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Please join the Michigan State University GIS Users Group for a celebration of GIS Day.
The MSU GIS Users Conference is a one-day hybrid event with presentations and demonstrations from academic researchers and GIS professionals. It is open to all participants, including those from outside of MSU with any level of GIS experience. The conference will also be an opportunity to develop potential collaborations and network with GIS users. Our keynote...
Continue reading "GIS Day November 16, 2022!"...Hello! Here are our GIS workshop offerings for fall. If you have questions about these workshops, please contact Amanda Tickner: atickner@msu.edu
Introduction to QGIS: Make a color shaded map
Wednesday September 21st
4-5:30
Learn the basics of QGIS, the free open-source geospatial software—this workshop will demonstrate how to make a choropleth (color shaded) map and place graduated symbols representing data on it, load shapefiles and .csv table files into QGIS, join data to spatial information and edit features.
Register for online...
Continue reading "Fall 2022 GIS Workshops"...Happy Spring Semester 2022! Here are our GIS workshop offerings for the semester.
Learn QGIS: Making a color shaded map in QGIS
Wednesday January 26th
3-4 PM
Learn the basics of QGIS, the free open source geospatial software—this workshop will demonstrate how to make a choropleth (color shaded) map and place graduated symbols representing data on it, load shape-files and .csv table files into QGIS, join data to spatial information and edit features.
This workshop has changed to virtual only.
Register here for Online attendance
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This video provides a six-minute overview of MSU Map Library collections and services Instructors are encouraged to share this with students.
Mediaspace: https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/Introduction%20to%20the%20MSU%20Map%20Library%20-%202021/1_z7zdoanx
The MSU Map Library is a wonderful place to learn about maps. In this video we will walk around the library together. You can see some of the things we have. You may not know that we have just as many digital files as we have paper maps and atlases. So next we'll take a look at the website and see what you can access...
Continue reading "Introduction to the MSU Map Library - 2021 Edition"...Welcome to the MSU Library Fall 2021 Workshop offerings. All workshops will be held in person and online in a hybrid format. In person will be in the Digital Scholarship Lab computer classroom on the second floor of the west wing of the main library (with the exception of the GIS Discussion Meet Up on Nov. 5th which will be held in the Map Library). To attend online, please register and a Zoom link will be sent to you.
Learn QGIS: Making a color shaded map in QGIS
Wednesday September 22nd
4-5 PM
Learn the basics of QGIS, the free open source geospatial software...
Continue reading "Fall 2021 GIS Workshops"...It doesn't feel like Spring right now with the pretty snow on the ground, but Spring semester is beginning and with it there will be a few GIS workshops. In Spring Semester 2021 all of our workshops will be held online. As usual, they are free and open to anyone who wants to attend. No experience with GIS is necessary. If you have any questions please contact Amanda Tickner via email: atickner@msu.edu
Make a Simple Color Shaded Map with QGIS
Friday, February 5th | 4:00-5:00
Learn the basics of QGIS, the free open source geospatial software—this workshop will...
Continue reading "Spring 2021 GIS Workshops"...The leaves are starting to turn, Fall semester is starting soon and that means the return of MSU Libraries GIS workshops. For Fall 2020 all of our workshops will be held online. As usual, they are free and open to anyone who wants to attend. If you have any questions please contact Amanda Tickner via email: atickner@msu.edu
Make a Simple Color Shaded Map with QGIS
Friday, September 25th | 3:00-5:00
Learn the basics of QGIS,...
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This video provides a six-minute overview of MSU Map Library collections and services available during COVID-19 related building shutdowns. Instructors are encouraged to share this with students.
Mediaspace: https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/Introduction+to+the+MSU+Map+Library/1_l59w5f82
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Dc9bDENWuSQ
Though our facility is closed, we still offer many online services and much of our collection is available. In this video we will walk around the library together. You can see some of the things we have. You may not know that we have just as many...
Continue reading "6-Minute Video Introduction to the MSU Map Library Services"...This blog post is based on two talks I gave at IASSIST in Austrailia and the Michigan State University Accessible Learning Conference in 2019. This is a sparsely published on subject and the talks and this blog post were/are meant to spark conversation on an under considered subject.
I do not write out my talks prior to giving them, I have basic notes and give presentations extemporaneously. The style of this blog post reflects that conversational tone.
My reason for giving presentations on this...
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OK Geo Nerds --- After analyzing the Michigan Department of Transportation's computer files of the entire road network of Michigan, we compiled a list of the most common road names. They go:
Main St. 2nd St. 1st St. Maple St. 3rd St. Elm St. 4th St. Pine St. Oak St. 5th St.These findings prompted astute tweeters @PWolfson6 and @matheduactor to ask, "How could 2nd Street be more common than 1st Street?" We scratched our heads and assumed that in many towns the location of 1st Street was taken over by Main Street. But...
Continue reading "Why are there more 2nd Streets than 1st Streets in Michigan?"...