Geographic Information made accessible:
Google Earth and Web Mapping tools with Lisa Sweeney and Daniel Sheehan
Tuesday,
6 March 2007, 5:45pm-8:00pm
MIT, Vannevar Bush Room, 10-105, Cambridge, MA
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Take a virtual tour of the world, past and present, with free web mapping tools, learn about basic GIS concepts, and learn to add your own data to Google Earth.
Lisa Sweeney, Head of GIS Services for the MIT Libraries, and Daniel Sheehan, GIS Specialist for the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT), support the MIT community's GIS research and teaching through the MIT GIS Lab.
Students from Simmons GSLIS will be on hand to demonstrate GIS applications before and after the presentation.
Please come with your enthusiasm, ideas, and questions. Refreshments will be served.
Schedule:
- 5:45 - 6:30 Reception and demonstration of GIS projects by students from Simmons GSLIS
- 6:30- 7:30 Presentation about web mapping tools and Google Earth by Lisa Sweeney and Daniel Sheehan
- 7:30-8:00 Demonstration of GIS projects by students from Simmons GSLIS
Project Demonstrations:
- Sally LeGore: "Geo-Referenced Data for a Public Library Community: Bringing Local History Resources to the Next Level"
- Michael Klein: "The Google Earth Book Club Project: Maps + Geospatial Data + Literature"
- Ceilyn Boyd: "ArtMap: An Interactive Map for the JP Open Studios Event"
REGISTRATION: Sorry, registration for this event is now closed.
Questions? Email: Christine Quirion, cquirion[at ]mit.edu
5 March , 2007