November 1998
• Meeting and review of Mount Holyoke College GeoProcessing Laboratory
December 1998
• Hire consultant and begin acquisition of computers and software
January 1999
• Move into Burton 407
• Install Dell Server (GISLORD)
• Install two Dell Workstations (GISLAB 1 and 2)
• Install ARC/IFNO and ArcView GIS software
• Install Calcomp Drawing Board III Digitizer (48• x 60•)
March 1999
• Present preliminary results of Conte Neo-Tropical Migratory Bird Survey
May 1999
• Begin GIS database development work on Mill River Watershed Project
June 1999
• Add Laptop Computer and another Workstation (GISLAB 3 and 4)
• Temperature is rising in the lab !
October 1999
• Add two more workstations (GISLAB 5 and 6)
November 1999
• Smith Celebrates GIS Day (11/18/99)
January 2000
• 3 Day Interterm Training Class
February 2000
• Add workstation (GISLAB 7)
March 2000
• SAL Core Committee Officially Formed
Classes
• Horticulture Class uses SAL (3/28/2000)
January 2001
• 5 day Interterm Training [13 students]
February 2001
• Add workstation (GISLAB 8)
• SAL Logo established through design contest (winning design by Salma Chan ’02)
Classes
• Environmental Seminar EVS300
• Landscape Architecture and Planning ARS 280
• Geomorphology GEO251
June 2001
• 2 day GIS training including Introduction to ArcView [10 students]
September 2001
Classes
• Landscape Architecture and Planning Class (ARS280)
o 1st class introduced GIS and GPS
o 2nd class conducted fieldwork and mapping of Smith Campus to determine optimum space for repose
• Introduction to Archeaology Class (ARC 211)
November 2001
• Smith Celebrates GIS Day (November 13, 2001)
• 4 Presentations on Glacial Lake Hitchcock, Earthquake Analysis, Field Archeology, and Planning a Space for Repose
January 2002
• 5 day GIS training including Introduction to ArcGIS I [11 students]
February 2002
Classes
• Geomorphology (GEO251)
• Environmental Science & Policy Seminar (EVS300)
• Landscape Studies (LS100) *
• Economic Growth and World Development (ECO301) *
*in development
March 2002
• 2 Day ArcGIS Class
April 2002
May 2002
• 2 Day ArcGIS Class [6 students]
June 2002
• 2 Day Getting Started with ArcGIS Class [10 students – CET]
August 2002
• Mellon funded GIS Training for faculty from NITLE (National Institute for Technology in Liberal Arts) schools
September 2002
A record 6 classes are using the SAL!
• Groundwater Geology
• Pre-Colombian Arts
• Sociology (World Population)
• Sociology (Environment and Society)
• Introduction to Earth’s Processes and History
• Geology in the Field (tentative)
Spring 2003
Fall 2004
• GIS Day
Technology Breakthrough –
• SAL Launches first ArcIMS Site
• SAL upgraded to a dozen new computers (see Resources for details)
Summer 2004
• SAL moves from Bass 105 to Bass 103 adding an additional 180 sq. feet
Summer 2005
• SAL upgrades to 20 workstations
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• Geo comes on-line replacing Mercator
• Dangermond is born (old science server) to serve ArcIMS map services
November 2005
• Mercator (our second server) dies on the 18th of November at 5:45am (RIP)