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Geographical Information Systems

GIS Hardware and Software at Tompkins-McCaw Library

The Multimedia Collaboration Room (MCR) at TML has a computer workstation that supports GIS. You will need to contact a staff member at the Tompkins-McCaw Service Desk to gain access to the GIS computer workstation in the Multimedia Collaboration Room. Appointments are not required. Please call the Tompkins-McCaw Library Service Desk at 828-0636 or contact libtmlcirc@vcu.edu for further information.

The GIS workstation has the following ArcGIS products:

  • ArcView allows editing of personal geodatabases and shapefiles, where you can create high quality maps, graphs and reports, perform geographic queries and analyze geocode addresses.

  • ArcEditor allows a user to create, edit and manage ArcInfo coverages and ArcSDE geodatabases, where you can create and edit geometric networks and other custom features.

  • ArcInfo is the foundation of ArcGIS. It allows a user to create, edit and analyze coverages using ArcInfo Workstation. This is the most powerful level of ArcGIS.

  • ArcMap is the primary ArcGIS application for displaying, querying, editing, creating and analyzing data. This application provides tools for creating visual displays of your data, querying, and creating presentation-quality maps. ArcMap makes it easy to lay out your maps for printing, embedding in other documents, or electronic publishing.

  • ArcCatalog is a tool for accessing and managing your data. This application helps you organize and manage all your GIS data. It includes tools for browsing and finding geographic information, recording and viewing metadata, quickly viewing any dataset and defining the schema structure for your geographic data layers.

  • ArcToolbox contains tools for data conversion and management. This application provides you with tools for data conversion, managing coordinate systems, and changing map projections.

  • ArcGlobe provides continuous, multiresolution, interactive viewing of geographic information. Like ArcMap, ArcGlobe works with GIS data layers, displaying information from a geodatabase and all supported GIS data formats.

  • ArcReader is an easy-to-use mapping application that allows users to view, explore, and print maps and globes. ArcReader is a great way to deliver interactive mapping capabilities that access a wide variety of dynamic geographic information. Using ArcReader, anyone can view high-quality maps created using the ArcGIS Publisher extension.

  • ArcScene is a map display similar to ArcMap that is customized for displaying 3-D data. It also allows for creation of animation tracks.

  • ArcPlot is the software module of ArcInfo that you use to produce maps, display maps, analyze your geographic data base, and annotate the maps.

For more information on GIS software, please visit the VCU Technology Services GIS page.

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