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 Open House
 10:00am - 2:30pm
 Serge A. Sauer Map Library, Social Science Centre Room 1051

The Open House features GIS display material (posters, brochures, videos, etc.) geared towards both GIS novices and advanced users with particular emphasis on the themes of health, environment and conservation, urban development and data sources. The open house serves as a showcase for GIS in the UWO community, regional organizations and municipal governments, businesses, and more. Join us to learn more about GIS and how it is a major part of the world around you.  Don't forget to fill out a ballot to win once of the door prizes, including a GARMIN E-TREX handheld GPS unit courtesy of the Department of Geography! 

The open house will include displays from:

    ·  ESRI Canada
    ·  Various University of Western Ontario Faculties and Departments
    ·  Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
    ·  DMTI Spatial Inc.
    ·  Infonaut, Inc.
    ·  Middlesex County
    ·  City of Hamilton
    ·  Grand River Conservation Authority
    ·  Global Forest Watch
    ·  Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
    ·  Geobase
    ·  and many more!

 Global Positioning System (GPS) Workshop
 Two Sessions from 11:00am - 12:00pm and 12:00pm - 1:00pm
 Serge A. Sauer Map Library, Social Science Centre Room 1051

Participants will learn the basics of hand-held GPS devices by undertaking a navigation and data collection exercise. All collected data will be imported into GIS software to give a sense of the necessary steps to creating a GIS database.

*** Currently FULL. Check back for availability.

 Presentation Session
 1:15pm - 3:30pm
 Dean's Conference Room, Social Science Centre Room 9420

Special guest speakers from both academic and professional positions will explain how they are utilizing GIS in the work that they do. Find out how GIS is useful in answering spatial questions relating to geography, history, municipal administration, health, conservation and so much more. The presentation session will be informative to GIS novices and advanced users alike. The presentation schedule is as follows (will be updated in the near future):

 1:15 - Dr Dan Shrubsole, Presentation Session Introduction
 1:30 - Mr Kevin Weaver, Emergency Response Using Predicative Modeling and Web GIS
 2:00 - Dr Micha Pazner, GIS and You: From Casual, Through Free, to Mainstream Use of GIS
 2:30 - Mr Soheil Boroushaki & Dr Jacek Malczewski, GIS-based Multicriteria Decision Analysis
 3:00 - Ms Louise Ridley-Buck, GIS and Historic Maps: Modelling the St. Marys River Topography