Good Afternoon Every one!

The Maine GIS User’s Group is holding its annual Winter Meeting conference in conjunction with the Maine GIS Educator’s Conference on February 2nd at the USM Portland Campus Wishcamper Center. We have a great group of talks by Maine GIS professionals focused on coastal GIS and an exciting educator’s track.   The event will run from 8:30am to 4pm. And include:

MeGUG Track

·        Upcoming Coastal County Digital Flood Insurance Map Data Overview

o   Jennifer Curtis, Maine Floodplain Management Program

 

·        Tracking Seabird Migration and Foraging Ecology in the Gulf of Maine

o   Linda Welch, Michael Langlois and Sara Williams

 

·        Mapping Working Waters: Documenting Fishing Community Use of Ocean Space and Informing Regional Ocean Planning Efforts

o   Nick Battista

 

·        Bathymetry Update on data Acquisitions 

o   Matthew Nixon, Senior Planner, Maine Coastal Program

 

·        Potential Hurricane Inundation Map Creation Methodology 

o   Pete Slovinsky, Coastal Geologist, Maine Geological Survey

 

·        COAST - Coastal Adaptation to Sea Level Rise Tool

o   Sam Merrill

 

GIS Education Track

 

·        Introduction to New Online GIS Tools for K12 and Higher Education

          Geospatial Education in Maine (GEM) Collaborative

 

·        Workshop: Intro to ArcGIS Online using Heuristic Instruction Approach

o   Tora Johnson, Director

GIS Service Center, University of Maine Machias

Please bring a laptop or tablet!!

 

·        Workshop: Story Maps in ArcGIS Online

o   Margaret Chernosky, Maine Geographic Alliance

Please bring a laptop or tablet!!

 

·        Starting a Lesson Plan

o   Geospatial Education in Maine (GEM) Collaborative

 

·        Workshop: Using Snap2Map with Smartphones or Tablets to Take and Map Photos in the Field

o   Margaret Chernosky, Maine Geographic Alliance

Please bring a smartphone, laptop or tablet!!

         

 Please register online as soon as possible at www.megug.org  You can view the agenda there as well and find information about parking.

Don’t miss this educational and fun event.  It is also a great way to network with local Maine GIS professionals, educators, vendors and users.  We hope to see you there.

Patrick Cunningham
Maine GIS Users Group
Vice Chair, Program Manager

 

Joseph Young

Executive Director

Maine GeoLibrary

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51 Commerce Drive

Augusta, Maine 04333- 145

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FAX 207-287-1131

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