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Please join the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science Symposium in which George Mason University is hosting.
Theme: Collaboration Across Communities: GIScience 2.0 and Beyond
Location: GMU, the Mason Inn and Conference Center
Day: May 20 for Pre-Symposium Workshop; May 21-23 for Symposium
See program details at: http://ucgis2.org/event-group/ucgis-2013-symposium
The University Libraries has licensed China Geo-Explorer II, which provides a rich collection of census, business, and other government data for China at various geographical units and time. You can create maps, charts, tables, and reports and download data in PDF, Excel, Word, and shape files.
The primary GIS data sources include:
- China 2000 Province Population Census Data with GIS Maps
- China 2000 County Population Census Data with GIS Maps
- China 2000 Township Population Census Data with GIS Maps
- China Population GRID Data with Township Boundary Maps
- China Historical County Population Census Data with GIS Maps
- China 1995 Industrial Census Data with ZIP Maps
- China 2001 Basic Unit Census Data with ZIP Maps
- China 2004 Economic Census Data with ZIP Maps
- China City Statistical Indicators with Maps
You can access this through our libraries databases and please consult the User’s Guide for further instructions.
The University Libraries established the Open Access Publishing Fund to provide financial support to Mason scholars who wish to publish their work in open access journals.
Please see more information and the application form at:http://scholarly.gmu.edu/?page_id=549.
Location: Center for the Arts
Time: 10:00-3:30
Please join us as we celebrate this year’s GIS Day events at Mason. The libraries will be demonstrating “Mapping your data with Google Fusion Tables.” There will be Students’ Poster Sessions, Presentations, Panel Discussion on Geospatial Intelligence, and more.
Please see the detailed schedule of events at:
http://infoguides.gmu.edu/content.php?pid=11647&sid=3281455
Involve, Inspire, and Ignite!
Discover GIS and Geography through this event.
Please join us as Mason celebrates INTERNATIONAL OPEN ACCESS WEEK throughout October.
See the schedule of various events at:http://infoguides.gmu.edu/aecontent.php?pid=295386&sid=2439229
Particularly, save the date: Oct. 10, 3:00-4:00, Open Data=Open Access Panel, Research Hall 163.
Hope to see many of you there!
