The Vendor Social Night will be held Tuesday evening at the hotel. The event will include vendor exhibits, lightning talks, hors d’ oeuvres, no host bar, map poster gallery, treasure hunt and other games. There will be prizes awarded to the winner of the 50/50 raffle and treasure hunt. The event is open to the public and free of charge.
Joseph Kerski will discuss trends and highlights in GIS in primary, secondary, university, and informal education around the world and in the USA, addressing the challenges that remain and the success stories that bring great optimism for the future.
Diane Papineau will discuss the MAGIP GIS Mentoring program, fostering peer-to-peer and classic career mentoring for members of MAGIP (GIS professionals, those entering profession, and other specialists who use GIS for their work).
Gerry Daumiller will discuss MAGIP scholarship and grant programs and how MAGIP promotes the exchange of geographic information technology to K-12 schools, colleges, universities and the public.
MesoWest has been a critical source of North American weather information since 1996. The MesoWest weather database functions as a data aggregator and relies on weather observing networks that are managed by government agencies, private firms, and educational institutions. In 2015, researchers and programmers at Mesowest released an API web service using cloud computing resources to provide greatly improved automated access to real-time and archived weather data. This powerful tool has opened the door to relatively straightforward access to vast quantities of reliable data for researchers, application developers, agency personnel, and commercial users. There are no costs to users to access the open-source data streams available from MesoWest.
This presentation will cover options for accessing Mesowest data, including brief look at legacy web-based data acquisition and an overview of the new API. An example of how the Montana Natural Heritage Program has downloaded and organized statewide weather data in a local spatial database will be shown, along with preliminary results relating those data to current research on bat ecology and management across the state.
Are you currently working on your GISP application? Thinking about applying for your GISP? Or do you just want more info about what a GISP is? Then come to the Doctor Office and have a certified GISP answer your questions, help with your application, talk about the new test or review your completed application.
Drop by with your questions anytime Thursday between 10:00 and 12:00. Or, make an appointment to review your application or to speak one-on-one about GISP by emailing Leslie Zolman at lzolman@mt.gov.
