Starting from October, we are looking forward to an exciting roster of outstanding speakers on a range of topics covering themes of current interest for UNIGIS alumni, students, and everyone else. The open u_Lecture webinar series offers a LifeLongLearning opportunity to graduates and everyone keen to follow developments across the exciting field of Geoinformatics. See below for details on upcoming talks, and preview further speakers we keenly anticipate this term:
>> Make sure you mark your calendars not to miss these unique opportunities to learn from and interact with these outstanding individuals!
>> You can watch the recording of past u_Lecture webinars here > UIA webinar channel
November 13, 3:00 pm CEST > Watch recording
> Josep Sitjar (University of Girona): Collaborative mapping for humanitarian action.
This u_Lecture will be held in Spanish language!
From November 10th to 16th, various events are organized around the world in the framework of the #osmgeoweek2019 that aims to celebrate geography and create maps with OpenStreetMap, the open cartography of the whole world.
We want to join this initiative organizing a webinar showing how to map collaboratively with OSM in the humanitarian context and through the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) initiative.
Objective: In this webinar we will teach how to map with OSM, which can be useful in a multitude of contexts in which we need to update the mapping of a territory. And we will see how to map specifically in the framework of a HOT task, a task that connects with the mapping needs the organization has identified in the framework of a humanitarian mission.
We will propose and promote working with a specific task (s) and thus generate a dynamic of participation and collaboration of the attendees in the OSM and HOT project.
Bio: Josep Sitjar is a GIS analyst developer in the GIS and Remote Sensing Service (SIGTE) of the University of Girona and a teacher of the UNIGIS Girona GIS training program.
October 2, 3:30 pm CEST > Watch recording
> Victor Olaya (Forest Engineer): Basic tools and skills to become a GIS professional.
This u_Lecture will be held in Spanish language!
GIS is a diverse discipline and becoming a good GIS professional requires several different skills. This webinar presents some of the most important among them and describes the different types of professionals that are found in the GIS world.
Objective: To provide a comprehensive list of skills that will allow attendees to improve their work with GIS or to start getting involved with them.
Bio: Victor Olaya is a Forest Engineer with large experience in writing GIS applications, most of them related to spatial data analysis. He is the creator and main author of the QGIS Processing framework. He is also the author of the free book “Sistemas de Información Geográfica”
More information on upcoming talks will be published soon!