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Interview with Dr. Dawn Wright, OSU

10/28/2010

In the GeoConnexion magazine - an interview with Oregon State University Geographer & Oceanographer, Dr. Dawn Wright. Her research interests include GIS, marine geography, benthic terrain and habitat characterization, and the processing and interpretation of high resolution bathymetry, video, and underwater photographic images.

Read the interview: http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/marinesciences_intv9i10.pdf

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ESRI Recorded webinars

10/28/2010

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A full range of topics and a collection from over the years - ESRI posts all their live webinars. check it out.

http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/recordings.cfm

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USGS Oregon Water Science Center - Seminar Series

10/18/2010

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Please join us at the USGS Oregon Water Science Center office for our next brown-bag seminar:
Date: Tuesday, October 19
Time: 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm (note the somewhat later time)

The speaker is Randy Hunt, a Research Hydrologist with the USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center. This talk is part of the USGS National Research Program's lecture series. The title of Randy's talk is:

"From Buckets to Clouds: Building Better Environmental Models for Today's Decision-Making"

An abstract and links to two related publications, as well as more information on the seminar schedule and directions to our office, can be found at the USGS Portland Seminar Series website at http://or.water.usgs.gov/brownbag/.

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Groundwater 101 - Free class offering

10/14/2010

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If you our someone you know is interested in groundwater, please join the Portland Water Bureau and the Columbia Slough Watershed Council on Saturday, November 13 for Groundwater 101 - a FREE educational workshop that will explore the mysteries and intricacies of Portland's groundwater system. Groundwater 101 will teach you groundwater basics including local geology, hydrogeology, what role groundwater plays in our drinking water system and how to protect this important resource.

The workshop includes classroom time, a tour of a production and monitoring well, and hands-on activities. Space is limited. Call or register on-line to reserve your spot.

This class is open to the public. Registration is required.

Groundwater 101
Saturday, November 13, 2010
9:00 am to 1:30 pm
The Lake House at Blue Lake Park
20500 NE Marine Dr
Fairview, OR 97024

To register call Melissa at 503-281-1132 or go on-line: http://www.columbiaslough.org/calendar_detail.aspx?calendar_id=154

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ASPRS Technical Exchange 2010

10/14/2010

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ASPRS Technical Exchange

What:   ASPRS Tech Exchange
When: October 29, 2010 - 9:00AM to 3:00 PM
Where: Vancouver Water Resource Education Center
            4600 SE Columbia Way
            Vancouver, WA 98661
Cost:    $35 (includes lunch), ASPRS members $25 & students are free ($10 for lunch)
Registration: 2010TechnicalExchange

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.

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Webinar Presentation w/SCGIS

10/12/2010

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Next Monday the Society for Conservation GIS is hosting a Webinar presentation. Hannah Stevens, GIS Program Manager at the New York Botanical Garden, will speak at 12 pm EST on Monday, October 18, on "Species and places in a changing environment: measuring the habitat specificity of Amazonian plants". A longer description and all the connection info are on the SCGIS website at : http://www.scgis.org/Lev3Page.aspx?Page3ID=78

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2010 IMS/PRC Brown Bag Luncheon Speaker Series

10/08/2010

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Portland State University:

Fall Quarter 2010 IMS/PRC Brown Bag Luncheon Speaker Series lineup. This quarter's schedule features a diverse group of individuals with varying interests in urban planning, demographics, and public policy (and from departments across campus).

All colloquia meet at 12PM in URBN 311 (which is equipped with a video projector).

October 11
Meg Merrick and Diane Besser, IMS
Layers in Time and Place in Google Earth: Putting Portland History on the Globe

October 18
David Percy, Geology
Ecodistricts Web Mapping Tool Demo

October 25
Dick Lycan, PRC
Linking Client Data and Housing Characteristics to Tax-Lot Files

November 1
Neba Noyan, IMS
Exploring Data Mining and Innovative Data Visualization Strategies

November 15
Jason Jurjevich, PRC
Who's Counted? Same-Sex Statistics and the U.S. Census

November 22
Mike Mertens, IMS
Assessment of Agricultural Capacity in Clackamas County: Can Clackamas County Feed Portland and how much would it cost?

November 29
Hyeyoung Woo, Sociology
Gender Differences in the Effect of Education on Self-Rated Health over the Life Course Across Birth Cohorts

December 6
Vivian Siu, PRC/IMS
Impact of Neighborhood Built Environment on Walking Among Older Women in the Portland metro area

December 13
Liza Mylott, IMS
Public Policy and the Sexualization of Public Space

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PostGIS Presentation 9/16/10 @ FreeGeek

09/15/2010

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When: 7pm Sep 16th
Where: FreeGeek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue
What: PostGIS
Who: Edwin Knuth

Location-based services are all the rage these days, and almost
everyone has a latitude and longitude or two stashed away in a numeric
column somewhere. But, there is so much more to it than just a point.
Once relegated to government and academia, geographic information
systems are becoming increasingly visible. With the PostGIS
extension, PostgreSQL is a first-class geodatabase and an incredible
platform for working with spatial data, but what is PostGIS and why
would one use it? And beyond PostGIS there are a dizzying array oftools to load, visualize and interact with the wonderful geospatial
information in your database. This talk will cover GIS and PostGIS
basics and provide an introduction to geodatabases and spatial
queries.

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Edwin Knuth spent quite some time as a sysadmin and web developer
before going back to school to study Environmental Science at the
University of Alaska Southeast. He quickly became fascinated with
Geographic Information Systems and realized that GIS was just a really
neat database application. In Alaska, Edwin worked on several unique
projects, including building bat detectors and using PostGIS to manage
a wireless sensor network on the Juneau Icefield. He has lived in
Portland for the past year and loves it very much.

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Kool Apps 2010

09/14/2010

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Announcing Kool Apps 2010 featuring Open Data and Open Source: Friday, September 24 at Portland State University

This all day event is free! It is co-sponsored by the PDX-Open Source GIS users group, a special interest group of OR-URISA.

This event is coordinated with WhereCampPDX, and attendees are encouraged to attend both events!

Attendees should plan on bringing a laptop to participate in the hands-on portion and a three-hour walk-thru of selected open source GIS applications.

Agenda:
9am - 11am : OpenStreetMap - Presented by Cloudmade
11am - Noon : The Open Source GIS stack - Presented by PDX-OSGIS
Noon - 1pm: Lunch on your own
1pm -3pm : The Open Source GIS stack
3pm - 5pm : Invited demos of projects solved with open source gis tools.

Beverages and light snacks provided by OR-URISA

This event takes place at Portland State University, in the Smith Center's VanPort Room (#338). Registration is free but space is limited to 72 participants.

Please Register for Kool Apps

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ASPRS Puget Sound/Columbia River Tech Exchange: Call For Speakers

09/14/2010

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Below is a message from Jacob MacDonald regarding the ASPRS Technical exchange. Consider presenting!

We’ve booked the Vancouver Water Resource Center on October 29th for the annual ASPRS technical exchange co-hosted by the Columbia River and Puget Sound regions. I’ll send a more formal announcement soon. This message is just my first attempt to book presenters. We need to line up folks to talk for 15-20 minutes about all the cool stuff you’re working on. Let me know if you’d like to claim one of the time slots. Personally, I’d like to see a strong showing from the students in our region. Students, please consider giving a short presentation on your thesis work or even a term project. I expect the time slots to fill up quickly, so don’t wait to get back to me!
Jake

Jacob Macdonald
Physical Scientist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District
503.808.4844
jacob.macdonald@usace.army.mil

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