Macalester College
GEOG 365: ADVANCED CARTOGRAPHY & URBAN GIS



Many neighborhood and community groups, local units of government, and research organizations have begun to implement Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in a wide range of tasks related to research, planning, and management in urban areas. In this class, we participate in a "real world" application of our knowledge and skills in GIS in a semester-long collaborative research project.
In previous semesters, we have partnered with neighborhood community groups around campus to study Macalester students living off-campus, and with the Community Affairs department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis to study the patterns and characteristics of mortgage foreclosures in the Twin Cities. In Spring 2006, we worked again with the Community Affairs department of the Fed, this time to Examine Neighborhood Trends in North Minneapolis with GIS
Geography Department · Macalester College  ·   1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105  USA · 651-696-6249
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