Spatial Sciences
The Spatial Sciences Research & Learning Cluster is a community for people (undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, post docs, staff, etc.) at UC Davis and our immediate community with an interest in working with spatial data. Participation is open to everyone, at any skill level. The Spatial Sciences Research & Learning Cluster is a welcoming and supportive community. Our goal is to help people engage in new and creative ways with spatial data and to connect with other students and researchers who also work with spatial data.
This research and learning cluster focuses on engaging with spatial data through our workshop series called #maptimeDavis. These are instructor-lead formal workshops teaching a specific skills. These workshops typically (but not always) require participants to bring a laptop computer with software installed pertaining to the topic of the workshop. If a particular software is needed for a workshop, we'll let you know what you need before hand if you register.
How to participate:
- Attend events. See below for the current #maptimeDavis Workshop Schedule.
- Help at a workshop. Making workshops run smoothly is a team effort. We often need folks to help answer questions, relay communications to the presenter, or help participants who get stuck.
- Present a workshop. You don't need to be an expert to teach well.
Please send questions to Michele Tobias - mmtobias@ucdavis.edu
#maptimeDavis Workshop Schedule
Workshops meet Tuesdays 2:00-4:00 via Zoom, unless otherwise noted. Zoom connection details are sent to registrants by our registration system. Registration is required to get the link for the event.
This is our schedule as of September 14, 2022. Registration links will be added below as they become available. Events (and their corresponding registration links) can also be found on DataLab's Events Calendar.
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 9/20/2022 | ||
| 9/27/2022 | Hood Canal Landscape Assessment and Prioritization Tool (HC-LAP): A Web Mapping Application to Support Conservation Efforts in Hood Canal (Washington) - details & registration | David Puckett |
| 10/4/2022 | ||
| 10/11/2022 | ||
| 10/18/2022 | Introduction to ArcGIS Insights - registration link coming soon! | Karen Beardsley |
| 10/25/2022 | Introduction to Geospatial Raster and Vector Data with Python - details & registration | Ryan Avery, Development Seed |
| 11/1/2022 | Introduction to Google Earth Engine - details & registration | Luke Salvato |
| 11/8/2022 | ||
| 11/15/2022 | Making Map Figures for Academic Journals & Books (with QGIS) - details & registration | Michele Tobias |
| 11/22/2022 |
#maptimeDavis Council
In the summer of 2021, the Spatial Sciences Research & Learning Cluster recruited community members to help advise and produce our #maptimeDavis workshop series. We assembled a team with a variety of skills and interests including students, staff, and faculty. This year's #maptimeDavis Council members are:
- Alex Mandel, Development Seed
- Karen Beardsley, UC Davis Global Affairs
- Matthew Conner, UC Davis Library
- Naomi Kalman, Consultant
- Michele Tobias, UC Davis DataLab
- Veronica Herrera, Geography Graduate Group
- Emma Forester, Geography Graduate Group
We thank the past council members for all of their work!
- Sadia Gul, Energy Graduate Group
- Mina Rezaei, Geography Graduate Group
We are always looking for volunteers to join our efforts! If you are interested in joining #maptimeDavis Council, please email Michele Tobias - mmtobias@ucdavis.edu
#MapTimeDavis Archive
The table below is an automatically generated list of all of the DataLab calendar items for #maptimeDavis events.
