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GIS Day

Discovering the World Through GIS

November 18, 2009

UC Berkeley, Mulford Hall

 

 

 

GIS Day



GIS Day 2009 was held at UC Berkeley's Mulford Hall. This year's event was co-hosted by the Bay Area Automated Mapping Association (BAAMA) and Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF), with support from the Northern California Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).

GIS Day provides an international forum for users of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our society.

View this years agenda below:

 

 

GIS Day 2009 Agenda:

 

Afternoon Session

3:00 PM Registration opens in Mulford Hall foyer.
GIS Day is free, but we encourage you to register, so you can join the GIF email list or become a BAAMA member.
3:00-5:00 PM

GIS Open House - open for self-tours and exploration.
Location: Room 111 Mulford Hall

Computer workstations will be set up, each with a different example of how GIS can be used to visualize data and solve problems.

3:00 - 5:00 PM Geocaching Activity
Learn how to go geocaching outside (weather permitting)! Use nothing but a GPS unit and clues to find hidden treasure around the Mulford Hall building area. Geocaching is the latest craze! Read about it in the BAAMA Journal, and visit Geocaching.com!
3:30 - 4:30 PM

Afternoon Presentations
Location: Mulford Hall Rooms 103 & 124.

Four speakers will present on a variety of topics in GIS.  There will be 2 concurrent sessions. Speakers to include:

    Mulford 103:
  • Nicholas De Monchaux (3:30-4:00)
  • Assistant Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley
  • Local Code : Real Estates
  • Nathan McClintock (4:00-4:30)
  • PhD Candidate - Geography, UC Berkeley
    Cultivating the Commons: Urban Ag's Potential in Oakland


  • Mulford 124:
  • Ron Ondrejka (3:30-4:00)
  • Northern California Regional Board Director, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
    Satellite Remote Sensing & Mapping Systems for National Security (1960-1983)

  • Ray DeLeon (4:00-4:30)
  • GISCorps Core Committee Member, URISA
  • Senior Project Manager, HJW GeoSpatial
    GIS Corps - Volunteer Based GIS Services to Underprivileged Communities
4:30 - 5:30 PM

Break and Poster Session
Location: Room 111 Mulford and surrounding hallway

 

Evening Session

5:00 - 7:30 PM

GIS Open House is open for self-tours and exploration.
Location: Room 111 Mulford Hall


5:30 - 6:30 PM

Evening Presentations
Location: Mulford Hall Rooms 103, 124, and 132.

Six s peakers will present on a variety of topics in GIS.  There will be 3 concurrent sessions. Speakers to include:

    Mulford 103:
  • Silas Toms (6:00-6:30)
    GIS Technician, East Bay Regional Park District
    Using Spatialite and Python to add a spatial database backend to Google Earth

  • Mulford 124:

    Bruce Joffe (6:00-6:30)
    GIS Consultants
    Are County GIS Basemaps Public Record?

  • Mulford 132:
  • Ruth Askevold (5:30-6:00)
    GIS Analyst, San Francisco Estuary Institute
    Clues on the Map: Using Historical Maps to Recreate California Indigenous Landscapes in a GIS

  • Steve Spiker (6:00-6:30)
    Research & Technology Director, Urban Strategies Council
    Social Justice Goes Geospatial: How nonprofits can use GIS to build healthy, safe communities
6:30 - 7:30 PM

Break & Poster Session
Location: Room 111 Mulford and surrounding hallway

7:30 - 8:30 PM

Keynote presentation
Location: Genetics & Plant Biology Building 100

James

James Fee
Sharing Data in the Age of the GeoWeb

Evangelist for WeoGeo, James Fee, GISP, is widely regarded as a leader in the field of geospatial and web-based mapping technologies. At WeoGeo, James has been responsible for helping organizations organize, share and monetize their geo-content. He blogs about geospatial technology at http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com and has helped develop an online GIS community culminating in Planet Geospatial (http://www.planetgs.com). He is a frequent keynoter at GIS conferences around the world as well as an advisor on many technology panels. He also is a regular columnist for GeoInformatics Magazine. James discussed what people are doing, or can be doing, to make sure that their goe-data is shareable and consumable. His presentation is available through slideshare and can be viewed below:

 

2009 GIS Day Presentation
View more documents from WeoGeo, Inc. .


Click to view last year's GIS Day 2008 agenda, presentation abstracts, and photos.

 

Event Organizers

Hosted by the
Bay Area Automated Mapping Association (BAAMA)
and Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF)
with support from
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) NorCal


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