The Science and Technology Committee of the Boston Chapter, Special Libraries Association presents:

Is GIS in your future?
Learn what GIS is, how it works, and why it is special!

Tuesday March 12, 2002
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
The Whitehead Institute
Nine Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02139-1561

Maps have traditionally been used to explore the Earth and to exploit its resources. GIS technology is an expansion of cartographic science. Geographic information systems (GIS) technology can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, and development planning. It has enhanced the efficiency and analytic power of traditional mapping. GIS technology is becoming an essential tool in the effort to understand the process of global change.

Speakers

Dominique Pahlavan, MassGIS Watershed Analyst,
Massachusetts Watershed Initiative
Patrick McGlamery, Map Librarian, University of Connecticut
Mike Horgan, Geographer, U.S. Bureau of the Census

Registration is limited to 100. Registrations must be received by March 8, 2002. Phone, e-mail, late, or walk-in registrations will not be accepted (please track your registration if it needs to go through your company's accounting dept.) and all payments are non-refundable. For additional information, please contact Helen Keil at 617-354-0074, ext. 118, or hkeil@indecon.com. The program will take place regardless of weather.

Driving to the Whitehead Institute

From Logan Airport

Take Sumner Tunnel to 93 North. Exit right off 93 at Cambridge/Storrow Drive exit. Bear left towards Storrow Drive. Exit left at the Kendall Square exit. At traffic light take a right onto the Longfellow Bridge. Follow Main Street (Main flows into Broadway) and take a left at the second set of lights (Ames Street). (If your Whitehead host has arranged for parking in the Whitehead lot, you will see the entrance to the lot on your right.) If not parking in this lot, continue straight on Ames Street one block. At traffic light, take a right onto Main Street. Whitehead is on your right at the corner of Main and Vassar streets.

From the Massachusetts Turnpike

Exit left at exit 18, Cambridge/Allston. Bear right off exit towards Cambridge. Go over bridge and take a right onto Memorial Drive. Take a left at the next light (small street by the Hyatt). At the end of the street, take a right onto Vassar Street. Continue straight down Vassar, through intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, about one mile total. Vassar intersects Main Street. Whitehead is ahead diagonally on your right, at the corner of Main and Vassar Streets. To reach the parking lot, continue straight through intersection of Main and Vassar Streets onto "Vassar Street Extension." Pass Whitehead Institute on your right. At traffic light, make a right onto Broadway. Continue straight one block; make a right at next traffic light onto Ames Street. (If your Whitehead host has arranged for parking in the Whitehead lot, you will see the entrance to the lot on your right.) If not parking in this lot, continue straight on Ames Street one block. At traffic light, take a right onto Main Street. Whitehead is on your right at the corner of Main and Vassar streets.

Taking Public Transportation to the Whitehead Institute

The Whitehead Institute is located on the Red Line subway system at the Kendall Square/MIT stop. Exit the T station and walk away from Boston (away from the river) on Main Street. The Whitehead Institute is two blocks up on the right, at the corner of Main and Vassar streets.

Public Parking

There are two public parking facilities located close to the Whitehead Institute. One is on Broadway between Fulkerson St. and Ames St. The second is on Ames St. between Broadway and Main St. Both are indicated on the map by a "P."