The Map and Geospatial Hub is pleased to announce ASU GIS Day 2019!
ASU Library is collaborating with the School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning, and the Arizona Geographic Alliance to host a dynamic GIS Day event for all of ASU and the general public.
Friday, November 15
12:00pm-4:00pm
Map and Geospatial Hub
Noble Science and Engineering Library, Room 380
601 E Tyler Mall Tempe, AZ 85281
GIS Day is an international event celebrated by organizations, institutions, and communities across the globe. The event provides a forum for users of GIS data and tools to demonstrate and discuss how geospatial technologies are improving the ways by which humans interact with, understand, protect, organize, and manage space.
The event is free and open to the public.
Please see the full calendar of Map and Geospatial Hub events.
ASU GIS Day Schedule:
12 – 1 p.m.
• Refreshments
• Creative Cartography Exhibit
• Networking
• Map Giveaway Boxes
1 – 1:15 p.m.
Opening - MGH/SGSUP/AzGA
1:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Nikolas Smilovsky, PhD, GISP
Instructor & Geospatial Researcher, ASU Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts
GIS Solutions Manager, Bad Elf, LLC
3D mapping of the Old Tucson Film Studio
1:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Veronica Nixon, GISP
GIS Manager, Desert Botanical Garden
GIS in Wonderland: How we mapped every plant in the Garden and where to go from here
2:15 – 2:45 p.m.
• Refreshments
• Creative Cartography Exhibit
• Networking
• Map Giveaway Boxes
2:45 – 3:15 p.m.
NASA DEVELOP
3:15 – 3:45 p.m.
Renée Elder
Recent Map and Geospatial Hub Intern and current MS-GIST Graduate Student, University of Arizona
Georeferencing Mapathon: Historic Aerial Photos
3:45 – 4 p.m.
• Refreshments
• Creative Cartography Exhibit
• Networking
• Map Giveaway Boxes
Closing - MGH/SGSUP/AzGA
Transit and Parking
Light Rail
The Map and Geospatial Hub is easily accessible by Valley Metro Light Rail. The University Dr / Rural station is just a short walk from the Hub. We encourage all visitors to utilize this convenient, low-cost, sustainable public transportation alternative to driving.
Bicycle
There is ample bicycle parking (including, for ASU affiliates, bike valet) immediately adjacent to the Noble Library, where the Map and Geospatial Hub is located.
Automobile
The nearest automobile parking structures are the Tyler Street Parking Garage and the Rural Road Parking Garage. Both parking structures are open to visitors.