GIS Day 2015 - Great Success!

CCJDC celebrated GIS Day last Wednesday, November 18th, at Monterey Peninsula College's Marina Education Center.  Over a hundred GIS enthusiasts from across the Central Coast attended the half-day event. Students, teachers, hobbyists, and GIS professionals all enjoyed keynote presentations, a poster symposium, networking, and a live aerial-image-capture demonstration.

• See the agenda
• Check out the presentations, posters, and imagery from the event

GIS Day 2015

MPC President Dr. Walter Tribley kicks off GIS Day at Monterey Peninsula College.

Emmanuel Amador & Jose Salazar

Smiling volunteers helped make GIS Day happen. Thank you volunteers!

The CCJDC Education & Outreach Committee outdid themselves this year with a spectacular array of decorations and delicious food.

Matt Levy

Mapping the implications of hypoxia on available habitat for select species of flatfish in Elkhorn Slough, CA.

Charlie Endris

Using Image Classification to Assess Marsh Sustainability in Elkhorn Slough, CA

Geoff Shipton

Using Maps: From Underwater Sonar to Bike Riding

Mike McCann

STOQS: the Spatial Temporal Oceanographic Query System

Jason Adelaars

Santa Cruz & Monterey County Sea Level Rise Adaptation and Planning

Sophie De Beukalaer

Using Maps and Apps to explore the resources of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Drew Peterson

Geospatial Data in the National Weather Service

Norman Maher

Live Demonstration of a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)

Poster Presentations & Networking

What GIS Day is all about: geeking out and making friends.

The event was organized by CCJDC's Education & Outreach Committee, hosted by Monterey Peninsula College, and sponsored by many generous donors including: AMBAG, CSUMB, MPC Foundation, SVMHS, and Tahoe Maps. 

Thank you, to the many volunteers, presenters, organizers, sponsors, and attendees – all of whom made Central Coast GIS Day a great success!