 0 Seema Sah http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/people/seema-sah/ http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/people/seema-sah/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:16:51 +0000 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan http://gis.fiu.edu/?p=2121 http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/people/seema-sah/feed/ 0 ESRI Virtual Campus Courses http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/education/free-training/esri-virtual-campus-courses/ http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/education/free-training/esri-virtual-campus-courses/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:28:18 +0000 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan http://gis.fiu.edu/?p=2083 All FIU students and faculty have free access to over 30 ESRI Virtual Campus courses! These are self-paced online courses, some of which are:  “The 15-minute map: Creating a Basic Map in ArcMap”, “Processing Raster Data Using ArcGIS 10″, “Learning ArcGIS 3D Analyst”,  “Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst”, and many others (see list of courses at http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=aul.premiumCourses) . To register for a course, call (305)348-0150 or send your name and Panther ID and the level of a course you are interested in to gisrs@fiu.edu.

]]> http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/education/free-training/esri-virtual-campus-courses/feed/ 0 LIDAR Data for Selected Counties in Florida http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/individual-projects/lidar-data-for-florida-counties-2/ http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/individual-projects/lidar-data-for-florida-counties-2/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:22:14 +0000 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan http://gis.fiu.edu/?p=2016 An interactive, web-based GIS System to download tiled datasets of ground elevation data derived from acquired LiDAR for selected counties in the state of Florida, US.  The Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) LAS dataset is a topographic survey conducted and produced for the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management LiDAR Project. This project is sponsored by the International Hurricane Research Center at FIU (IHRC), and the web interface is created and hosted by FIU GIS Center. Metadata for individual datasets can be accessed and downloaded from the portal as well.

]]> http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/individual-projects/lidar-data-for-florida-counties-2/feed/ 0 Digital Flora of Ucayali, Peru http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/individual-projects/digital-flora-of-ucayali-peru/ http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/individual-projects/digital-flora-of-ucayali-peru/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:18:37 +0000 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan http://gis.fiu.edu/?p=2010 This online portal provides access to the primary dataset representing the vouchered botanical collections of James Graham and Jose Schunke Vigo in the Department of Ucayali, Peru, from October 1997 until present. Over 3500 separate collections are included to date, many of which have associated images.

 

]]> http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/individual-projects/digital-flora-of-ucayali-peru/feed/ 0 New GIS Courses in Spring 2012! http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/news/latest-news/new-gis-courses-in-spring-2012/ http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/news/latest-news/new-gis-courses-in-spring-2012/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:35:14 +0000 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan http://gis.fiu.edu/?p=1933 Two new GIS courses will be offered in Spring 2012! A fully-online section of Introduction to GIS (GIS 3043) will be offered by Dr. Jennifer Gebelein and the Department of Earth and Environment. Also, a new course titled “Mapping:Applied Theory”  (ARC 5935) will be offered by Dr. Winifred Newman and the School of Architecture. For more information about those and other courses go to our Classes page.

]]> http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/news/latest-news/new-gis-courses-in-spring-2012/feed/ 0 Winifred E. Newman http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/people/winifred-e-newman/ http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/people/winifred-e-newman/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:49:45 +0000 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan http://gis.fiu.edu/?p=1930 http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/people/winifred-e-newman/feed/ 0 Mapping: Applied Theory http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/education/classes/mapping-applied-theory/ http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/education/classes/mapping-applied-theory/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:48:11 +0000 Diana Ter-Ghazaryan http://gis.fiu.edu/?p=1928 http://gis.fiu.edu/blog/education/classes/mapping-applied-theory/feed/ 0