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Access an interactive mapping system for New York City, supplemented by aerial photography, building and property data, environmental information, and data analysis tools.
Notes: The New York City Open Accessible Space Information System Cooperative is a project of more than 30 public and private groups (such as NYPIRG’s Community Mapping Assistance Project, the New York City Dept. of Information Technology & Telecommunications, Hunter College Geography Dept., and Environmental Systems Research Institute). They seek to provide an information system that helps enhance the stewardship of open space in NYC, and in the process, they make available flexible city mapping with variable layers of data that is useful for many additional applications.
Subjects:
Business and Industry;
Community Resources;
Environmental Science;
Geography;
Government and Law;
History & Social Sciences;
Maps;
New York, NY;
Real Estate;
Reference;
Science & Technology;
Urban Affairs
Resource Types:
Image databases
Dates of Coverage: 1996, 2004, 2006
Provider: The New York City Open Accessible Space Information System Cooperative.
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The class is limited to 6 people and will be held in the Map Division, Room 117. Please register before the class by e-mailing Training@nypl.org, or by calling (212) 930-9284.
