Geographic Information Systems at Calvin College
You have reached the GIS page at Calvin College. We host a GIS server on campus for education training of students. In addition, we have wonderful facilities to learn and grow in GIS education. Students in several different majors/minors take courses in mapping from the GEO department at Calvin, including Archaeology, Biology, Business, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Geology, Geography, History, International Development, Pre-Architecture, and Urban Studies. Our facilities are state-of-the-art in the James A. Clark Spatial Laboratory and we host a wide variety of ESRI products for GIS and Erdas Imagine for remote sensing.

Dr. Jason VanHorn leads the faculty at Calvin teaching cartography and GIS. He, along with others, are interested in helping students understand mapping and analysis of natural and human phenomena at multiple scales. His encourages students in the classroom to undertake semester projects that are specific to their area of study.