Author Archive: jcaris

Bike Trail Mapping

The Spatial Analysis Lab (SAL) recently finished the 2011 version of the “Easthampton ~ Northampton Trail & Bicycle Map” for the Friends of Northampton (MA) Trails and Greenways (FNTG) organization.  The 2011 series marks the third iteration of the map series which started back in 2006.  The Bike Map series represents countless hours of effort […]

Healthy Communities

The Spatial Analysis Lab provided mapping and spatial analysis to Cooley Dickinson Hospital (Northampton, MA) as part of their 2011 Community Health Assessment report.

All Orthophotos Available on GEO

The latest Orthophotos (2008-2009) are now available locally on GEO.   You may now load the images from: Q:dataimages2008-2009Orthophotos or gishomedataimages2008-2009Orthophotos Remember, it is much easier to load and use the orthophoto images with image or raster catalogs.  Two raster catalogs are available: IMGCAT_COQ2008_2009SID_30CM.dbf    {for 30 cm images} and IMGCAT_COQ2008_2009SID_15CM.dbf    {for 15cm images in select […]

Deputy Director of GIS and Information Management

manage a wide variety of data and information resources to support operations and analytics for Forestry, Horticulture and Natural Resources. Work with managers and cooperating researchers on analyses and data dissemination/coordination.

NOAA summer 2011 internship

Project Description: You’ll work with us to develop a trial storm wave forecasting atlas for use by the National Weather Service to provide emergency wave height information to mariners using a new, GIS-based software tool developed at our Center.

GIS Volunteer in Belize

Assisting the Sustainable Land-Use Programme to develop a program for monitoring land use change over time within the Golden Stream Landscape.

Interterm 2011

GIS Interterm Course January 2011 Course – proposal submitted and details coming soon.

Spatial Perspectives: A Podcast Series

NITLE begins a new podcast series entitled Spatial Perspectives.  The first installment begins with Sean Connin, Program Officer for Science and Technology at NITLE, asking Jon Caris, GIS Specialist at Smith, a few questions on cross-curricular uses of GIS.

Looking for Desktop ArcGIS?

GIS fans at Smith can find Desktop ArcGIS, version 9.3.1 installed in the following labs:

Bass Hall
Basement 02, 102, 103 (the SAL) and 105*