GIS and Mapping Services

KU Libraries staff provide assistance to students, staff and faculty in using, learning, and teaching with mapping and GIS (geographic information systems). This includes consultations, course-integrated training, open workshops, and other resources; see examples below:

• Develop methods for data collection and formats
• Select and access software and tools (desktop, commercial, open source, cloud software, free student ArcGIS licenses)
• Create, edit and manipulate data
• Find and organize data: local data, library/map collection sources, online data, data from campus GIS license
• Integrate data into a GIS (visualize your data) such as latitude/longitude, addresses, places, scanned maps
• Generate maps for posters, grant applications, presentations
• Perform spatial analysis (ask geographic questions)
• Preserve and share data
• Learn and teach (with) GIS: campus and custom workshops, tutorials

Please contact Rhonda Houser at rhouser@ku.edu to set up a GIS consultation or see our GIS Research Guide for more information.