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Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Goals and objectives of this workshop
Geography is not just a Jeopardy category.
GIS began its development barely 65 years ago, but the scientific discipline of geography began at least 22 centuries ago with the work of Eratosthenes and later Claudius Ptolemy. Throughout that period and accelerating during the past two hundred years, new geographic analysis and theories have provided increased value to our understanding of the finite space that we share on this Earth. Alexander von Humboldt revolutionized our understanding of nature. Isiah Bowman advised Woodrow Wilson and FDR through two world wars and their aftermaths. William Bunge was part of the quantitative revolution in geography and then found new relevance for a regional approach to understanding communities.
Today, as GIS managers, we focus our efforts on acquiring and maintaining spatial data, developing geospatial applications to support our end-users, and managing the technology components that GIS users rely on. Successful GIS managers are life-long learners. But rarely do we think about how geographic theory and basic geographic thinking can make us and our GIS programs more effective and successful.
This two-hour online workshop provides an overview of how thinking ‘out of the GIS box’ can enable us to be more effective managers and help find new applications of geospatial technology for the agencies that we support. We will review how thinking like a geographer can help us understand and communicate the full potential of GIS. And it will help us instill geographic thinking in the staff that we manage and the community of end-users that we support.
Audience
GIS managers and geospatial professionals who want to learn how understanding geographic theory can make them more effective.
Topics Covered
· Introduction and grounding exercise
· The short history of GIS
· The long history of geography
· The curious decline of geography as an academic discipline
· Overview of geographic theory of use to GIS managers and professionals
· Case studies of how geographic thinking improves GIS services
· Key resources to learn more and keep connected to geographic thinking
· Call to action
· Open discussion
What You Will Receive
2 hours of instruction from Greg Babinski, who is a subject-matter expert and workshop author.
A copy of the workshop presentation and exercises.
Upon completion, a signed completion certificate which will indicate the CEUs (0.2) and GISCI points (0.05) earned.
An invitation to periodic GIS management Q&A sessions with the instructor and other workshop attendees.
Advance registration is required.
For more information, contact Greg Babinski at greg@gismcs.com
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Presenter
Greg Babinski is a GIS management consultant and founder of GIS Management Consulting Services LLC, located in the greater Seattle area.
He holds an MA in geography from Wayne State University. Greg is a GISP – Certified GIS Professional.
Greg is Past-President of URISA and founder and Past-Chair of URISA’s GIS Management Institute. In 2005 he founded The Summit – the Washington State GIS Newsletter. In 2019 Greg was awarded an Ethical GEO Fellowship by the American Geographical Society. In addition to GIS consulting, he is a GIS researcher, author, and instructor. He has spoken about GIS management across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Greg has taught GIS for Public Policy as an instructor with the University of Washington Evans Graduate School of Public Administration.
In his spare time Greg likes "...hiking steep, narrow and dangerous trails that lead high above the clouds to awesome views".
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