Track: Universities and Higher Education
GIS for the Masses: NCSU's Approach to Providing Campus and Regional Access to GIS
Hugh A. DevineWilliam L. Branch , Steven P. Morris, Carolyn Argentati Natural Resource Library Jordan Hall other info. same as above
North Carolina State University (NCSU) has embarked on a program to bring GIS functionality to every desktop in the University. Three university administrative units have joined forces to provide hardware, software, and data access to each of over 4,000 campus computer workstations. The Computing Center provides workstations and computing infrastructure. The College of Forest Resources supplies the campus with software support and teaches desktop mapping and GIS courses. The libraries maintain an extensive collection of networked spatial data and provide GIS consultation and short course support. This paper describes each of the functions identified above and details the history of the program. Of particular note is the ongoing development of World Wide Web-based courses, help, training, data visualization, and delivery.
Hugh A. Devine
North Carolina State University
5118 Jordan Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7106
USA
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Fax: 919.515.3439
E-mail: Hugh_Devine@ncsu.edu