IAP 2015 Activities by Sponsor - Geographic Information Systems Lab

Anne Graham

Jan/26

Mon

01:00PM-02:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 35 participants

Where are the power plants and pipelines? How close are they to population centers? In this session, MIT GIS Services will introduce you to energy maps and spatial data available and demonstrate GIS in action on the energy front.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=836002

 

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

Anne Graham

Jan/23

Fri

01:00PM-04:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap

Expand your experience with GIS software and learn how to create and edit GIS files, geocode addresses onto a map, re-project data, and use tools like Clip, Buffer, and Spatial Join. We will use both ArcGIS and QGIS.

Prerequisite: Participants should have taken the Introduction to GIS workshop or have previous experience using ArcGIS or QGIS.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=836001

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

Alex Oberg

	Jan/12	Mon	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132
	Jan/20	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

Learn the basics of visualizing and analyzing geographic information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information System (GIS). We will introduce open source and proprietary GIS software options and let attendees choose to work through exercises using ESRI ArcGIS (proprietary) and/or Quantum GIS (QGIS) (open source). Learn to work with data from the MIT Geodata Repository, analyze the data, and create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.

For January 12th, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=835993

For January 20th, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=835994

Note, this is the same workshop offered twice. Only register for one workshop.

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

Daniel Sheehan

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

Scripting in Python is an efficient method of automating analysis in ArcGIS. Learn to write simple code that accesses Arcgis tools to process your data. This workshop involves writing programs using the Python language and ArcObjects.

Particpants must attend sessions on BOTH days.

Prerequisites: Experience with ArcGIS. An understanding of programming concepts is useful, but not required. You may bring your own data for analysis.

Participants may bring their own laptop computer with Arcgis 10.2 and Python 2.7 installed or use the GIS Lab computers.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=835995

 

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

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Python for GIS: Day 1

Jan/14

Wed

09:30AM-12:30PM

GIS Lab, 7-238

Daniel Sheehan

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Python for GIS: Day 2

Jan/15

Thu

09:30AM-12:30PM

GIS Lab, 7-238

Daniel Sheehan

Alex Oberg

Jan/26

Mon

02:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: Experience with GIS software is helpful, but not required.

Geospatial data is often extremely costly and difficult to access, but there are an increasing number of free and open GIS datasets that can be just as suitable and useful as their expensive, proprietary counterparts. We will explore specific sources and strategies for discovering this data. Examples of sources covered include OpenStreetMap, Natural Earth Data, the Database of Global Administrative Areas, and others. Some experience with GIS may be helpful.

Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=836003

 

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

Jennie Murack

Jan/22

Thu

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap

Are there clusters in your data? Are similar values grouped together? How are several pieces of data related? This workshop will introduce you to the spatial statistics techniques of spatial autocorrelation and regression. We will use both ArcMap and Geoda.

Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap, including how to load data and a familiarity with the interface.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=836000

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

Jennie Murack

Jan/15

Thu

02:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants

Learn the basics of creating a web map using ArcGIS Online. You will learn how to find and add data, format your map, and create different types of maps.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=835998

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

Daniel Sheehan

Jan/21

Wed

02:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants

Learn how to use Google Maps and Fusion tables to make custom, online maps.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=835999

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