IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Geographic Information Systems Lab

Jennie Murack, Nick Albaugh

Jan/20

Fri

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Did you ever wonder where grocery stores are located in a city? Or perhaps biotech firms? We will learn how to query several business directories and then take that information one step further by creating customized maps and finding detailed information for specific companies.

Bring your laptop or use a computer in the lab.

Register here.

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

Jennie Murack, Nick Albaugh

Feb/01

Wed

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

There are many websites and databases that include census and demographic data. How do you find them? Which is the best for your project? We’ll explore sources of US and international data and provide tips for finding additional datasets. For those interested in mapping, we’ll teach you the steps necessary for creating customized maps.

Register here.

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

Jennie Murack, Madeline Wrable

Jan/19

Thu

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Learn how to tell a story with your map by adding photographs and videos or creating a customized map viewer using a Web App. No coding required! We will provide sample data, however feel free to provide your own photo collection. The easiest place to store your photos for the map is in a public album on Flickr or you can reference images by the url if they are stored on your own web server.

You can bring your own laptop or use a lab computer.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963280

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

Jennie Murack, Anne Graham

Jan/31

Tue

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

ESRI recently introduced a new GIS software, ArcGIS Pro. Learn how to use it, explore new features, and find out how it differs from ArcGIS Desktop.

This is not an Intro to GIS workshop. We will only be discussing the features of this software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963367

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

Anne Graham, Daniel Sheehan

Jan/24

Tue

01:00PM-04:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: A basic knowledge of GIS using either ArcMap or QGIS

Expand your experience with GIS software and learn how to manage map projections, create and edit GIS files, and use tools like Clip, Buffer, and Spatial Join. We will use both QGIS and ArcGIS.

Prerequisite: Previous experience with GIS software is required, such as taking the Intro to GIS workshop.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963336

 

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

Madeline Wrable

Jan/17	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132
Jan/23	Mon	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, participants 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 17th, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963173

For January 23rd, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963332

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

Madeline Wrable

Jan/25

Wed

01:00PM-03:00PM

7-238, 3rd floor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Are you curious about how to make use of satellite data? Come learn about satellite remote sensing and image processing. You will leave with an overview of this technology and resources for getting started.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963376

The workshop will be held in the GIS lab on the 3rd floor of Rotch Library (building 7-238). The GIS lab computers require an MIT Athena login so you must have one to participate.

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

Jennie Murack, Madeline Wrable

Jan/26

Thu

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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 spatial statistics techniques in both ArcMap and Geoda.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963347

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

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

Anne Graham, Ece Turnator

Feb/01

Wed

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This workshop will introduce Carto as a tool for creating customized online maps and performing basic data analysis. We will learn how to find and add a historic basemap to Carto, import present-day geographic data, and analyze the data using the new Carto Builder tools. We will provide sample data, but feel free to bring your own if you have it.

Bring your laptop or use a lab computer.

Register here.

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

Daniel Sheehan, Senior GIS Specialist, Mike Foster, GIS/Data Visualization Specialist

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None

This is a two-session workshop that will introduce the requirements and protocols in utilizing Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS… aka Drones) for research and projects to collect data and create detailed models and maps. 

Day 1: Intro to Drone Flight

We will cover the rules and regulations of UAS flight, go over requirements and protocols for flight planning and piloting, introduce flight maps, planning, and the associated language, discuss the data you can collect, and talk about what you need to do to get off the ground.

Day 2: Mapping and Postprocessing

This session will discuss data collection and introduce methods for postprocessing. Attendees will be introduced to processing software like ArcGIS Drone2Map and Agisoft Photoscan. Students will get a chance to process some collected data using Photoscan, which mosaics images to create orthophotos, and, using photogrammetric methods, create point clouds that can be turned into 3D elevation models.

Register here: https://goo.gl/forms/7QnVuNe7ggyeNdlM2

Location: Room 2-105

Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning, Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Michael Foster, 9-522, 617 324-8234, MJFOSTER@MIT.EDU

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Jan/19	Thu	09:00AM-12:00PM	2-105
Jan/20	Fri	09:00AM-12:00PM	2-105

Joe Wright - Specialist, Daniel Sheehan - Senior GIS Specialist, Mike Foster - GIS/Data Visualization Specialist

Daniel Sheehan

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: a basic knowledge of ArcMap

This is a 2-day workshop. Please attend both days.

Day 1: You'll learn just enough Python scripting to work with it in ArcGIS and feel comfortable in Day 2 of the workshop.

Day 2: This day will focus on using Python to automate map making. With the ArcPy mapping module you can easily create and update map layers and content to create customized maps that can be exported for presentations and reports. Whether you need to create 10 or 1000 maps, you'll learn how to save time by using Python.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963365

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of ArcGIS, such as taking the Intro workshop

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

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Jan/30

Mon

01:00PM-04:00PM

14N-132

Daniel Sheehan

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Jan/31

Tue

01:00PM-04:00PM

14N-132

Daniel Sheehan