The Harvard Map Collection offers Harvard affiliates support for and access to a number of mapping and geographic information systems tools, help with data, as well as cartographic design support.
How to get help
- Schedule a one-on-one consultation
- Drop in to group office hours
- Check out our tutorials and blog
- Attend one of our workshops: Introduction to GIS or GIS Research Strategies
Systems We Support
Software
Librarians in the The Harvard Map Collection have expertise working with many geographic and cartographic software packages, including:
- ArcGIS (available for Harvard affiliates to download)
- QGIS
- Google Earth
These programs are installed on workstations in the Map Collection Reading Room as well as the Media Lab on level B in Lamont Library, just down the hall.
Online Systems
Support for the following online systems is also offered:
- Carto
- Social Explorer
- SimplyAnalytics (formerly SimplyMap)
- PolicyMap
- China Geoexplorer
- Google MyMaps
- ESRI Story Maps