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Emerging Professionals Mappy Hour
Ready for some much needed socializing with your GIS community? Join your favorite group, Emerging Professionals, for an evening of reconnecting, socializing, sharing new project ideas, or just saying hi! Bring your favorite drink, snacks and stop by anytime during our Mappy Hour. MappyHourPub.pdf
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The UK FOSS4G community is having a 1-day virtual conference on this coming Wednesday June 17th, with 3 tracks of presentations across a wide variety of topics:
tracks and times: https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4gukonline2020/programme.html read the abstracts here: https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4gukonline2020/sessions.html Due to the time difference, the schedule runs from about 1am to 10am Pacific time, and presumably recordings will be available for most things after the fact. Registration is open for the next 24 hours: registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foss4guk-2020-online-registration-105523419388 Cost is free, though they do recommend a few charities that they would like to direct donations to if you are able. Message from: David Asbury | Esri | storymaps.arcgis.com
For those of you who might be interested, Esri is hosting the 5th edition of the webinar series StoryMaps Live! tomorrow, June 17th. This session will feature the work of the Grand Canyon Trust as they work to amplify the voices of Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, Navajo, and Zuni storytellers and will include SCGIS’s very own Stephanie Smith as a guest!
Be sure to check out their excellent story map Voices of the Grand Canyon as well as an informative interview with the authors as they talk about their process. Women in GIS, in partnership with Brandman University, is pleased to bring you a virtual roundtable discussion "Impacts on GIS Careers in the Time of COVID"
June 23rd: 6pm EST/3pm PST For details see: https://womeningis.wildapricot.org/event-3863211 Click here to join the meeting: https://brandman.zoom.us/j/93899271101 PSU & PCC GIS CLUB HANG SESH!
Are you interested in getting involved in the PSU or PCC GIS Club? Already involved and just wanna hang out? Just like beverages, snacks and cool people? If yes, come on down to the Belmont Fermatorium on 600 SE Belmont Street Portland, Oregon 97214 on Friday, Feb 21st. We will be hanging from 5:30pm – 8:30pm. All are welcome! This will be a great opportunity to network and meet folks who are learning GIS/ are in the GIS community in a casual, low pressure environment. We hope to see you there! Where: Belmont Fermatorium 600 SE Belmont Street Portland, Oregon 97214 When: Friday, Feb 21st 5:30pm – 8:30pm Why?? Because it’s time to hang! This week the world celebrates Valentine's Day. The holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, which marked the coming of spring with fertility rites and beer. On Februray 14th, 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the union, also commemorated with beer.
So, join us on Wednesday evening to celebrate in the fashion of our ancestors and have a beer (or other beverage of your choice)! We will meet at Produce Row Cafe (204 SE Oak St) which has Happy Hour pricing through 7 pm. Early birds will stake out a table on the covered (and heated) back porch by ~ 5:30. Perhaps this free, fun, and rigorous data science analytics MOOC will be of interest to some of you:
https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/5d76dcf7e9ccda09bef61294/spatial-data-science%3A-the-new-frontier-in-analytics/ Use location to find patterns and tackle complex problems. Spatial data science allows analysts to extract deeper insight from data using a comprehensive set of analytical methods and spatial algorithms, including machine learning and deep learning techniques. This course explores the application of spatial data science to uncover hidden patterns and improve predictive modeling. You'll work with powerful analytical tools in Esri's ArcGIS software and learn how to integrate popular open data science packages into your analyses. See the above link to register, for the syllabus, and for more information. https://orurisa.org/event-3711946
Emerging Professionals Winter Social
The OR-URISA Emerging Professionals are going to the Science Pub! Please join us on the 4th of February for The Science Minded Life, a presentation in OMSI’s Science Pub Portland series. There we will hear Professor Troy Campbell discuss the value of maintaining a science minded attitude in not only ones academic or professional pursuits but also in every day life. Buy your tickets for $5 through the OMSI website to secure a seat! The Emerging Professionals will be meeting beforehand at Mt. Hood Brewing for drinks and fellowship. We’ll be walking from their to OMSI at 6:30pm. Just keep an eye out for EP Committee Members wearing name badges! ACCESSIBILITY MAPATHON!!
Where: Portland State University, Cramer Hall, Room 469 When: (1) February 3rd, 1:00 - 4:00pm (2) February 3rd, 4:00 - 7:00pm What?: We'll be learning about and mapping accessibility routes in OpenStreetMaps in collaboration with the American Printing House for the Blind. The event will also have some members from APH joining us to help in our Mapathon. Our work in the event is geared towards helping people with impairments move around a little bit easier. Join us in the event to do something good. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. SIGN-UP: There are 2 time slots for the whole event (on the same day), if you would like to stay for both, RSVP for both times. The sign-up is in the link below. https://tinyurl.com/psuaphmapathon2020 Any questions or comments can be sent to Bradley Flores Torres (email down below) Date: January 28th
Start/End time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Location: Cramer Hall 4th Floor, RM 409, Geography Department Hall Description: Do you want to get a GIS job/internship or apply for graduate school, but you don't know where to start? Have questions about writing a resume and working on an application? Get these questions answered (along with many more) at the GIS Career Round Table event! Knowledgeable GIS instructors, the Geography Grad School Coordinator and a seasoned Career Specialist will be present to help answer any and all questions in a casual and safe environment, Format for this event will include eating snacks and openly discussing career and graduate school questions. Brought to you by the PSU GIS CLUB! Bradley Flores Torres Web & Communications Officer bf5@pdx.edu Portland State University Chapter of ASPRS | GIS Club |
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