Good Afternoon Geographers and Sustainers,

Our friends in the open source GIS community are holding a virtual event for all things QGIS this month. Some of you may know Randy Hale from his participation in GIS Day here at UTK or through TNGIC. Randy will be one of the presenters.

The event is free but you will need to register. All details at the links below.

From: Randal Hale <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2020 8:43 AM
To: Light, David S <[log in to unmask]>; Camponovo, Michael <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: QGIS North America 2020

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FYI - it will all be recorded for posterity. All Free. 3 days over 3 weeks.

As always check the wiki and the website for updated details! Please join us to learn how you can use QGIS or your organization can use QGIS. I forgot to add this is all FREE.

Wiki Site: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/QGIS_North_America_2020

web site: http://www.qgis.us

Dates for workshops and talks: July 17th, July 24th, July 31

Workshops:

July 17     10:00-2:00     Un taller introductorio de QGIS para principiantes (Spanish language workshop)     Alaina Mallette
July 17     10:00-2:00     An Introductory QGIS Workshop for Beginners (English language workshop)     Michele Tobias
July 24     10:00-1:00     Visualizing 2D Geology with QGIS     Diane Fritz
July 31     10:00-12:00     Collecting data using Input and QGIS     Lutra Consulting

Workshop Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gFJ8s7u56OAEBIBBnrdQ1vWdYdYVM_PtCny4mY64Xog/viewform?edit_requested=true

Information on Talks:

Talks will be Live Streamed to Youtube to make sure there are no limits to people who can participate. Refer to the Wiki Site as more links are added.

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLQd1MsyWWPoIi6rNLUCjhg

July 17th Schedule:

10:00 AM WORKSHOP: Intro to QGIS (English & Spanish sessions) Michele Tobias & Alaina Mallette Registration Required - see above

2:00 PM     Break
3:00 PM     SLYR - A bridge between ESRI and QGIS     Brett Edmond Carlock
3:30 PM     QGIS 101: Examples Galore     Gretchen Peterson
4:00 PM     Transitional Design and Lessons Learned     Mickey Dietrich
4:30 PM     Using QGIS at a 911     Randal Hale
5:00 PM     Integrating QGIS & GLOBE     Michael Jabot
5:30 PM     QGIS and the Data to Policy Project: Bringing a Geospatial Perspective to Student Research in Social Justice     Diane Fritz
6:00 PM     QGIS and democracy: Redistricting and reapportionment with QGIS     John Holden

July 24th Schedule

10:00 AM     WORKSHOP: Visualizing 2D Geology with QGIS     Diane Fritz     Registration Required - see above
1:00 PM     Closed campus, open source: Teaching GIS during the Covid-19 crisis     David Abernathy
1:30 PM     Bird's of a Feather Session: Best Practices for Teaching QGIS Remotely     Ujaval Gandhi
2:30 PM     Break
3:30 PM     Consume your Field Collected Data Directly in QGIS Using a Plugin for Map Publishing     Marta Klarić Ravnić
4:00 PM     Old Train Maps: The Many Routes of California’s Central Pacific Railroad     Michele Tobias
4:30 PM     QGIS and GIMP for Enhancing Historic Maps     Adam Cox
5:00 PM     Bringing Local History to Life: HistoryForge meets QGIS     Robert Kibbee
5:30 PM     QGIS to the Rescue: Use of FOSS for Fair Land Assessment in a Small Vermont Town     Kerrie Bushway
6:00 PM     Applying FOSS4G in Mapping Shelter Centers for People with Disabilities in Disaster Scenarios     Adelcides Varela

July 31st Schedule

10:00 AM     WORKSHOP: Collecting data using Input and QGIS     Lutra Consulting     Registration Required - see above
12:00 PM     A Tour of Processing Toolbox Algorithms     Ujaval Gandhi
12:30 PM     GUI Plugin for Neural Network based LULC Classification     Atishay Jain
1:00 PM     Advanced QGIS Expressions     Ujaval Gandhi
1:30 PM     QGIS in Flood Mapping     A Salim Khan
2:00 PM     Because data is outside - QField, the future of QGIS on mobile devices     Marco Bernasocchi
2:30 PM     Break
3:00 PM     Yes QGIS Server Rocks!...But Why?     Paul Blottiere
3:30 PM     Advancements in Geocoding: Integrating the MMQGIS plugin with New York State’s Authoritative Address Data     Scott Geis & Michael Minn
4:00 PM     QGIS in the sky with Diamonds (ODM)     Jeramy Davis
4:30 PM     QGIS and PostgreSQL/PostGIS as an enterprise solution: 5 features everyone should use     Clifford Patterson
5:00 PM     Dynamic GIS Layers with QGIS and Spatial Databases     Karsten Vennemann
5:30 PM     The Best New Features of QGIS 3.x     Kurt Menke
6:00 PM     From the Field to the Web     Bernie Drahola

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Randal Hale

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