Throughout the day

Check out our curated list of Cool GIS Links that we share throughout the day. Feel free to add your own!

Visit the Undergrad Poster Contest and vote for your favorite!

9:05am - 9:55am

Virtual GIS Coffee Social
Start GIS Day with refreshments and socialize with the community.

Hosted by Seda Şalap-Ayça (UMass Amherst Geosciences)

10:10am - 11:10am

Go Geo-caching

Ready to take a walk? This high-tech scavenger hunt will be on campus OR wherever you are! Grab your GPS-enabled smartphones to join finding the "caches".

Players use GPS devices (or their phones) to find the points, use clues to navigate to the “caches”, and finally take a picture of the hidden treasure. The team or individual who finishes earliest gets a GIS Day t-shirt(s)! Instructions are in this Google Doc.

Hosted by John Slaff and Ian Kennedy (UMass Amherst Libraries /Geosciences)

11:15am - 12:05pm

#MAgisday2021 Mapathon
Mapping areas of the world that are stricken by disasters to provide aid.

Mapathon tutorial
Mapathon playlist
Leaderboard

The leader gets a GIS Day t-shirt!

Hosted by Amanda Suzzi (UMass Amherst Environmental Conservation)

1:25pm - 2:15pm

Web Scraping/Mapping with Python
Get ready to learn the basics and sharpen your Python powers! Access the notebook and repository on GitHub. Watch the recording for the workshop.

Hosted by Karl Tacheron (UMass Amherst Geosciences)

2:30pm - 3:45pm

Grad Slam!
5-minute / 5-slide lightning talks by grad students highlighting their GIS-related research. Educational and entertaining!

Hosted by Seda Şalap-Ayça and Becky Seifried (UMass Amherst Geosciences / Libraries)

4:00pm - Keynote Talk

Dr. Michael Gould: "State of the Art of GIS"

Hosted by Seda Şalap-Ayça (UMass Amherst Geosciences)

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Mappy Hour / Pursue a Career in GIST
Join us for a low-key virtual get-together to recap the day’s events, meet GIST alumni, get some career advice!

The winners of the Grad Slam and the Undergrad Poster Contests will be announced during the Mappy Hour.

BYOB!