It is with great pleasure that we announce that Xiaobai Angela Yao (University of Georgia) has been elected as Vice President of CaGIS, and Gaurav Sinha (Ohio University) has been elected to the Board of Directors. Both will begin their terms of service at the Spring meeting of the Board
Odean Serrano and Meredith Gore will be presenting “Systemic Artificial Intelligence Architecture for Wildlife Trafficking and the Links to Transnational Crimes” at the next GeoBytes webinar on Friday, February 26th at 12:00 pm EST. The webinar is FREE for all ASPRS and CaGIS members and $25 for non-members. Please see
The newest edition of ICA News has been released, and includes an excellent summary of the AutoCarto 2020 Conference organized by Aileen Buckley with May Yuan as program chair. Aileen’s summary provides some context about this year’s conference and illustrates how the keynotes, programs, and workshops connected to the conference
CaGIS is happy to announce that Terry Slocum (University of Kansas) and Kari Craun (USGS) have been awarded the Distinguished Career Award this year. The CaGIS Distinguished Career Award honors the accomplishments of senior professionals who have contributed substantially to the advancements of the fields of cartography, GIS or GIScience,
The CaGIS 2021 Elections are under way and are open until Feb 18, 2021! For this election there is one open board member seat and one vice president seat. We have one (1) candidate for Vice President: Xiaobai Angela Yao (Professor, Department of Geography, University of Georgia) We have a one
Children ages 15 and under are encouraged to submit a hand made map for the 2021 Barbara Petchenik Children’s Map Competition. First, second, and third place winners are selected in four age categories: under 6 years old, 6 to 8 years old, 9 to 12 years old, and 13 to
Eric Delmelle will be presenting “Geocomputational Approaches for the Visualization and Detection of Outbreaks of Vector-Borne Diseases in Urban Environments” at the next GeoBytes webinar on Friday, January 29th at 12:00 pm EST. The webinar is FREE for all ASPRS and CaGIS members and $25 for non-members. Please see the
The National Landslide Preparedness Act (H.R. 8810) was signed into law on 1/5/21. The Act establishes a new National Landslide Hazards Reduction Program and statutorily establishes the 3D Elevation Program, both within USGS. The text of the Act is here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8810/text. The 3DEP Program includes the following elements: Establishment of a 3D
AutoCarto2020 is going online! Visit cartogis.org/autocarto on GIS Day—Nov. 18, 2020—to see four special keynotes, over 40 presentations, and a variety of workshops. No registration required!
Bandana Kar will be presenting “Geoinformatics for Infrastructure Resilience” at the next GeoBytes webinar on Friday, October 16th at 12:00 pm EST. The webinar is FREE for all CaGIS members. See attached abstract for more information about the presentation. Please register for the webinar prior to 12:00 pm (noon) EST
