GIS at Purdue University Libraries

GIS Day Geocaches are Out and Available

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:13:13 -0500

Following a weather delay, the GIS Day 2009 geocaches are out and ready to be discovered. First prize this year is a 1-year membership to geocaching.com and 2nd prize is a license for the Geocaching Swiss Army Knife software (a rich suite of utilities for managing your personal GPSr). Remember that Purdue-affiliated players can check out a GPS device from the Earth and Atmospheric Sciencies library. Checkout periods will be 24 hours for this week to ensure everybody gets a chance to play.

More details available here: http://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/gisday

GIS/geo* Courses from Jie Shan

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:55:01 -0500

(reposted from PurdueGIS-L)

Dr. Jie Shan will be teaching Urban Remote Sensing (CE 497) and Geographic Information System (CE597). The course syllabi (with flyers) can be found at http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~jshan/courses.html. The GIS course is also open to off-campus students.

Sincerely,
-Jie Shan

Global 30m DEM (ASTER)

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:14:39 -0500

(repost from PurdueGIS-L)

A blog reports that the JSA and US research group have released a global 30 m DEM from ASTER which is a Space-borne radar sat.; available free. Not particularly high confidence in a lot of areas compared to standard US products, but a great global watershed delineation tool.

http://free-gis-data.blogspot.com/2009/04/aster-global-digital-elevation-model.html />
direct download here:

http://www.gdem.aster.ersdac.or.jp/search.jsp

Engineering Aspects of Remote Sensing Course, Spring 2010

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:38:24 -0500

(repost from PurdueGIS-L)

ECE 577 Engineering Aspects of Remote Sensing is offered in Spring 2010.
For the syllabus of the course, please see
http://dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu/~ersoy/ece577 />
Graduate students as well as senior undergraduate students are welcome.

Okan Ersoy [ersoy@ecn.purdue.edu]
---GIS Day is November 23, 2009 ---

Geomatics Seminar: Enhancements to the National Spatial Reference System

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:46:12 -0500

GEOMATICS SEMINAR - 1:30pm, Thursday/Tomorrow, Nov. 19, CIVL 2107

Enhancements to the National Spatial Reference System
Chris Pearson
NGS Geodetic Advisor for Illinois

Tippecanoe County GIS Day

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:50:55 -0500

Tippecanoe County will be holding their GIS Day celebration *on* GIS Day, November 19, 2009 (whereas Purdue's will be held the following Monday, Nov. 23). Purdue geo* types should feel free to check out what local gov is doing with these technologies.

GIS Day Geocaching Postponed

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:44:50 -0500

Well, the weather is affecting the placement of our geocaches for this year's GIS Day event (we sorta can't tell you why). A couple have been placed, but we won't release all the coordinates until all have been placed, which probably isn't going to happen until tomorrow. Stay tuned to this feed, the GIS Day site (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/gisday), or our Twitter status (http://twitter.com/pugolian) for updates.

If anyone really wants to get started, *really* look into geoRSS (that's a hint, not general advice).

Purdue GIS Day Slots Filling Quickly

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:22:00 -0500

Presentation slots are filling up quickly for GIS Day (Monday, Nov. 23rd, STEW 206). If you have anything you think would be of interest to the geospatial community here at Purdue, please let ccmiller@purdue.edu know as soon as possible so we can be sure to fit everybody into the schedule.

We'll very likely have plenty of room to accommodate all posters, so while there is no serious rush (excepting the fact that the deadline for notifying us is Nov. 19), we still encourage everyone to let us know as soon as possible of your intentions.

Chris

Purdue GIS Day is Nov 23 -- Call for Participation

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:58:59 -0500

GIS Day will be celebrated on Monday, November 23, 2009 in Stewart Center's Room 206. (The national GIS Day celebration is Nov. 18). All GIS and geo* types on campus are encouraged to bring a poster or pitch a presentation as a way to both get the word out about their work and to foster a more complete and robust campus awareness of all of the different geospatial work happening on campus.

More information available at the GIS Day site:
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/gisday
...and don't forget to check out the Call for Participation document:
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/gisday/fils/009Callout.pdf

Agronomy Seminar Today - Steve Burian on Green Infrastructure and Changing Urban Landscapes

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:11:01 -0500

Monday, November 9, 2009
3:30 p.m. Lily 2-425
(3:15 pm for pre-visiting, coffee, refreshments)

Green Infrastructure and Changing Urban Landscapes:
Impacts on the Water Cycle, Urban Climate, and Energy Use
Steven J. Burian, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Green Infrastructure (GI) has recently emerged as a component to help achieve sustainable urban development. GI is defined as the integrated network of natural areas, urban landscapes, and water infrastructure in cities. It has evolved to take advantage of natural systems to meet stormwater management goals including reducing flood risk and improving water quality. Additional benefits of GI have been noted in environmental (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions, urban heat island), cultural, and social aspects of cities. Although these benefits have been noted, a quantitative study of the implications of municipal-scale implementation of GI practices on the water cycle, microclimate, and energy use has not been conducted. Moreover, planning and design tools to quantify the urban heat island benefits are limited and few studies have been performed to quantify the benefits across a range of climate regimes. This presentation will provide a brief overview of GI including low-water use landscapes, pervious concrete, bioretention structures, green roofs, and rainwater harvesting systems, an in-depth assessment of the direct impacts of GI on the water cycle, and a hypothetical analysis of the indirect impacts of municipal-scale GI implementation on urban microclimate and energy use.

Steven J. Burian is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah, where he has taught hydrology, hydraulics, stormwater management, sustainable urban water engineering, sustainability practicum, watershed modeling, water management, and flood modeling since August 2003. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1993 and a M.S.E. in Environmental Engineering in 1995 and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in 1999 from The University of Alabama. Dr. Burian's research group contributes to the planning and engineering of sustainable and secure urban systems. He specializes in sustainable development and urban water infrastructure design, green infrastructure, flood modeling and consequence assessment, water-energy-climate interdependencies, and GIS and remote sensing applications in urban morphological analysis. Reporting on these various topics, Dr. Burian has authored or co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, more than 50 conference papers and project reports, and delivered several software packages and databases. He is a registered professional engineer in Utah.

Social Data and Social Networking: Connecting Social Science Communities across the Globe

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:17 -0500

Social Data and Social Networking:
Connecting Social Science Communities across the Globe
1-4 June 2010
Ithaca, NY, USA

IASSIST 2010, the 36th Annual Conference of the International
Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology
(IASSIST) will be hosted by the Cornell Institute for Social and
Economic Research (CISER) and Cornell University Library (CUL) and
will be held at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, USA, on 1-4
June 2010.

The theme of this year's conference is Social Data and Social
Networking: Connecting Social Science Communities across the Globe.
Social science has begun to feel the impact of the dramatic shift in
communication patterns globally, where social networking and other
digital media trends are changing how social scientists study the
world around them. This theme is intended to stimulate discussion
about the impact of social networking on the creation, collection,
sharing, storage, preservation, dissemination, confidentiality,
licensing of, and access to data. Of particular interest is how
social connectivity has facilitated multi-site and cross-national
social science research.

A webform for submission of proposals will be available on the
conference web site: http://ciser.cornell.edu/IASSIST/ from 12 October
2009.

Deadline for submission: 30 November 2009.

Notification of acceptance: 1 February 2010.

For more information about the conference, including travel and
accommodation, see the attached PDF Call for Papers or visit the
conference web site at:
http://ciser.cornell.edu/IASSIST/ .

IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working in
and with information technology and data services to support research
and teaching in the social sciences. Typical workplaces include data
archives/libraries, statistical agencies, research centers, libraries,
academic departments, government departments, and non-profit
organizations, see http://www.iassistdata.org for further information.

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Data and Economics Librarian
Chair, New Brunswick Collections Group
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rwomack/ />
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IGIC Dinner, Tuesday November 10, 2009

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:29:29 -0500

Fall 2009 Regional Dinner Meeting

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
University Plaza Hotel
3001 Northwestern Avenue
West Lafayette, IN 47906
$25 per person

You are invited to attend the first of IGICâs regional dinner meetings. This will be great opportunity to network and catch up on the latest GIS events in a casual atmosphere. The evening will start with a cash bar from 6 pm - 7 pm, followed by dinner and a presentation from guest speakers Larry Biehl and Jie Shan of Purdue University.

This dinner meeting is open to all IGIC members, their guests, and anyone interested in learning more about Indiana GIS.

http://igic.org/events/dinner.html

Purdue-only: Call for IGIC Dinner Presentation Information

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:34:09 -0500

To All,

Jie Shan and I will be speaking at the Indiana Geographic Information
Council Dinner to be held in West Lafayette on November 10. We will
be high lighting the remote sensing activities going on at Purdue and
the IndianaView/AmericaView activities.

Please provide me with information on projects or activites that you
and/or your students have been working on recently so that I can
include that information in the presentation for that evening. Let
me know if you have any questions.

Information about the dinner meeting is at:
http://www.igic.org/events/dinner.html />
Thanks.
--

- Larry Biehl

Northwest Indiana GIS Forum Meeting -- Nov. 12 2010

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:39:50 -0500

Please join us for the next meeting of the Northwest Indiana GIS Forum. Keep the region up-to-date on your recent GIS accomplishments.

Greg White of the Lake County Surveyor's Office will be joining us to introduce their new, interactive, mapping website.

When: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Where: Indiana University Northwest
Library Conference Center - Room 115 (1st floor - South Side of Building)
3400 Broadway, Gary, IN

Hope to see you there!
Please respond to the following email address if you plan to attend. Thanks.
cmorris@iun.edu<mailto:cmorris@iun.edu>

Cele Morris
Research Analyst
Northwest Indiana Center for Data & Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
3400 Broadway
Gary, IN 46408
219-981-5612
fax: 219-980-6558
cmorris@iun.edu<mailto:cmorris@iun.edu>

Draft of Geoinformatics 2010 Syllabus (Spring, EAS59100) is Up

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:31:22 -0400

A fresh draft of the syllabus for EAS59100, "Geoinformatics" (Spring 2010) has been posted. Well short of a full syllabus, it should at least delineate the pace and scope of the course. Available on the course site (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/geoinformatics).

Purdue Google Gadgets offer satellite data visualization for everybody

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:12:27 -0400

Purdue collects masses of satellite data for use by scientists and state and local officials, but anybody who uses Google now can share in some of this data cornucopia. (see full article here: http://www.itap.purdue.edu/newsroom/detail.cfm?newsId=2005)

Geoinformatics Course at Purdue, Spring 2010

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:45:54 -0400

Faculty from Purdue University Libraries are again offering a geoinformatics course in Spring 2010.

Geoinformatics is a rapidly-growing and increasingly important field in which geoscientific technologies, data, and workflows are examined together as irrevocably interrelated pieces of a growing cyberinfrastructure. It is important for current and future geoscientists to be aware of the arc of geoscience -- not just modeling and analysis, say, but the fuller picture of data acquisition, manipulation, documentation, visualization, and sharing.

This course (course #: EAS 59100) provides a fuller picture of how one finds and evaluates information, prepares and manipulates data, uses the tools of analysis and visualization (including GIS), and conducts their work so that data and information can be made reusable by the next scientist down the line. It is an holistic approach presented in a hands-on, project-driven course with opportunities to develop skills in visualization and analysis, using workflow management software to automate tasks, connecting technologies and data, and curating geospatial data so it is reusable by the scientific community.

The grading for the course will consist of laboratory work and a final project that ties together the concepts of the course. The focus of this class is on earth and atmospheric sciences, but it should also be of interest to any discipline using geospatial information for scientific analysis.

The course will take place in the very state-of-the-art LearnLab in the Management and Economics Library (Krannert -- more about this facility here: http://www.lib.purdue.edu/mel/renovation/melrenovation.html). />
For more information, see the course site (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/geoinformatics/) and flyer or contact GIS Librarian Chris Miller.

GIS4Lunch > GIS Day 2009

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:16:31 -0400

Thanks again to all who attended last week's GIS4Lunch meeting and helped contribute to the discussion of GIS Day 2009. To summarize:

Sponsorship may not be as robust this year and will partially determine how many of the following ideas will be feasible. Anybody with ideas of offices, agencies, parties that might be inclined to help support this event (even modestly) should send a note to Libraries Marketing Associate Kayla Gregory (kgregory@purdue.edu)

We agreed to tentatively schedule our main GIS Day event on Monday, November 23, 2009, although if there are tangential events (workshops, e.g.) we will almost certainly hold those on surrounding dates.

We agreed to inquire about partnering with Tippecanoe County on a joint celebration (an email has already been sent to Mark Ehle).

The structure, tentatively:
+ a poster pitch session (~2 slides per poster, designed to summarize and generate interest in the poster)
+ poster session
+ presentations session (~10m per, with an emphasis not on deep methodology, but more generally on the project's goals, its technologies, any public-facing results or benefits)
? gallery of hands-on projects (i.e. line of boxes with project data/web apps loaded on them and some supporting material describing their use -- akin to or including the LDM kiosk)
? keynote (Jim Sparks? Other?)
?? lunch forum/panel (PU GIS/geo* personnel invite questions or address a list of pre-submitted questions about Purdue's services, current environment, strategic direction, etc.)

Possible topics for posters, presentations, or workshops:
overview of GIS activity on campus
update on 9.4 or other developments coming from powerhouse ESRI (possibly from an Indiana-based ESRI office)
workshops or overviews on open source technologies
web mapping/mashups
GIS on a mac
common GIS resources

Anybody is still welcome (and all encouraged) to offer suggestions about GIS Day 2009. Although the day is approaching, there is still room to offer advice. There is most certainly still room to volunteer with planning and programming as well, so please contact Chris Miller if you're interested.

Geomatics Seminar -- Construction and Sustainable Infrastructure: Advanced Applications of Spatial and Information Technologies

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:14:38 -0400

1:30pm, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009
CIVL 2107

Construction and Sustainable Infrastructure: Advanced Applications of Spatial and Information Technologies
Hubo Cai, Ph.D., P.E., GISP, Assistant Professor
Division of Construction Engineering and Management, School of Civil Engineering

The nationâs civil infrastructure consists of transportation and communication systems, water and power lines, waste and wastewater treatment plants, and public institutions. These infrastructure systems are enormous in size and are facing a long list of problems: aging facilities, inferior performance, limited resources, and significant negative environmental impacts. The concept of infrastructure management emerged as a potential remedy, the overall goal of which is to allocate limited resources to achieve a safer, more efficient, and environmentally friendly infrastructure system.

The significance of this nationâs civil infrastructure problems has greatly motivated researchers and practitioners. New tools and technologies and their creative applications have emerged to solve conventional construction and infrastructure engineering problems and consequently, to assist in solving this infrastructure crisis. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are one of these spatial and information technologies and have a great potential. A wide range of GIS applications can be found to cover the whole life cycle of civil infrastructure systems from planning, to programming and budgeting, design, construction, operation and maintenance/repair/rehabilitation, and ending at demolition/disposal.

This seminar will be discussing applications of spatial and information technologies in civil infrastructure systems, based on both academic research projects and industrial engineering practice. The focus will be on GIS applications in civil infrastructure inventory, transportation infrastructure modeling, impacts from highway and bridge construction on traveling and traffic, interaction of civil infrastructure and floods, and environmental impact analysis and construction site runoff management, and the great potential of GIS in improving construction planning and management.

Bio:
Hubo Cai came to the United States from China in 1999, with a Bachelorâs degree from Tongji University. From August 1999 to May 2000, Cai was a graduate student at Iowa State University and later, he transferred to North Carolina State University. Cai received a Master of Civil Engineering and a PhD from North Carolina State University in 2001 and 2004, respectively, with a research focus on 3D spatial modeling and GIS applications in civil engineering. Upon graduation, Cai served as a GIS specialist with the GIS unit of the NC Department of Transportation. He joined URS as a GIS/Database Applications Developer in June 2004. In January 2007, Cai moved to Michigan and became a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering at Western Michigan University. Cai joined Purdue University in August 2009 and presently he is an assistant professor in the School of Civil Engineering and the Division of Construction Engineering and Management.

IGIC Newsletter, "Indiana GIS News," September 2009

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:33:56 -0400

IGIC's GIS newsletter is out for September, 2009 at http://www.igic.org/news/index.php?blogid=1&archive=2009-09.

Purdue Libraries Green Week 2009 Flyer

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:05:16 -0400

Purdue Libraries are celebrating Green Week 2009. Here's the electronic version of the flyer (told you):

http://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/support/GreenWeek2009.pdf

Purdue GIS4Lunch Scheduling Poll

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:40:46 -0400

GIS4Lunch is an informal series of meetings of GIS and geospatial types on campus designed to better acquaint each other with interesting developments in GIS, remote sensing, geoinformatics, etc. at Purdue or elsewhere.

In an effort to be more diligent about scheduling these sessions to allow everybody not only a chance to attend but a chance to vote on when they should be held, there is a Doodle poll, now open to all, that will help us select a good time in the coming weeks to hold this first session.

The Purdue geospatial community is welcome and encouraged to visit this poll (see link, below -- no registration required -- just enter your name or even fill it out anonymously). Select the times you are available and we'll choose a time that best fits the majority of our schedules.

poll:
http://www.doodle.com/95izkhcqkrx8xe26 />
more information:
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/mule.phedules.p?mmesa=home&rid=36

Geomatics Seminar: DriftWatch

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:07:43 -0400

1:30pm, Thursday, Sept. 10, CIVL 2107

DriftWatch â an online mapping service

Larry Theller, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

WWW.DriftWatch.org -is an online mapping service for pesticide-
sensitive crops. Driven by losses to commercial growers worth hundreds
of thousands of dollars in 2008 season, Driftwatch is a grant and
industry funded effort by Purdue Ag. and Biological Engineering,
Purdue Extension, and The Office of the Indiana State Chemist. The
purpose of the site is to let growers of such commercial crops as are
sensitive to drifting pesticides enter their fields into a database
visible on GoogleMaps. The commercial pesticide applicator industry is
able to view these fields as they prepare to spray nearby fields. The
crops include grapes, tomatoes, vegetables, fruit-trees, organic
vegetables, beehives, greenhouses and others. This site is based on
open-source products: geoserver, postgresql, postgis, google maps.

Bio:
Larry Theller is a Geographic Information Specialist in the
Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department(ABE). He is support
staff on many online environmental models in ABE. He works on research
projects with a variety of departments at Purdue from School of
Engineering, School of Agriculture, School of Liberal Arts, and
Discovery

Course website: http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~jshan/courses/ce691m_2009_Fall.htm

Help Find the Geographic Center of Indiana

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:41:10 -0400

(reposted from the IGIC listserv)

Lives won't be saved, nor will Indiana's economy be rescued from
recession, but here is something GIS'ey to think about [and do] over
the 3-day weekend:

Katharine Springer the State Data Center Coordinator at the Indiana
State Library emailed me an interesting question that I do not have an
good answer for.

She would like to know the location [and coordinates] for the true
âgeographic centerâ of Indiana. The best explanation she has found
comes from
the USGS - http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html /> According to this source it looks like the point is 14 miles north-
northwest of Indianapolis
in Boone County. But here are some other answers...
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/in_geography.htm - which
states that the center is actually in northern Marion County
http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=IN - another USGS source
putting the center in Boone County
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/07/national/main3800964.shtml /> - lists it in Marion County
So which is correct? Maybe both or maybe none - depending on the
definition and method you use to calculate Indiana's geographic
center. So can our GIS community propose a reasonable [and useful]
definition of Indiana's geographic center and then, can we find
accurate coordinates for this location?

Have a great weekend!

Thanks,

Phil

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Phil Worrall, Executive Director
Indiana Geographic Information Council
140 N. Senate Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46204
cell: 317.504.4389
office: 317.489.0091
pworrall@igic.org

UITS Updates 1990s Orthophoto Archives

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:03:14 -0400

University Information Technology Services staff at Indiana University
updated the Indiana 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, and 1999 orthophotography
archives. In addition to the directory reorganization, the staff
created uncompressed GeoTIFF images for all images. The GeoTIFFs will
display in most desktop graphic applications.

Staff also created a single, statewide 1998/1999 mosaic in ECW format
with a target compression ratio of 10:1.

For more information regarding these datasets, please visit the
following URL:

1992-1994 images http://www.indiana.edu/~gisdata/statewide/92doqq.html /> 1998-1999 images http://www.indiana.edu/~gisdata/statewide/98doqq.html />
To download the 1998/1999 ECW mosaic, please visit this URL.
http://spatialdata.iu.edu/DOQQS/inorthos/y1998/mosaics/ecw_98_99/ />
If you have any questions concerning these images, please send an
email to uitsgis@indiana.edu

IDHS Offers E317 Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS-MH course

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:09:51 -0400

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security has scheduled an offering
of FEMA's 'E317 Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS-MH' course at
The Polis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana from November 9 to 11,
2009. The course is free to all participants. However, any travel
expenses will be the responsibility of the participant. Details about
the course as well course registration information can be found at http://www.polis.iupui.edu/Training/Default.aspx /> . The space in this course is extremely limited, so please sign up
at your earliest convenience if you are interested. Also, because
there is likely to be considerable interest, we ask that you do not
sign up unless you are certain of your ability to attend.

The course description is as follows:

This course focuses on the HAZUS-MH inventory. It is recommended for
GIS analysts, database administrators, and others who will be
responsible for migrating local data into the HAZUS-MH database
structure. This course provides an overview of the methodologies that
were used to develop and compile the HAZUS-MH provided inventory.
However, emphasis is placed on the use of the Comprehensive Data
Management System (CDMS) and other tools developed by FEMA for HAZUS-
MH users interested in improving the accuracy of hazard loss
estimations by integrating local data into the HAZUS-MH analysis
process. Numerous hands-on exercises will empower participants with
the skills to use CDMS as well as other tools to update both HAZUS-MH
state geodatabases and study regions. The course will also help
participants effectively prepare for their own data updating projects
by identifying those inventory elements that have the most impact on
the estimation of losses for flood, earthquake, and hurricane events.
This course qualifies for the FEMA HAZUS Trained Professional and
HAZUS Trained Practitioner certificate programs. Information about
these programs is available on the FEMA Website.

Prerequisites: Participants in this course must complete the Basic
HAZUS-MH course and have skills equivalent to those taught in the
Introduction to ArcGIS for Emergency Managers course. This course is
free, please note that travel expenses are the responsibility of the
participant.

Kevin J Mickey, GISP
Director, Professional Education and Outreach
The Polis Center
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
1200 Waterway Boulevard
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
317.278.2582 PH
317.278.1830 FAX
kmickey@iupui.edu
http://www.polis.iupui.edu/polis/training

New IndianaMap Data: Addresses, Centerlines, Parcels, Boundaries

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:15:43 -0400

New at the main GIS data site for Indiana: (parcels, address points)
http://inmap.indiana.edu/index.html />
Four new layers have been added that provide county-based framework
data (including address points, street centerlines, land parcels, and
governmental boundaries). The layers were compiled from data
maintained by various county agencies in Indiana, as part of the
IndianaMap Data Sharing Initiative between Indiana Geographic
Information Council (IGIC), Indiana Office of Technology (IOT),
Indiana Geographic Information Office (GIO), Indiana Department of
Homeland Security (IDHS), Indiana Geological Survey (IGS) and
participating Indiana counties. The layers named "Address Points
(IDHS)" and "Street Centerlines (IDHS)" can be found in the following
folder: INFRASTRUCTURE > Roads. The layers named "Land Parcels (IDHS)"
and "Government Boundaries (IDHS)" can be found in the following
folder: DEMOGRAPHICS > Political & Other Boundaries. These layers are
not currently available for download.

NOTE: These new layers represent the first set of data harvested
through the ongoing Data Sharing Initiative program by IDHS from local
government sources in June 2009. As a preliminary data set, these data
have not been completely quality control checked for completeness,
accuracy or content and are provided for program demonstration
purposes only. These partial data are provided "as-is" and are not to
be used for any official or business purpose. Be sure to read the
metadata for each layer.

NOTE: the new data are not available for download, but available as a WFS feature service from each county per an agreement with IGIC.

Geomatics Seminar: Placing knowledge in space with Visible Past

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:20:07 -0400

GEOMATICS SEMINAR - 1:30pm, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 in CIVL 2107

Placing knowledge in space with Visible Past
Prof. Sorin Adam Matei, Department of Communication

Visible Past is a location-aware learning environment geared toward
the delivery, discovery, and storage of information, but using the
spatial and temporal characteristics of that information as the
organizing structure. It is being developed at Purdue University by a
multidisciplinary team of faculty and students of Communication.

The main Visible Past aim is to enhance research, classroom, and
museum learning by harnessing the implicit space and time attributes
of information while at the same time fully embracing the read/write
ethic. We intend for the platform to validate and extend a theoretical
framework for humanities research and learning. We aim to establish a
set of methodological tools for virtual reality, location-sensitive
research and learning that can be extended to other environments and,
indeed, other disciplines. For more information, visit http://visiblepast.net/home/ />

Professor Matei studies the socio-spatial dimensions of on-line social
interaction and communities. Applying spatial analysis he has
developed a research program that explores the collaborative
implications of location aware technologies. His most recent projects
are http://visiblepast.net, http://veffort.us, http://wikiway.net, /> and http://thoughtark.com. His research has appeared in the Journal of
Communication, Communication Research, the American Behavioral
Scientist, and the Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. He has
published a book on paramodern social groups (The Mind Boyars) and
maintains two research blogs, one in english, http://matei.org/ithink /> and one in Romanian, http://pagini.com/blog . A former journalist, he
is a current collaborator of Foreign Policy, Esquire and several
Romanian language national publications.

Course website: http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~jshan/courses/ce691m_2009_Fall.htm

New Help Request Address for Libraries GIS

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:39:49 -0400

Libraries GIS has added a new address to be used for all help and/or reference requests. Please send all questions to geohelp@purdue.edu so requests can be logged into a ticketing system and better tracked and answered.

http://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/mule.php?mmesa=home&rid=35

Indiana 2008 NAIP Image Warranty Almost Up

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:20:32 -0400

Indiana ortho imagery users, the Indiana 2008 NAIP image warranty terminates December 31, 2009.

If you find any image errors, please send an email to uitsgis@indiana.edu
so that they can pursue corrections before the end of the warranty.

A Reminder about Requesting ESRI Virtual Campus Codes

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:05:29 -0400

Following a run on these requests, a reminder about how to request course codes for ESRI's Self-Study courses has been posted to our site at http://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/mule.php?rid=34&mmesa=home

August 2009 IGIC Newsletter Published

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:01:53 -0400

The .pdf version of IGIC's August 2009 newsletter is out at http://www.igic.org/news/index.php?blogid=1&archive=2009-08

Spectra Spectrometer Demo on Campus

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:24:07 -0400

Spectra Vista (formerly GER) is scheduled to demonstrate their spectrometer both indoors and outdoors at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 18. The demo will begin in Mann Hall rm. 160. Interested parties can contact Larry Biehle for more information.

(http://www.spectravista.com/HR1024.html)

ERDAS Change Detection Workshop

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:27:42 -0400

ERDAS workshop on change detection to be held Thursday, August 20, 2009. See copied blurb, below:

"Have you ever wondered, what is the best way to detect the changes in
the Earth's landscape? Like many organizations, you probably have
massive amounts of geospatial data that you collect regularly, with
the intention of analyzing and understanding the changes in your areas
of interest.

From intentional land transformations, such as intensive agriculture,
transportation and energy infrastructure and forest management to
natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes and flooding, both
planned, calculated changes and sporadic, unexpected changes
inevitably occur. In the midst of the Earth's changes, you need to be
able to quickly identify and understand the changes that affect your
organization.

ERDAS wants to help! Please join us for an upcoming workshop on Change
Detection, featuring a workflow that you can use to understand the
Earth's changes that affect your organization. This workshop will be
held online on Thursday,August 20th at 11 AM EDT."

ESRI UC Highlights Seminar

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:12:57 -0400

Learn Key Information Shared at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC). This is a free, half-day seminar to be held at the Holiday Inn Downtown in SOUTH BEND, IN (213 W Washington St, SOUTH BEND, IN 46601) on October 15, 2009.

UV Holding an "Institute for Enabling Geospatial Scholarship" in November 2009

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:22:34 -0400

The Scholars' Lab at the University of Virginia Library is now
accepting applications for an NEH-funded "Institute for Enabling
Geospatial Scholarship," to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia in
November 2009 and May 2010.

http://lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/geospatial/ />

This program will bring together humanities scholars, software
developers, and librarians and other cultural heritage professionals
to discuss and develop geospatial tools, content, methods, policies,
and infrastructure, in the context of open source and open access.
Thirty-one leading academics, developers, and higher-ed administrators
serve on the faculty and advisory board of the Institute.

The National Endowment for the Humanities will support travel, working
meals, and lodging for 40 attendees as well as Institute faculty
members. Special funding is available for graduate students. The
University of Virginia Library will also fund up to 5 short-term
scholar- and developer-in-residencies at the Scholars' Lab to
complement the Institute's focus on humanities GIS.

Three four-day Institute tracks are planned:

15-18 November 2009:
Track 1: Stewardship (for library, museum, GIS and digital humanities
center professionals)
Track 2: Software (for Web developers, designers, systems
administrators, and information scientists)

25-28 May 2010:
Track 3: Scholarship (for humanities scholars, advanced graduate
students, and post-docs)

Application DEADLINES are September 1st (for Tracks 1 and 2) and
December 1st (for Track 3). Special consideration will be given to
those who apply as part of an institutional team, as the curriculum is
designed to foster robust technical and social infrastructure, at a
local level, for geospatial scholarship in the digital humanities.

Apply to attend at the URL above, and please help distribute this
message widely!

Position Announcement: Masters of Science Graduate Research Assistant - Geographic Information Science, Geospatial Software Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:27:59 -0400

Masters of Science Graduate Research Assistant -
Geographic Information Science, Department of Geosciences, Geospatial
Software Lab, Center for Advanced Energy Studies, Idaho State
University, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA

We are seeking an MS-GISci student to work on the MapWindow 6 project,
and specifically elements associated with the CUAHSI Hydrologic
Information System Desktop Application and the INRA ICEWATER network.
You can read more about the HIS Desktop Project here: http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim09/J4/ames.pdf />
.. A qualified candidate will have expertise in C#, an understanding of
GIS, an interest in hydrology or environmental science, and preferably
some experience with the MapWindow project (www.mapwindow.org).
Candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer
Science, Geosciences or equivalent. Position will start August 2009 or
January 2010 and will include full tuition payment as well as monthly
stipend. To begin the application process, please send a complete
resume by email to amesdani@isu.edu.

Position Announcement: Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant - Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Geosciences or Department of Civil Engineering, Geospatial Software Lab, Idaho State University, Idaho Falls, Idaho

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:29:34 -0400

Idaho State University offers a unique cross disciplinary Ph.D.
program in Engineering and Applied Science through the College of Arts
and Sciences and the College of Engineering. The program can be
customized to the needs and interests of each student, and currently
several students in this program are pursuing a highly geospatial
science focused program. We are seeking a Ph.D. student for this
program to begin in August 2009 or January 2010 with expertise and
interests in GIS Software Development, LiDAR analysis, and Hydrologic/
Terrain Analysis using DEM's. Expertise in C# or VB.NET programming
languages as well as MapWindow, ArcGIS, ENVI and or comparable
software is critical. Candidate should have a Master's degree in
Engineering, Computer Science, Geosciences or equivalent. Position
includes a full tuition payment as well as monthly stipend. To begin
the application process, please send a complete resume by email to amesdani@isu.edu

Position Announcement: Post Doctoral Researcher - Geospatial Software Lab, Idaho State University, Idaho Falls, Idaho

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:30:34 -0400

The Geospatial Software Lab in Idaho Falls, Idaho and the Boise Center
Aerospace Laboratory in Boise, Idaho are engaged in a number of
exciting research projects at the intersection of GIS, Remote Sensing,
and Surface Hydrology/Watershed Analysis and seek a Post Doctoral
Researcher to engage in several of these projects over the coming 2-3
years. The available salary is low but adequate and the work is
exciting and engaging and is ripe with opportunities for publications,
conference participation, and other forms of professional growth.
Expertise with IDL, C#, or VB.NET programming languages is critical
together with a strong background in MapWindow, ArcGIS, ENVI, and/or
equivalent software tools. Position will be based in Idaho Falls,
Idaho at the Geospatial Software Lab at the Center for Advanced Energy
Studies (www.caesenergy.org) and will begin as soon as filled.
Candidate should have a Ph.D. degree in Engineering, Computer Science,
Geosciences or equivalent. To begin the application process please
send a complete resume by email to amesdani@isu.edu.

FOSS4G 2009 Presentations Roster

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:27:43 -0400

The FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) 2009 conference is in Sydney, Australia this year in October. The roster of presentations has been released and they look better than ever -- lots of web map development, of course (front and back ends) and a lot of it is directly in support of (or otherwise apropos to) academic or research GIS and geoinformatics.

Most presentations are made available online following the event.

The list:
http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/

Position Announcement: Postdoc in Isotope Hydrology

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:23:47 -0400

Postdoctoral Position â Isotope Hydrology

The Isotope Ratio Ecology and Hydrology (IREH, www.purdue.edu/eas/
ireh) group in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department is
soliciting applications for a Postdoctoral Associate to conduct
research on forensic water resource assessment using light stable
isotopes. The research will develop tools allowing investigators to
rapidly determine source(s) of water within distribution systems of
varying complexity.

The successful candidate will be quantitatively-oriented and willing
to travel within the USA and internationally to establish water
sampling programs. Preference will be given to candidates with a
strong background in isotope hydrology and experience with GIS and
geospatial data. The Postdoctoral Associate must hold a Ph.D. at the
time of appointment and must be a U.S. citizen.

The position offers competitive salary and benefits and is available
Aug. 15, 2009 with an initial 1-year appointment and possibility for
renewal up to 3 years. Applications will be reviewed beginning
immediately and until the position is filled. To apply, please send a
current CV and brief description of your research experience and
interests to Gabe Bowen (gabe@purdue.edu).

Purdue University is an Equal Access/Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action employer.

Gabriel J. Bowen
Assistant Professor

765-496-9344
gabe@purdue.edu
http://www.purdue.edu/ireh />
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
550 Stadium Mall Dr.
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

OIPC: The Online Isotopes in Precipitation Calculator
At www.waterisotopes.org

Hamilton County, IN Orthos at IU UITS

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:25:36 -0400

Indiana Hamilton County has provided their 2008 orthophotography
dataset to University Information Technology Services at Indiana
University.
Visit http://www.indiana.edu/~gisdata/local/hamilton2008.html for more
information regarding the Indiana NAIP 2008 dataset and delivery status.

This 157 GB dataset consists of 1,936 tiff images and 9 mosaiced
township images in compressed ERDAS ECW format.

Please send questions to uitsgis@indiana.edu

Position Announcement: Grad. Asst. in Libraries GIS

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:13:26 -0400

POSITION TITLE

Libraries GIS Graduate Assistant

(Graduate Student - Administrative Professional)

HOURS/TERM OF APPOINTMENT

12-month appointment, 20 hours/week (must be enrolled a minimum of 12 credit hours in a Purdue graduate program for the period of the appointment).

SALARY/PAY

approx. $1230/mo

STARTS

when filled, depending on current enrollment status

DEADLINE

applications accepted until the position is filled, ideally by fall semester

LOCATION

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Library (EAS) GIS Lab

GENERAL POSITION DESCRIPTION

Under the direction of the GIS Librarian, the Libraries GIS Graduate Assistant will apply knowledge of developing web and internet technologies, application development and coding languages, and/or some database and server administration toward organizing or presenting geospatial data, maps, and associated, integrated information to library users in modern (mostly) web applications.

GIS support at Purdue University Libraries is relatively new, but demand is already great for ways in which geospatial data can be processed, organized, integrated with other data stores, and ultimately presented to constituents of both the Libraries and outward-facing campus projects beyond the Libraries. Our ability to make geospatial data more accessible and discoverable depends on our ability to, among other things, leverage burgeoning web technologies toward new solutions to old information problems.

This position will help identify and implement the best technologies for solutions and projects and development that are already being, or will be, investigated by the GIS Librarian and collaborators. This will include custom web coding, contribution to/exploitation of open source geospatial applications, and some database integration functions. Likely technologies include various combinations of ajax/JavaScript/jQuery, web services (inc. json, xml, etc.), OpenLayers, php, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, MySQL, ArcGIS Deskop, ArcGIS Server, Apache Solr (java), GeoNetwork (java).

RESPONSIBILITIES

...help select and implement web or web-compliant technologies that can best parley the mission of a project into usable interfaces to geospatial information

...work independently on coding solutions to problems and questions posed by the GIS Librarian, within the context of larger geospatial projects and their intended users and outcomes

...perform some basic web site administration and, if possible, some server and database administration

...perform related duties as required

REQUIRED SKILLS

...experience, success with traditional (dynamic) web technologies such as php, ajax/javascript, sql-based databases

...familiarity with modern web architecture (json, xml, web services, etc.)

DESIRED SKILLS

...experience with geospatial data and databases

...experience with GIS

...demonstrated success in building web interfaces to dynamic, data-driven back ends

...experience with or contribution to open source application development

A NOTE ABOUT SKILLS

Varying combinations of these skills and experience will be considered.

TO APPLY

Send resume, cover letter to GIS Librarian Chris Miller. Ideally, include URLs to existing web apps or projects to which you have contributed.

IUPUI Polis Center ArcGIS Training

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:32:08 -0400

The Polis Center at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
is offering special ESRI authorized ArcGIS 9.3 course pricing for 2009
only which is designed to allow government and academic institutions
to obtain training in this important software at affordable rates.

Available courses include the following:

ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality for ArcGIS 9.3 (3 day course)

September 28 to 30, 2009

Indiana State and Local Government Employees - $195 (cost of books)
Indiana Education Institutions â $250
Others - $400

ArcGIS Desktop III: GIS Workflows and Analysis for ArcGIS 9.3 (2 day
course)

June 16 and 17, 2009
October 12 and 13, 2009

Indiana State and Local Government Employees - $130 (cost of books)
Indiana Education Institutions â $200
Others - $300

All courses are held at The Polis Center training facility in
Indianapolis, Indiana.

For complete course descriptions or to register for one or more of the
many ArcGIS or other types of courses offered by Polis, please visit
our website at http://www.polis.iupui.edu/Training/Default.aspx. If
you have questions about any of our courses or if you are interested
in talking with a Polis representative either about scheduling a
course at your location or about developing a customized course,
please call 317.278.2582 or send email to Kevin Mickey at kmickey@iupui.edu

IGIC 2009 Events List

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:59:18 -0400

(repost from IGIC listserv)

OPPORTUNITY AWAITS!
SPONSOR
AN
IGIC EVENT

IGIC is hosting a number of events this year, and offering sponsorship
opportunities at all levels. Please consider supporting IGIC by
sponsoring one or more of these upcoming events. For more
information, visit www.igic.org/membership/sponsorship.html.

Urban Orienteering
The IndianaMap: A Tool for Navigation â August 15th
Sponsor the staging area, sponsor a checkpoint, or sponsor a team!
Suggested donation â $100 for either the staging area, one checkpoint
or one team; $300 for one of each; or donate gifts and/or prizes for
participants. Participation will be limited to 50 teams made up of
IGIC Members, their families and co-workers, and event sponsors. In
the future, IGIC plans to grow this into an annual fund raising event
that will include the general public.

Urban Orienteering is an outdoor activity where groups hunt down
checkpoints using maps and compasses. Teams solve realistic challenges
and improve their group decision-making, problem-solving, listening
and communication skills. And at the end of the road - a treasure chest!

Event sponsors will have their logos on maps and materials handed out
for this event as well as being listed on the website as sponsors of
the event.

IGIC Indiana Local Government GIS Coordinator Forum â September 24th
The Forum is a one-day event for county, city, town and regional GIS
coordinators. It is a venue where participants discuss common issues
and develop real strategies that can be implemented locally.

For a suggested donation of $100, Forum Sponsors will receive special
recognition in the welcome presentation. They will also be listed on
print and email invitations, on signage at the event, and in materials
handed out to participants.

IGIC Educational Series
IGIC presents an ongoing series of educational and training events
that reach hundreds of GIS professionals every year. Organizations
can sponsor a seminar or webinar for $100, and one-day road shows may
be sponsored for $200. Sponsors may choose any event, and are
included on all announcements and signage.

Or Consider â IGIC Corporate Sponsorship
IGIC offers a variety of options and levels for annual sponsors.
Benefits include networking opportunities, conference discounts,
members-only website content, access to membership lists, and
recognition on the IGIC website. Sponsorships are available to
corporations, government agencies and nonprofit groups.

Donations
Donations are always tax deductible. Donate today!

Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data
products, education and outreach,
adoption of standards, building partnerships, and the IndianaMap

Questions? Comments?
Want to contribute or get involved?
Contact Us!
317.234.2924
info@igic.org
www.igic.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Janet Tomlin
jtomlin@igic.org
Indiana Geographic Information Council, Inc
140 N. Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317.239.2924 or
317.489.3806
www.igic.org

Urban Orienteering: The IndianaMap: A Tool for Navigation

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:06:37 -0400

Entered on 2009-06-25 at 19:45:07 by C.C. Miller:
June 24, 2009

Urban Orienteering
The IndianaMap: A Tool for Navigation

August 15th
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Indiana State Library
Staging Area â History Reference Room
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Register now for a fun-filled afternoon of Urban Orienteering in
downtown Indianapolis! Participants will enjoy a TrueNorth Team
Navigation!â¢ Event, an outdoor urban orienteering activity where
groups hunt down checkpoints using maps and compasses. Teams solve
realistic challenges and improve their group decision-making, problem-
solving, listening and communication skills. And at the end of the
road - a treasure chest!

This event marks IGIC's first official fundraiser, and is open to IGIC
Members, their families, friends and co-workers, and sponsors of the
event.

The event will be limited to 50 teams â Register Now! Each team will
be asked to collect $50 in pledges from their community and/or
neighbors to help support IGIC. Each family will be considered a
team; other teams will consist of 2-3 people, one of whom must be an
IGIC member or a sponsor of the event (one team per sponsor, please).

To register visit http://www.igic.org/events />
Questions? Contact Janet Tomlin at jtomlin@igic.org or call
317-489-3806.

If your organization would like to become an event sponsor and
participate please contact Janet.

We hope to see you there!

Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data
products, education and outreach,
adoption of standards, building partnerships, and the IndianaMap

Questions? Comments?
Want to contribute or get involved?
Contact Us!
317.234.2924
info@igic.org
www.igic.org
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Late-Breaking: IMAGINE 10 Webinars Tuesday, June 30, 2009

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:09:57 -0400

Subject: ERDAS 2010
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:30:25 -0400
Thread-Topic: ERDAS 2010
Thread-Index: Acn5hu1L+T6wGSX6QCublmRsf0oWyA==
From: "Diane Geheber" <Diane.Geheber@erdas.com>
All

There will be two webinars today on the new features or IMAGINE
version 10. If you or anyone at your institution is interested please
go to our website:

http://www.erdas.com/Company/Webinars/tabid/91/currentid/3018/objectid/3018/default.aspx />
and register. This webinar will be presented at two different times
today so hopefully one of those will be convenient for you.

Have a great day and Happy 4th.

Diane Geheber
US Education and NonProfit Program Sales
***************************************************
ERDAS, Inc.

809 Camelia Ave
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-343-3905 Fax: 225-387-8750
Toll free: 1-866-282-4325
email: diane.geheber@erdas.com

www.erdas.com

CSIG 09 Looking for Librarians

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:16:34 -0400

Please note this announcement for CSIG 2009. This is a great summer program for librarians interested in data, cyberinfrastructure, collaborative librarianship, and late developments in the way your faculty are (or will be) engaging their data universe. I highly recommend it and I know for a fact they're particularly interested in courting librarians for this.

-------------------
GEON is pleased to announce the 6th Cyberinfrastructure Summer Institute for Geoscientists (CSIG) to be held August 10-14, 2009 at the San Diego Supercomputer Center on the University of California, San Diego campus. General and program information, as well as online registration is available at: http://www.geongrid.org/csig09. />
CSIGâ09 will expose participants to emergent Geoinformatics approaches to 3D and 4D integration of geoscience data. Given the diverse interests of past CSIG participants, and the feedback that they provided, this yearâs program will feature two âtracksâ of instruction:

âBuildâ: Overview of the technologies utilized to develop earth science cyberinfrastructure.
âEducationâ: Utilization of cyberinfrastructure-based data systems and tools for earth science education and research.

Interested applicants at all levels are encouraged to apply, including graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and professionals in earth science and related disciplines.

Course registration and accommodations are paid for with support received from the National Science Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov). Selected participants will be responsible for funding their own travel to San Diego for the Institute.

The Registration Deadline for the CSIG â09 is June 7th. Registration can be found at http://www.geongrid.org/csig09. />
Please forward this information to anyone that may be interested in this yearâs CSIG.

Margaret Smeekens
GEON Project Coordinator
San Diego Supercomputer Center
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, MC-0505
La Jolla, CA 92093
858.534.5070

Position Announcement: Internships and Full Positions with Oak Ridge National Labs

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:46:41 -0400

Internships and full positions at ORNL:

[https://engineering.purdue.edu/~wcams/ORNL_postBS_jobdescription_GIS.pdf ]
[https://engineering.purdue.edu/~wcams/ORNL_Postdoc _demographer.pdf ]

===================================================
Geographic Information Science and Technology Group
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Phone: (865) 241 9272
PO Box 2008 MS 6017 Fax: (865) 241 4079
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6017 Email: bhaduribl@ornl.gov
http://www.ornl.gov/gist/

ArcGIS 1-yr Student License Upgraded to ArcEditor Level

ccmiller@purdue.edu — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:45:32 -0400

With the upgrade of ArcGIS to 9.3.1, all 1-yr license student editions -- formerly issued at the ArcView level -- will now be issued at the ArcEditor level. This will carry a significant boost in functionality for these 1-yr timeout licenses. A matrix of the differences:

http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/arcgis931-functionality-matrix.pdf />
The page from which the 1-yr timeout 9.3.1 can be requested (not yet updated to reflect the bump to 9.3.1, but should work nonetheless):

http://gis.esri.com/industries/education/promo/index.cfm