SAS now provides Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software on
all platforms.
(The SAS-supplied TIGER Maps and the SAS Frame interface to them are
available in the User Rooms on Windows machines, but
not Macintosh, although the SAS/GIS software itself is
installed on both.)
This allows display and interactive manipulation of maps, with
detail down to the Census Tract level (when using
the TIGER maps, for example).
This software is documented in the
SAS/GIS Software: Usage and Reference manual.
It should be noted that the current version of this
manual (Version 6, First Edition) was written for
SAS Release 6.11, and many of the windows have
been changed in 6.12 and above.
For this reason, illustrations in the book may not
match what you will see on the screen, though the concepts
and basic operations will be the same.
Notes and sample programs for SAS/GIS
and other SAS mapping techniques are available on the
SAS/GRAPH frequently asked questions (FAQ) page at:
As with SAS/Graph in general, you must have appropriate
hardware (graphics card and graphics-capable monitor) and
for the UNIX environment you must also use graphics-capable
software, such as Micro-X or XWin32 (MS Windows),
Mac-X (Macintosh) or another X interface (CDE, OpenLook,
Open Windows, and the like) when you are logging into UNIX
to use SAS/GIS.
To invoke SAS/GIS for routine use, either click
Globals>Present>SAS/GIS, then File>Import; or
run the following command:
then click File>Import to get the Frame where you
can specify the location and names of your map and spatial
data files.
Details about using the
SAS/GIS Import windows and other features
are in the
SAS/GIS Software Usage and Reference manual.
This manual, and the other basic SAS Reference Guides,
are available in the manual racks
in the Waite Phillips Hall
User Area.