Contact the Geospatial Centre
Dana Porter Library, Room 328
University of Waterloo Library
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Email: librarygeo@uwaterloo.ca
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 — 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Introduction to GIS: Using ArcGIS for Research
Date: Tuesday October 29, 2024
Time: 2 – 3 p.m.
Location: Dana Porter Library Computer Lab (Room 329)
Facilitators: Markus Wieland and Eva Dodsworth
GIS is a multi-disciplinary tool that is widely used across campus. Join this one-hour session to learn how you can incorporate GIS in your research, coursework and thesis.
This workshop, a combination of presentation, demonstration, and question & answer session, will discuss what GIS is and how it relates to demographics, business intelligence, logistics and statistical analysis, and provide examples of analysis tools and how they relate to different research.
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
• Understand how the usual datatypes and spatial datatypes are used together
• Learn the advantages of spatial components in datasets
• Understand the importance of projections
This in-person workshop has limited capacity; please register to reserve your seat. If you have accommodation requests or questions, reach out to Eva Dodsworth (edodsworth@uwaterloo.ca) with your needs.
Second Date: November 26th: Introduction to GIS: Using ArcGIS for Research | Library | University of Waterloo (uwaterloo.ca)
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Facilitators
Markus Wieland is the GIS Specialist at the Geospatial Centre, Dana Porter Library.
Eva Dodsworth is the Geospatial Data Services Librarian at the Geospatial Centre, Dana Porter Library.
Location
Dana Porter Library
Computer Lab (LIB 329)
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
Canada
Dana Porter Library, Room 328
University of Waterloo Library
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Email: librarygeo@uwaterloo.ca
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