Map and Geospatial Hub news
Highlights of Geo4LibCamp 2018
In the last week of January Stanford University hosted Geo4LibCamp, an unconference style meeting bringing together people from the library community interested in publishing, describing, and sharing geospatial data. Sessions were a mix of invited talks and breakout discussions on participant-chosen...
New Geospatial Data Analyst Joins the Team: Jill Sherwood
The Map and Geospatial Hub is pleased to announce the arrival of Jill Sherwood to ASU Library. After a highly competitive search, Jill was selected from a pool of dozens of candidates to serve as the Hub’s new Geospatial Data Analyst. Her work will involve a dynamic combination of geospatial data (m...
New GIS Workshops for Downtown
ASU Library is a single library with multiple locations. The Map and Geospatial Hub is thus pleased to be offering some of its geospatial workshop offerings at ASU Library's downtown Phoenix location. The Spring 2018 workshop and event lineup will include at least two (2) introduction to GIS worksh...
Spring 2018 Event Lineup -- Map and Geospatial Hub
The Spring 2018 semester is well underway! Your ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub is pleased to offer a fresh lineup of workshops and events for the new semester. Notable additions to the Spring 2018 workshop lineup include new offerings introducing participants to ArcG...
New Web Map for Accessing Phoenix LiDAR Data
Demand for the USGS LiDAR data pre-released to the ASU community has been high. To streamline access to these critically valuable data, and to maximize their impact across the multitude of potential sustainability applications, the Map and Geospatial Hub has deposited the entire USGS LiDAR data pa...
Well-Earned Retirement for Mary Whelan
While it doesn't come as news for most, all are disappointed to learn of Dr. Mary Whelan's recent retirement from ASU Library this past December. Since 2008, Mary had become an indispensable source of knowledge and expertise at ASU Library for those wishing to integrate ...
Three Additional Workshops
Map and Geospatial Hub Workshops The ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub has scheduled three additional workshops for December. As your year winds down, get some additional GIS training to prepare you for 2018 and perhaps ide...
ASU GIS Day 2017 is Live Streaming!
Can you believe it's already here?! ASU GIS Day 2017 is today, Friday, November 17. If you're unable to join us in person for all, or even just some, of the all-day event, no worries! We'll be live-streaming the GIS Day celebrations! Full program details, logistics, registration information, and ...
Save the Date: SPARC Launch -- Dec 7
Save the date! SPARC is coming! SPARC is the Spatial Analysis Research Center, a new initiative of the ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. SPARC Launch Thursday, December 7 -- 9am-5pm Alumni Room -- Memorial Union The launch includes an all-day line-up of presentations by som...