An excellent recap from the 10th (!) free and open-source GIS conference (FOSS4G), May 2013. There is so much more than just proprietary geospatial software available. See the following URL for an excellent recap of the conference: http://reprojected.com/blog/2013/05/28/foss4g-na-2013-was-a-home-run/ (note: you may need to cut this URL and paste it into your browser bar)
Authors: Internship project by GIS student Gustavo R. Zastrow. Supervised by Professor Michael J. Krimmer and Professor James S. Brown. Northern Virginia Community College Abstract title: Revisiting Tournachon – How balloon aerial photography has been moved out of history and into the GIS classroom erial photography has come a long way since the famous balloonist Gaspar Felix Tournachon [...]
NOVA IS WORKING ON GETTING A BOOTH FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING!! jouellette@nvcc.edu GEOINT COMMUNITY WEEK 2013 Don’t miss this year’s GEOINT Community Week as we bring together the defense, intelligence, homeland security, and geospatial communities at-large for a week of briefings, educational sessions, learning workshops, technology [...]
Centreville High School”s GIS Fair will be on Friday, May 3rdfrom 7:30 AM to 2:30PM. Judges are needed to help evaluate 92 students presenting their GIS projects. The students will give 10 minute PowerPoint presentations and there will be five minutes for questions. There will also be a poster contest for these same students. Judging will be in [...]
The National Center for Transit Research (NCTR), Transportation Research Board (TRB) and Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) are organizing the 2013 GIS in Transit Conference taking place October 16-17 at the Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C. The jointly-organized conference is co-sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). This conference is [...]
The American Red Cross web pages are a great resource if you are looking for a links to geospatial data warehouses–particularly data sets used in responding to disasters. Check out the following for more info: http://maps.redcross.org/website/Links/ARC_Disaster_Links_Resources.html Volunteer your geospatial skills at: http://www.redcross.org/support/volunteer/opportunities. The American Red Cross also has internships and paid positions; some are for [...]
“On Feb 21, 2013 Penn State announced that it will join several dozen universities in offering massive open online courses or MOOCs via the for profit Coursera company. Among the Penn State MOOCs to be offered later this year is what is believed to be the first geography or GIS MOOC: Maps and the Geospatial [...]
Are you looking for opportunities to volunteer your GIS skills? Do you want to work with other GIS professionals? Interested in networking? Consider joining URISA’s GIS Corps! Check out http://giscorps.org/ for general information. For more detail, check out the webcast on GIS Corps history and projects: https://esri.adobeconnect.com/_a851811965/p87bjfx5ljf/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
Join us for our first MapStoryDC MeetUp where we’ll launch MapStory: Local, a new initiative for 2013 to get people mapping the evolution of the communities they call home. We’ll start off with our first MapStory Local example, which depicts the growth of Ames, Iowa from its founding until now. An open mic period will [...]
Global Change and Environmental Monitoring Where: World Wildlife Fund Conference Center 1250 24th Street Northwest Washington DC 20037 When: June 11th and 12th, 2013 Does your organization’s mission involve tracking, predicting, or dealing with the impacts of global or environmental change? You are cordially invited to participate in VISualize 2013, a two day event [...]
