GIS Day this Wednesday!
Sara
Hi All -- forwarding this out from ATX GIS Day + CenTexGIS crew. Don't forget to stop by the ATX-OSG-hosted "geo lounge" in the afternoon, too!
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The ATX GIS Day, hosted by the CenTexGIS user group, is just two days away on Wednesday, November 19th, from 8:30AM – 5PM, at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs on the UT Campus.
The first 50 attendees are guaranteed exclusive ATX GIS Day sunglasses!
*** It’s not too late to submit your map to the GIS Day Map Gallery and Contest. Map contest/gallery entries will be displayed at the ATX GIS Day event. Submit your map here! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive a 1 year free "Standard" Mapbox subscription and 1 free O'Reilly e-book!
Highlights from the agenda include:
- Open Source GIS Workshop - bring your laptop for a hands-on workshop to learn how to “Make maps for the web in seconds using CartoDB” - taught by Andrew Hill, CartoDB and NYU
- GIS Pitch Contest, “Shark Tank” style, with Josh Baer, Executive Director of Capital Factory as MC. Austin startups and entrepreneurs will showcase the innovative ways they use GIS technology.
- Professional development presentations on GIS integration, Open Source GIS, ArcGIS Online, traditional GIS, GIS in Health, affordable housing, hazard mitigation planningand so much more!
- Exhibits hosted by our amazing sponsors and partners: LBJ School of Public Affairs,Esri, CartoDB, Boundless, Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc., Atlantic Engineering Group, TNRIS, TxDOT, Open Austin, Michigan State University Geography Department, City of Austin, UT Austin Department of Geography and the Environment, Austin Water Utility, ASPRS UT Student Chapter, Children's Optimal Health
ATX GIS Day website:
Additional information such as Map Contest Entry and FAQs can also be found here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/atx-gis-day-2014-tickets-13677932063?aff=eorg
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We hope to see you there!
ATX GIS Day Committee