GIS in Action 2007

GIS in Action Conference Attendance Instructions

The annual GIS in Action conference (GIA) is the largest local geospatial technology conference in the Pacific Northwest. It will be held in Vancouver, Washington, on April 17 (Tuesday) and 18 (Wednesday) this year. In addition to the academic and professional presentations and workshops, the conference provides a good opportunity for students to present their school projects in formal presentations or as posters. It is also a wonderful place to know local GIS professionals and expand one’s social network. Furthermore, many vendors demonstrate their most recent products and give away cool freebies in the exhibit hall. This is an event you don’t want to miss!

To encourage students to attend this conference, there will be no class on April 17 (Tuesday) in my courses. You can register to attend the conference. Registration fee for students is $50 for early registration (or $75 for onsite registration). Or, you can just attend the special session for students and visit the exhibit hall for free. The special session (Session 3B: GIS in Education) is on April 17 between 1:30 and 3:00. The free admission only allows students to attend the specified session and visit the exhibit hall. There are other ways for students to attend GIA without paying the full registration fee. First, students can apply for the PSU ASPRS GIA Scholarship. Only ASPRS student members can apply for this scholarship, though. Current PSU students only need to pay $10 to become a member. See the PSU ASPRS membership page for more information. Second, students can work as student volunteers and get free admissions. For student volunteer opportunities, please contact Professor Joe Poracsky (poracskj@pdx.edu).

Here is the instruction for the class assignment. You are required to attend at least the free session (or any other session) on April 17 between 1:30 and 3:00. Please make notes to answer the following questions and submit the report to the instructor in class the following week.

1) Which poster is the best? Title:

Author(s):

2) Why do you like the poster the most?

3) What geospatial techniques were used to do the analysis presented on the poster?

How to get to the Vancouver Conference Center (Hilton Hotel) in Vancouver?

1) Go to the Portland Transit webpage at http://www.google.com/transit?ie=UTF8&ll=45.510197,-122.671967&spn=0.383982,0.687538

2) Type in your address in Starting address and “301 W 6th Street, Vancouver, Washington” as the End address. Click Get Directions.

Use the TriMet Trip Planner (http://www.trimet.org/) to find the trip information.

Check TriMet route # 6 service for schedules from Portland to downtown Vancouver.