Summer Low Cost GIS Workshops: Savannah GA
August 19-20, 2019
Holiday Inn Express Savannah Historic District
199 East Bay Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Hotel: At Holiday Inn Express Savannah Historic District
- Block of rooms Sunday 8/18 through Tuesday 8/20 night.
- $145/night
- Free Wi-Fi & Free Breakfast
- The last day to secure a reservation at the quoted discounted room rates will be (07/19/19). Reservations made after this date will be at the Hotels best available rate at the time of booking.
- Link: https://www.hiexpress.com/redirect?path=hd&brandCode=EX&localeCode=en®ionCode=1&hotelCode=savex&_PMID=99801505&GPC=URI&cn=no&viewfullsite=true
Attendee Costs:
*** FOR check payments…please mail in this form – mailed in (postmarked by August 5th)
To register with a credit card, please select the event below. Please select the Credit Card option – payments at the door will not be accepted for this event.
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08/19/19 - 08/20/19 All Day |
Summer 2019 Workshops
Holiday Inn Express – Savannah Historic District, Savannah Georgia |
SPACE IS LIMITED ~ REGISTER EARLY.
Online Registration & Registration by mail/check payment is August 5th.
Monday Aug 19th: Pick Track A or B. Lunch is included.
Track A: ArcGIS Pro Class. All Day. 8:30am-4:30pm. Instructors from E-GIS Associates
- Bring your own laptop
Track B: 2 sessions
- Morning: 8:30am-12pm US National Grid & Emergency Response. Learn about the USNG, uses, mobile and open source GIS applications and a field exercise. Taught by NASA staff: Al Studt. ELM Program Administrator, Kennedy Space Center. Need a phone/tablet and will require walking/fieldwork.
- Afternoon: 1pm-4:30pm. LiDAR. Basics of Lidar and information regarding the USNG Georgia 3DEP LiDAR acquisition. Data types & Deliverables. Taught by staff from Atlantic Tech and Georgia Mountain Regional Commission.
Tuesday Aug 20th: Can pick and choose any sessions. Lunch is included.
Morning sessions 8:30am-12pm –
- 3D solutions and tools in the ArcGIS Platform. Learn about new analysis options and features in various ESRI software platforms. Geoff Taylor, from ESRI. Laptops not required… however you are welcome to bring them!
- Drones & GPS: Learn about advances in technology with Drones and GPS and how it helps to complete surveying or mapping projects in a fraction of time. Ross Kenney from NEI and Matt Rosenbalm from Microdrones
Afternoon 1-4pm:
- Census 2020 Program. Learn about requirements, local committees, new data types collected and what can be done with it in GIS. Presented by staff from the US Census Bureau Education & GIS team
- GIS Leadership and Management: TBD.
Sponsorship levels
$500-Premium Sponsor
- Logo included on all workshop material & SWAG
- List of attendees (delivered electronically)
- Exhibit space (small tabletop exhibits only) during URISA workshops
- Mention the sponsor’s company in email newsletters, and social media posts.
- Two lunch’s provided each workshop day
$200-Standard Sponsor
- Exhibit space (small tabletop exhibits only) during URISA workshop
- Mention the sponsor’s company in email newsletters, and social media posts.
