Data Services Knowledge Articles
This user guide will help you understand how to best utilize the University's Space Information and Management System (SIMS) to benefit your own work and engage with the University's space data.
The Space Inventory Handbook provides definitions and schema details for the University's Space Information and Management System (SIMS).
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This article demonstrates how to view 360 photos in SIMS.
How to add, remove, reorder, and resize columns in SIMS to better accommodate your search preferences. How to save customized views for future use.
This article explains how to create custom themes for color coding plans in SIMS.
This article explains the Space Dialog popup.
This article explains basic navigation in the Space Module of SIMS.
This article explains basic navigation in the Facility Information Module of SIMS.
This article explains some basic navigational items in SIMS.
This article demonstrates how to download owner plans.
This article demonstrates how to download owner plans.
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Submit a New FITS Request
FITS is here to assist the university community with your facility and spatial data needs. If you are in need of assistance regarding one of our systems or the data we manage, please submit a FITS Request using the following link:
go.osu.edu/fitsrequest