IAP 2018 Activities by Sponsor - Geographic Information Systems Lab

Jennie Murack, Nick Albaugh

Jan/30

Tue

10:30AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants

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: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757939

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

Anne Graham, Jennie Murack, Madeline Wrable

Jan/19

Fri

01:00PM-03:30PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
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/3757709

 

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

Madeline Wrable, Jennie Murack

	Jan/10	Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132
	Jan/18	Thu	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

Learn the basics of visualizing geographic information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information System (GIS). We will introduce open source and proprietary mapping and GIS software options and let attendees choose to work through exercises using ESRI ArcGIS (proprietary) and/or Quantum GIS (QGIS) (open source). Learn how to read and interpret maps and data and use basic cartography principles to create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.

For January 10th, register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757699

For January 18th, register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757702 

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/30

Tue

10:00AM-12:00PM

GIS lab, 7-238

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Come learn about satellite remote sensing, and an overview of the many ways to process satellite imagery. There will be demos in ENVI and ArcGIS software, both of which are available in the GIS Lab.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783325

 

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Madeline Wrable, mwrable@mit.edu

Jennie Murack, Madeline Wrable

Jan/23

Tue

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: a basic knowledge of ArcMap or QGIS

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 point patterns analysis and spatial autocorrelation in both ArcMap and Geoda.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757823

Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap or QGIS, 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

Madeline Wrable

Feb/01

Thu

10:00AM-12:00PM

GIS lab, 7-238

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Come hear an overview of virtual reality (VR) hardware and software, and learn different ways to get started with this technology. There will be demos of current applications ongoing in the Geographic Information System (GIS) lab using an HTC Vive.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783392

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Madeline Wrable, mwrable@mit.edu

Ece Turnator

Feb/02

Fri

04:30PM-06:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants

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 a few of 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: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3758064

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

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 Python in ArcGIS and feel comfortable in Day 2 of the workshop. Work will include using commands for both vector and raster data processing.

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.

Prerequisite: a basic knowledge of ArcMap

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784581

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Daniel Sheehan, dsheehan@mit.edu

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	Jan/16	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132
	Jan/17	Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132

Daniel Sheehan

Daniel Sheehan, Joe Wright, Carmen Bazzano

Jan/11

Thu

09:00AM-12:00PM

4-231

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This workshop has two components: (1) An introduction the resources and tools available at MIT to fly drones and process photographs into geospatial formats useful in a GIS along with some examples of how drone imagery has been used at MIT. (2) A primer on the rules and regulations of small UAS flight. We will cover requirements and protocols for flight planning and piloting, and introduce software tools for flight planning.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784330

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries, Lincoln Laboratory
Contact: Daniel Sheehan, dsheehan@mit.edu