NOCO GIS Days 2022
Colorado State University (CSU), Front Range Community College (FRCC), and the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) teamed up to offer a number of activities to celebrate GIS Day(s) this year! All activities were offered in person and via Zoom and were free to attend.
VIDEO RECORDINGS:
Cool Cartography and GeoViz Presentations
Tuesday, Nov. 15th | 10am – 2pm
LINK TO ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTER BIOS
10:00 AM: Structure from Motion Photogrammetry: a revolution in high-resolution topographic data. Daniel McGrath, CSU Geosciences (VIDEO)
10:30 AM: Making a hurricane .gif. Carl Churchill. Graphics reporter, The Wall Street Journal. (SLIDES) (VIDEO)
11:00 AM: Mapping for News. Hannah Dormido. Reporter and cartographer, The Washington Post. (VIDEO)
11:30 AM: How I Mapped One Year of Billionaire Private Jet Flights… and why you should too! Luke Chamberlain. M.S. program in Cartography & GIS at University of Wisconsin – Madison. (VIDEO)
12:00 PM: “Can’t you just…” Kate Leroux. Senior Cartographer, Stamen Design. (VIDEO)
12:30 PM: Easy Open Source 3D Visualizations. Connor Siegfried. Undergrad, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU. (VIDEO)
1:30 PM: GeoVisualizations in R. Dan Carver. Geospatial Technical Manager, Geospatial Centroid. (VIDEO)
GeoHackathon
Friday, Nov. 11th | 9:30am -3:30pm
A GeoHackathon is a friendly competition in which teams develop a solution to a GIS problem, using geospatial data and analysis… all in a matter of hours!
No coding needed.
- Sign up with a team, or get assigned to a team at the event.
- Teams have the opportunity to present results at GIS Day on Nov. 15th (in person or via Zoom)
- Choose from one of three project topics, on these subjects:
- Disaster planning
- Sustainable Energy in Transportation
- Environmental Justice / Outdoor Equity
- Use your choice of GIS software to solve the problem
- Participate in person from:
- (Host) Front Range Community College, 2190 Miller Dr, Longmont
- Morgan Library Rm. 203 at CSU, Fort Collins
- Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley
- Lunch and snacks provided
- Solutions will be judged based on originality, creativity, and effectiveness, while taking into account different skill levels of each team
- Prizes awarded at GIS Day at CSU on Nov. 15.
Cool Cartography and GeoViz Presentations
Tuesday, Nov. 15th | 10am – 2pm
Hosted by CSU in Rm. 142 Natural Resources Bldg (MSNR) or on Zoom.
Times indicate the start of the presentations.
LINK TO ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTER BIOS
10:00 AM: Structure from Motion Photogrammetry: a revolution in high-resolution topographic data. Daniel McGrath. CSU Geosciences
10:30 AM: Making a hurricane .gif. Carl Churchill. Graphics reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Link to presentation
11:00 AM: Mapping for News. Hannah Dormido. Reporter and cartographer, The Washington Post.
11:30 AM: How I Mapped One Year of Billionaire Private Jet Flights… and why you should too! Luke Chamberlain. M.S. program in Cartography & GIS at University of Wisconsin – Madison.
12:00 PM: “Can’t you just…” Kate Leroux. Senior Cartographer, Stamen Design
12:30 PM: Easy Open Source 3D Visualizations. Connor Siegfried. Undergrad, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU
1:30 PM: GeoVisualizations in R. Dan Carver. Geospatial Technical Manager, Geospatial Centroid
2:00 PM: Closing Remarks and Hackathon Results!
Intro to OpenStreetMap and Mapathon
Wednesday, Nov. 16 | 4 – 6pm
Meetup Link UNC | Meetup Link CSU
Hosted by UNC in Greeley. Pizza provided!
Participants can also attend remotely from CSU in Fort Collins*, FRCC in Longmont, or via Zoom.
OpenStreetMap expert Mike Thompson will get us started at 4pm with an introduction to OSM and how to contribute in OSM. Then we’ll begin digitizing data into OSM for a humanitarian aid project.
No experience necessary: if you can trace, you can map!
Bring a laptop (fully charged, preferably, and a mouse).
*You can attend in-person at CSU in the Geospatial Centroid office–211G Morgan Library (up the main staircase near the Help Desk, turn sharp right and head north through the bookstacks. The Centroid overlooks the Lory Student Center.)
