Theme: Discovering the World through GIS
Date: Wednesday, November 19
Time: 11am-4:30pm
Location: First Floor IUB Main Library
Posters and demonstrations will be in the lobby area; presentations will be in room E174
All students, faculty, and staff members who are interested in learning more about GIS are invited to attend.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide a framework for integrating spatial data and offer methods applicable to a broad range of social and physical science applications. The 2003 IUB GIS Day will consist of a symposium of posters, presentations and more than 10 live, hands-on demonstrations of how GIS can be used for various research applications.
Schedule of Events:
11:00am-4:30pm | Posters and interactive demonstrations (Main Library lobby) |
11:00am-12:00pm | Workshop-Census Data: Mapping with ArcGIS Resources (Room E172) |
1:00pm-2:00pm | Workshop-The Statewide IMS Web Site of the Indiana Geological Survey (Room E172) |
2:00pm - 2:30pm | What is GIS? How can it be used for academic research? (Room E174) |
2:30pm - 3:00pm | What is GPS? How does it provide me with a location? (Room E174) |
3:00pm - 3:30pm | GIS Resources at IU (Room E174) |
Supporting IUB Organizations:
- Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change (CIPEC)
- City of Bloomington/City of Bloomington Utilities
- Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
- Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology
- Indiana Geological Survey (IGS)
- University Architect's Office and the Bureau of Facilities Programming and Utilization
- University Information Technology Services (UITS)-Advanced Visualization Lab, Data Management Support and Stat/Math Center
- University Libraries
For more information visit the IUB GIS Website at: http://www.indiana.edu/~gis/
Posted November 14, 2003