GIS Research Assistant

McGill University•New York, NY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC) at McGill is seeking a student to assist with research related to environmental factors (such as natural disasters) and exchange of commodities, ideas and people across the Indian Ocean World, notably during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The ideal candidate will have a full understanding of ArcGIS/ArcMap (10.0); be capable of georeferencing and rectifying maps through transformations, digitizing data from various source materials (textbooks, atlases, written descriptive publications); possess a full understanding of the edit toolbar; be capable of accurately generalizing data without compromising integrity; be capable of finding data independently from dependable sources; be able to produce point layers from Excel files; and have an understanding of output size and resolution for printing.

Requirements

Full understanding of ArcGIS/ArcMap (10.0)
GEOG 201 Introductory Geo-Information Sciences
GEOG 307 Socioeconomic Applications of GIS
Authorized to work in Canada
Willing to work in the province of Quebec
English communication both verbally and in writing

Nice To Haves

GEOG 306 Raster Geo-Information Science
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator

Responsibilities

Assist with research related to environmental factors (such as natural disasters) and exchange of commodities, ideas and people across the Indian Ocean World, notably during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Georeference and rectify maps through transformations.
Digitize data from various source materials (textbooks, atlases, written descriptive publications).
Accurately generalize data without compromising integrity.
Find data independently from dependable sources.
Produce point layers from Excel files.
Understand output size and resolution for printing.