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GIS at Stony Brook (General Information)
Stony Brook participates in a SUNY-wide site license with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI). Under this license, Stony Brook students, faculty, and staff have access to a wide range of ESRI software, including ArcView and ArcInfo. Additional information is available in the contract between SUNY and ESRI.

ESRI's ArcGIS 9.1 and ArcView 3.3 are loaded in all of the campus SINC sites and on two GIS/Government Document machines (one in the Central Reading Room, and one in the North Reading Room). In addition, ERDAS' Imagine 8.7 is available on the GIS/Government Document machines.

GIS Data Available on Campus

GIS data available on CDs in the Melville Library includes the Digital Chart of the World, GeoLytics Census CDs for 1970-2000 , and ESRI Data and Maps 2000. In addition, the library has numerous CDs with GIS data obtained through the Federal Depository Library Program, and a variety of local data files. More data is available through our memberships in the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), and in the NYS Geographic Information Systems Clearinghouse. Large amounts of free data can also be found on the Internet from sources listed on our links page below. Please contact Cynthia Dietz for additional information regarding data sets available on campus.

GIS Training, Assistance, and Resources
  • Manuals for the various ESRI programs are available on CD-ROM in the North Reading Room of the Library. Please schedule an appointment if you wish to make copies. Stony Brook users can take online courses through ESRI's Virtual Campus. Individuals can register by themselves for free courses. Classes, and those wishing to register for courses available without charge only through our Virtual Campus membership, should register with Sanjay Kapur.
  • A course on "Environmental Analysis Using Remote Sensing and GIS" is offered some semesters through the Anthropology Department.
  • See information about Long Island GIS Users Group. Many local, regional, and world-wide resources are available at other locations. See the collection of GIS links.

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