Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Services

How can we help you?

GIS Librarians Amanda Henley and Philip McDaniel

• Provide access to hardware, GIS software and spatial data.
• Help patrons locate, acquire, format and project spatial data. Classroom training and access to online training are also provided.
• Collect spatial data from local, state, and federal government sources as well as commercial sources. Search or browse our spatial data collection using the GIS Data Finder or the Library Catalog (limit format to Geospatial Data).
• Please note: we no longer offer large format printing. Large format printing options on or near campus: UNC Printing Services Copy Centers | PhD Posters.

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• Individual assistance is available for the following tasks: locating print or electronic GIS resources, locating and acquiring spatial data, formatting spatial data, and projecting spatial data. Assistance is available in person and over email or telephone.
• Make an appoinment in the calendar below, contact one of our GIS Librarians, Amanda Henley or Phil McDaniel.
• Lengthy questions regarding GIS methods (How do I...) and general GIS software questions are beyond the scope of the Library's GIS services.
• Our public GIS computers are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
• During busy times, priority is given to academic work or to current affiliates of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• When requested, we will create a folder on the hard disk of one of our public GIS computers for patrons to store GIS- related data. This data is not backed up.
• All files on the public GIS machines that are not located in a GIS patron's folder are subject to deletion.
• Software and spatial data may be licensed and subject to restrictions on who can use it and how it can be used. We provide GIS users with public domain data and any other data and software that we can under the terms of the licenses.
• Due to license restrictions, ESRI GIS software (available via North Carolina site license) is for non-commercial uses only.
• We ask that our patrons honor our license agreements with software and data vendors.
• The GIS printers are for printing census maps and maps created using GIS only.
• We no longer offer large format printing. Large format printing options on or near campus: UNC Printing Services Copy Centers | PhD Posters.

Need assistance?

• Knowledgable student assistants provide walk-in help Monday-Friday from 1-3.
• To schedule a consultation with a GIS Librarian, please click on an available appointment time in the calendar. If there are no available appointments that fit your schedule, please email Amanda or Philip to schedule a consult for another time.