Introduction 
Geographic Information Systems at Yale
University encompasses a range of applications and services. GIS is used
by several disciplines at Yale University such as Forestry and Environmental
Studies, Archaeology\Anthropology, Architecture\Urban Studies, Economics,
Sociology, Political Science, Religious Studies, Epidemiology and Public
Health, History, and Engineering. GIS has the potential to be used by
many more disciplines. Any research that contains a spatial element is
a potential GIS application area.
GIS is used for many purposes that range from calculating space, analyzing
spatial relationships, patterns or trends, to cartography, visualization,
and site management.
 There
are a variety of service centers that provide different levels of GIS
service at Yale University. The Yale University Library Map Collection
GIS Service aims to provide a comprehensive GIS service that covers geospatial
data searching, acquisition, data manipulation, instruction, software
access, distribution, and output. Other University departments provide
various levels of GIS services as well. The Statlab
provides integrated GIS services with an emphasis on instruction and analysis.
The Government Documents
Library has a sizeable collection of Government deposited GIS data
sets. See the Services page and the Contact
page for more detailed information on services offered by Yale.
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