Name: GIS-Pro 2024 Mapathon: Mapping for Humanitarian Response & Disaster Relief
Start: 2024-10-08T19:00:00-0400
End: 2024-10-08T20:30:00-0400

Welcome to GIS-Pro 2024: URISA’s 62nd Annual Conference, taking place in Portland, Maine! This is where you review the comprehensive educational program for the conference and plan your agenda.

We are pleased to collaborate with the New England Chapter of URISA on this important event.

Go to this page to register for the conference and make travel plans; review sponsor and exhibit packages, and check out young professional and student opportunities. Early bird registration discounts are available until August 1.

Tuesday October 8, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

Connecticut/Rhode Island

Put your GIS skills to good use at the GIS-Pro 2024 Mapathon. This evening activity will support the many projects of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Participants should bring a laptop and have some basic familiarity with OpenStreetMap.

With all of the recent natural disasters, the GIS Community has responded swiftly to project requests, including URISA's GISCorps. Projects for the mapathon may include any number of responses from current disasters impacting the world and as the event nears, we will narrow down the projects we will work on this evening.

Video Tutorial on Adding a Building to OpenStreetMap from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap
Quick Start Guide

A great way to network with your fellow GIS professionals while giving back!
Refreshments will be sponsored.

Speakers

Brooke Hatcher

Geospatial Data Engineer, New Light Technologies

Brooke leads the research and development of remote sensing and geospatial solutions for homeland security and disaster response communities. She has been instrumental in developing AI / ML tools to assess remotely-sensed imagery to detect natural hazards and assess and predict impacts... Read More →

Tuesday October 8, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Connecticut/Rhode Island

Mapathon

GIS-Pro 2024

Brooke Hatcher

Attendees (17)

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