Penn Libraries Mapping & GIS club (PennMGIS) by Research Data & Digital Scholarship.
The Penn Libraries Mapping & GIS club (PennMGIS) presented by Research Data & Digital Scholarship team at the Penn Libraries is a group that meets to discuss, learn, and collaborate on topics and projects related to mapping, geospatial data processing, visualization, and analysis tools through hands-on tutorials, workshops, and presentations.
Beginning February 2021, the group meets virtually (at least for now until the end of COVID-19 pandemic) via Zoom regularly on the third Thursday of the month from 3pm - 5pm. The first hour will feature workshops, talks, and discussions, and the second hour will be reserved for co-working and collaborative project work.
Students, staff, and faculty of UPenn at any level of skill are welcome to PennMGIS Club.
Meeting 02/18/2021, 3pm - 5pm
- Brief address by Nicky Agate, Assistant University Librarian for Research Data & Digital Scholarship.
- Introduction to the purpose, format, and requirements of PennMGIS.
- Short presentation on Geospatial tools and software.
- Other discussion, Q&A, and suggestions.
- Suggest or vote for a topic at https://pennmgis.hearken.io/
Meeting 03/18/2021, 3pm - 5pm
- QGIS Basics tutorial: We will explore GIS data models and formats, and the various components of the free and open source QGIS interface and tools.
- Requirement: Bring a laptop with QGIS preinstalled from https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html
- Recommended: QGIS Standalone installer 3.16 (also known as "Hannover"), long term release (LTR).
Meeting 04/15/2021, 3pm - 5pm
- Building interactive Web maps.
- We will explore how to build interactive Web maps and applications using the ESRI's ArcGIS-online and Web AppBuilder.
- We will also learn how to create simple web maps using OpenLayers and Leaflet. Both are free and open source JavaScript libraries.
- Requirement: Bring a laptop with QGIS preinstalled from https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html and should signup for an ArcGIS online account.
- Recommended: QGIS Standalone installer 3.16 (also known as "Hannover"), long term release (LTR).
- If you don't have an ArcGIS online organizational account setup yet, drop me an email at gmisgna@upenn.edu with "ArcGIS online" subject line.
Meeting 06/17/2021, 3pm - 5pm
- Digitizing and Editing Spatial Data:
- Oftentimes, you might need to create your own vector layers by digitizing from scanned maps or images to use in your analysis. In this meeting we will explore the on-screen digitizing and editing capabilities of both ArcMap and QGIS to create polygon, line, or point vector layers.
Meeting 07/15/2021, 3pm - 5pm
A workshop on Accessing and Visualizing Census Data focusing on various ways of obtaining Census Data for use in GIS analysis and mapping.
- Access census data through Social Explorer,
- Access directly from Census Bureau's website and visualize in desktop GIS software (ArcGIS and QGIS),
- Access through python based census API wrapper..