MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017



Business data: Finding & mapping company information

Jennie Murack, Nick Albaugh

Jan/20 Fri 11:00AM-12:00PM 14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Did you ever wonder where grocery stores are located in a city? Or perhaps biotech firms? We will learn how to query several business directories and then take that information one step further by creating customized maps and finding detailed information for specific companies.

Bring your laptop or use a computer in the lab.

Register here.

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU