GIS Day – Final Schedule of Events
Please join us in celebrating GIS Day on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 on the MSUM Campus!
Geographic Information System (GIS) technology allows us to visualize and solve problems facing people, plants, and animals living in dynamic systems. Have you ever used your smartphone to navigate through an unfamiliar city or to locate a restaurant within two miles? Come find out how phone apps use GIS to accomplish these tasks. If you are a visual learner, problem solver, or technology adopter, GIS Day has something for you.
Schedule of Events
Planetarium Shows (10:00 am and 1:30 pm) – MSUM Planetarium in Bridges 167
Come see the capabilities of this unique, GIS-ready immersive environment and get thinking about your next data visualization project!
Informational Tables and Displays (10:30 am – 1:30 pm) – MSUM Livingston Lord Library Porch
MSUM GIS Certificate and Courses
HERE and the Campus Map Project
MSUM Science Center Prairie Restoration & Monitoring ENRTF Grant
The Fargo Project
Midwest Aerial Technologies and Images of the MSUM Campus and Science Center
Livingston Lord Library Geospatial Resources and Faculty Book Drive
“What shall we call the Center for Geospatial Studies?”
Geospatial Applications Posters
Light refreshments will be served at this location.
Lightning Talks by Fargo-Moorhead GIS Professionals (11:00 am – 1:00 pm) – MSUM Livingston Lord Library Auditorium 103
11:00-11:15 Brad Anderson (City of Moorhead)
11:15-11:30 Jonathan Braski (City of Fargo)
11:30-11:45 Matt Mecklenburg (The Nature Conservancy)
11:45-12:00 Alex Gwaltney (HERE Summer Intern)
12:00-12:15 Kay Anderson (Cass County)
12:15-12:30 Matthew Rohlik (Midwest Aerial Technologies)
12:30-12:45 Mike Detloff (Moorhead Police)
12:45-1:00 Brian Carroll (HERE)
Each speaker will talk for ten minutes about the importance of GIS in their work and provide advice on how to prepare for GIS careers. The final five minutes of each lightning talk is reserved for questions.
Hands-on 3DsMax Learning Lab (1:00-1:30 pm) – MSUM Livingston Lord Library Room 113
Come learn how to build a 3D building using 3DsMax.
GIS for Cultural Resource Management (3:00 pm) – MSUM King Hall 217
Via Skype with Jeremy Planteen, State of Oklahoma GIS Specialist and MSUM alumnus
Parking for the public will be available in Lots G-1 and M-5.
GIS Day is hosted by the MSUM Center for Geospatial Studies.