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ASU Hosting Esri Global Education Manager on April 4th, 2024

ASU School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning will be hosting Dr. Michael Gould for an hour-long talk:On the Evolution of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Thursday, April 4th 4:00-5:00 p.m. Coor Hall, Room #5536 Dr. Michael Gould is Global Educat...

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Workshop: Harnessing the Power of Near-Daily Satellite Imagery

Join us at Hayden Library on February 16th for a hands-on, 2-hour workshop to learn more about your Planet access, Planet’s web applications, and our visualization tools.  Thursday, February 16th 2:00pm-4:00pm Hayden Library Room 332 Event Registration   Take a deep d...

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Map and Geospatial Hub Receives 2022 Esri SAG Award

The Map and Geospatial Hub received a 2022 Esri Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award for its 3D Explorer application. Matthew Toro, Director of Maps, Imagery, and Geospatial Services, received the award on behalf of the unit on July 13 at the 2022 Esri User Conference in San Diego. ...

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ASU for You: Geographical Storytelling with Multimedia StoryMaps

In collaboration with ASU Learning Enterprise, the ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub invites you to a whole new free and open-to-the-public workshop experience....

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New Course: Advanced GIS Applications for Environmental Design

This Spring (2020), the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is offering an advanced class in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) called “Advanced GIS Applications for Environmental Design.” Related course numbers are LAP494/598.  The class will focus on three projects including: 3D UAV ...

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AZ ArcGIS Online Student Competition

Arizona students are able to enter the ArcGIS Online School Competition 2020 to win $100 and a trip to San Diego, CA! The competition is open to US high school (9-12) and middle school (4-8) students and must be 18 years of age or less. The competition will be evaluated on the skill and ability to ...

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New GIS Class: GIS Methods for Non-Majors

The ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning has created a new GIS class for Non-GIS related majors that have little to no experience with GIS! This class will be perfect for those who are pursuing a degree outside of GIS/Geography but still want to learn more about GIS. ...

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Close-range Remote Sensing Class

By popular demand, the ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration is offering a Spring 2020 session of SES494/598 Close-Range Remote Sensing!  Interested students should email the professor, Ian J. Walker (ianjwalker@asu.edu), directly with an unofficial copy of academic transcripts and a brief stat...

PHXGeo Mapathon at the Hub (November 2019)

The Map and Geospatial Hub is pleased to be hosting PHXGeo once again for an OpenStreetMap mapathon. PHXGeo is a community-based meetup group for those in the Phoenix area who like maps, GIS, OpenStreetMap, cartography, and anything in between -- a natural Hub collaborator. ...