Geographic Information Systems at Columbia University Libraries

Support for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping software on the Morningside Campus are available in Electronic Data Service (EDS).

GIS Services

EDS can provide one-on-one assistance through appointment or drop in. If necessary an EDS staff member may instruct a patron to make an appointment with the GIS librarian.

Workshops on various GIS topics are periodically given in EDS, please check the schedule for upcoming workshops

For questions concerning GIS, please send an email to eds@columbia.edu

We can help with:

• locating and acquiring spatial datasets
• the use of GIS software
• incorporating data into GIS projects
• understanding how to geocode
• converting between different file types

For a complete list of the type of help provided by EDS, please see Consulting Guidelines for EDS