Spatially Connected

Mike Houck, Executive Director of the Urban Greenspaces Institute, and Bob Sallinger, Conservation Director for Portland Audubon, teaming up to unveil the newest edition of Wild in the City—the indispensible guide to our region's natural areas and natural history—featuring over 90 site guides, natural history essays and nature rambles by foot, bike and boat. 

Tuesday, November 15   
Noon to 1 pm   
Portland Building Auditorium (2nd Floor)   
1120 SW Fifth, Portland 97204 

The Geographic Information Society (the student chapter of the ASPRS at PSU) is proud to present it's second colloquium of the year this Wednesday, November 9th from 2-3 PM in 413 Cramer Hall.
 
Sergeant Greg Stewart of the Portland Police Bureau Crime Analysis Unit will give a presentation entitled: 
"Mapping and Crime in Portland, Oregon: Using GIS to help reduce crime, the fear of crime and improve neighborhood livability."

Free refreshments will be provided, and all are welcome to attend.

Confirmed dates for our 20th Annual GIA Conference:
March 13 & 14, 2012
Jantzen Beach Red Lion Hotel

Please join us for our first-ever joint conference with PLSO!

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

Presenters will earn GISP credits and receive a 50% reduction on registration.

Submit your abstract with a brief biography, by November 18, 2011 to:
doug@davidsmithmapping.com and bob.pool@clark.wa.gov

Abstracts submitted after this date are welcome! Those submitted by the deadline will be given first consideration in the conference Program.

The GIS club at PSU will will be holding a colloquium on Friday, October 21st  from noon to 1PM on the PSU campus in Cramer Hall room 413.  This month's speaker is Janne Boone-Heinonen, a professor in the epedemiology division at OHSU, and she will be discussing the Cardia Study, which uses GIS to examine the relationships between healthy diets and fast-food availability.   Refreshments will be provided!

Registration is now open for the 2011 Portland Cartography Symposium Nov. 4 at Portland State University! We have a full lineup of outstanding presenters and anticipate a vibrant and innovative gallery of map displays.

A registration form, program schedule and information sheet, event flier and campus map are available. To register, complete the registration form and email it to Dan Uthman at uthmand@pdx.edu. The registration deadline is noon Friday, October 21. Space is limited to the first 100 registrants, so register early to reserve your spot. This is a free event.

Questions can be directed to event organizers Dan Uthman (uthmand@pdx.edu) and David Banis (dbanis@pdx.edu).

The 10th annual URBAN ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM hosted by the Urban Ecosystems Research Consortium is coming up on Friday, February 24, 2012 at Portland State University in the Smith Center
Ballroom

Events include a series of oral presentations, a poster session, two keynote speakers, raffles, and a post-symposium social.

Abstracts for oral presentations and posters are due on NOVEMBER 30, 2012.


See www.uercportland.org for details.

The early registration deadline is FEBRUARY 3, 2012.
On-line registration standard rate: $35; 
student rate: $15; 
volunteer rate: $5; 
fee includes lunch for those who pay by February 3, 2012.


Registration at door, as space allows: $40; 
$15 for students (check or cash
only, no credit cards); 
does not include lunch.

The UERC is a consortium of people from educational institutions, local, state and federal agencies, non-profit organizations and businesses who support urban ecosystem research and creating an information-sharing network to collect and use ecological data in the Portland, Oregon/Vancouver,
Washington region.

Visit www.uercportland.org for more details. 

Beyond the Spill
…a brownbag sponsored by City of Portland Rivers Office

Tuesday, September 20
Noon to 1 pm
Portland Building Auditorium
1120 SW Fifth

Beyond the Spill is a 30-minute film that takes a penetrating look at the 2010 Gulf oil spill. 22 Oregonians—including local journalists, artists, documentary filmmakers and activists—traveled to the Gulf to witness in person the resulting environmental and economic devastation. Presented by Mike Rosen, City of Portland, and Mike Houck, Urban Greenspaces Institute--both members of the PDX 2 Gulf Coast team, who will offer a Q&A after the film. Click here for more info. Hope to see you there.

The annual Urban Ecology & Conservation symposium hosted by the Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium (UERC) on January 24, 2011 was packed with a series of short presentations, keynote speakers, a poster session and time for networking.  Because presentations at the symposium are short, the UERC offers its "First Friday" brown bag series to allow for more in-depth presentations and discussions around various topics that attendees want to know more about.  "First Friday" brown bag presentations are held over the lunch hour at the Metro building in Portland.  All are welcome to attend.

Next presentation:  September 9, 2011 (Note: this one's not scheduled on the first Friday either due to the prior holiday weekend)

Speakers:  Roy Iwai, Water Resources Specialist, Multnomah County - Road Services and Jeff Meacham, Graduate Student, Portland State University

Topic:  Watershed-wide macroinvertebrate monitoring in Johnson Creek

Current information is available at
http://www.uercportland.org/.

The Portland State University Department of Geography and the Geospatial Information Society student group are planning a one-day cartography symposium on Friday, November 4, at the Smith Memorial Student Union on campus. We are organizing a program with a full day of presenters and a print and web map gallery. There will be no admission charge, but advance registration will be required. Refreshments will be provided.


More details to come as the date approaches.

COLUMBIA RIVER & PUGET SOUND REGIONS
15th ANNUAL JOINT TECHNICAL EXCHANGE
Date:  Friday, October 7th, 2011
Time:  9:00-3:00 (Setup time available for presenters: 8:00-9:00 a.m.)
Place: Vancouver Water Resource Education Center
4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver, Washington 98661, (360) 696-8478 [MAP IT]
Registration / Abstract Deadline: September 30th, 2011
Registration Fees:     
ASPRS Members                                 $25.00 (Includes box lunch and copy of abstracts)

Non-members                                       $35.00 (Includes box lunch and copy of abstracts)

ASPRS Student Member                    Free + Optional Lunch ($10.00) = $10.00

Non-members Students*                    $10.00 + Optional Lunch ($10.00) = $20.00      

*Registration fee waived if students register for ASPRS membership at session.

We recommend purchasing the box lunch as there are no dining facilities in the near vicinity of the Water Resources Education Center.
Parking: Ample FREE parking available at the meeting site
WHAT:  Technical presentations by Professionals, Educators and Researchers.

This event is an informal opportunity for people who are interested in the topics of GIS, photogrammetry, and remote sensing to learn more about what's going on in our own region in resource management, government, academia, and business. The information exchange is a day-long event in which local practitioners may present a 20-minute talk on one of their current or recent projects. This is also an opportunity to learn new techniques, meet new contacts, and refresh old ones. Projectors and wireless internet connection will be available. Presenters are asked to their keep presentations under 20 minutes to allow for questions and timely proceedings.

Speaker slots will be limited due to the single-day schedule, so get your requests in early to insure your slot.  Abstracts are due September 30th, 2011.

In addition to the visual presentations, each speaker will submit a 1-page description of the project and a 1-page profile of their organization (forms are on pages 3 and 4). The 1-page write-ups must be submitted by registration deadline so they can be compiled into a notebook for distribution at the meeting.  Lunch and the notebook will be included in the registration fee.
WHO: ASPRS Members and Non-Members interested in expanding their knowledge.  

Anyone interested in learning more about GIS, photogrammetry, remote sensing, and related fields or who wish to share information about interesting or unusual projects in these areas are welcome. Please, extend this invitation to your colleagues who work in the areas of GIS, photogrammetry, and remote sensing. No commercial presentations or endorsements are allowed.

We particularly want to encourage non-members to come find out more about ASPRS. As an encouragement, student attendees who wish to join ASPRS the day of the session will have the registration fee waived. In addition, any person or company can sponsor a student by covering the $10 registration fee, so please consider sending them to this session to learn more about our industry and society.

CONTACT US:

Matt Boyd | Columbia River Vice President | crr.asprs@gmail.com | ph. 503.505.5119
Jeff Glickman | Puget Sound President | jeff@glickman.com | ph. 425.908.7601