Webinars are live presentations or panel discussions usually 30 to 60 minutes long on a particular project, use case, or topic. Check the list below frequently as we are constantly adding webinars to the calendar.
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Webinar Series:
A New High Resolution Coastal Land Cover for the Nation
Tuesday, December 10 at 2 PM Eastern/1 PM Central/12 Noon Mountain/11 AM Pacific
Current, accurate land cover is a common foundational data set used in support of a wide range of applications. Knowing what exists on the ground and how it has changed through time gives planners more information to better address issues from flooding risk, to policy evaluation, and land use planning. For more than two decades, NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management has been producing consistent, accurate land cover and change information through its Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP). While past data was developed at a 30-meter spatial resolution (using Landsat imagery) OCM has been moving towards a higher resolution land cover. Data that could be used for site-specific applications and decision making at a more local level.
In January of 2024 NOAA released the first phase of a new high resolution (1-meter) C-CAP land cover. This presentation will review these products, how AI technology has facilitated their production, and the work that is now being done to build that foundation into a next generation coastal land cover nationally.
Speaker: Nate Herold, Physical Scientist and Coastal Change Analysis Program Manager, NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Moderator: Norman S. Levine, Ph.D., Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Director: Santee Cooper GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory & The Lowcountry Hazards Center, South Carolina Earthquake Education Preparedness Program
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central/1 PM Mountain/12 noon Pacific
Join us for an insightful webinar on the importance of and strategies for understanding social risk in community resilience. This session will delve into how social factors influence a community’s ability to withstand and recover from adverse events, and why it’s crucial to integrate these considerations into resilience planning. Learn about the various social risks that can impact community resilience, including economic disparities, health vulnerabilities, and social cohesion. Discover valuable tools such as the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), Community Resilience Challenges Index (CRCI), and other public domain resources including a toolkit created in collaboration between the Geospatial Professional Network and the NAPSG Foundation that offers guidance on where to find and how to leverage these and other resources. Hear real world examples of how these tools have been applied to enhance community resilience and how geospatial professionals can leverage and even build upon the information they offer.
Moderator: Kevin Mickey, Director Professional Development and Geospatial Technologies Education, The Polis Center, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indiana University Indianapolis
Speakers: Shane Hubbard, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin Madison
Speakers: Norman Levine, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences and Director Santee Cooper GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory & The Lowcountry Hazards Center, South Carolina Earthquake Education Preparedness Program, College of Charleston.
Mappy Q&A Archive Link - June 11, 2024 Spend an hour with URISA Vanguard Cabinet members to learn about opportunities for young professionals and more!
Conference Ready: Abstracts - March 7, 2024 Gain valuable advice about submitting conference presentation proposals.
Brown Bag - March 13, 2024 New to the workforce or GIS? Have questions about the profession? Join URISA's Vanguard Cabinet of young professionals to learn from their experiences and chart your course.
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