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MINI WORKSHOPS

New this Year!  MAGIC is offering Mini-Workshops for our Wednesday morning session. These are not as long as a full course but a deeper dive into a technical topic.  No additional fee or registration required!  Options include: Survey123, ArcPro Tips and Tricks, R for Open Source Programming, Python in ArcGIS Pro, How to Become a GISP, and Women in GIS.  Additionally, during this time we will have an open session on scripting including ArcPy and Arcade in the Sponsor area.  Stop in and ask an expert for help or visit with our awesome sponsors.

Lidar-derived Elevation Data: The professional guide to its metrics and accuracy

Qassim A. Abdullah, Ph.D., CP, PLS


The Educational session on lidar data will help participants to:

  • Understand and describe a lidar system components and mechanism
  • Understand intensity image and its interpretation
  • Know different type of lidar
  • Understand the process of lidar calibration and bore sighting
  • Learn about the differences between linear mode lidar and the emerging lidar technologies such as Flash, Geiger Mode, and Single Photon
  • Understand capabilities, limitations, and advantages of Geiger Mode and Single Photon lidar
  • Learn about current accuracy standards for lidar data
  • Understand how to evaluate lidar data
  • Understand quality issues associated with points cloud from lidar
Outlines:
1. Understanding Lidar fundamentals and how it works
Scanning mechanism
  • Foliage penetration
  • Points cloud and Intensity image
  • Lidar calibration and bore sighting
2. Current and Emerging Lidar Technologies and its Capabilities
  • current advancements in linear mode lidar
  • current advancements in Geiger mode lidar
  • current advancements in Single photon lidar
3. Lidar data quality, accuracy, and accuracy standards
  • ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standard
  • USGS Lidar Base Specifications
  • 4. Best Practices in Assessing Lidar Data Quality and Accuracy

Women in GIS: A forum discussion

This Mini workshop with start with a panel discussion with a group of women that work in GIS in a variety of capacities. The discussion will explore their stories and experiences in the workforce. Then the floor will be opened for questions and comments that allow for broad audience engagement to explore: What is going right, what can be improved upon, how community helps grow women in GIS, and more.

Survey123 Automation with low-code solutions

Brian Culpepper – CAST, University of Arkansas

Workflow automation within small GIS operations is simpler than you think! We’ll review; deconstruct a no-code/low-code implementation of automated reporting and task tracking within the ArcGIS online platform. This workshop will summarize five years of experience of using these techniques within low-code technologies and prepare others for jump-starting similar approaches within their GIS organizations. Level Up your customer feedback, end-user satisfaction and project team or workforce documentation of day-to-day operations within your projects. The Pollinator Partnerships’ coordination of regional seed collection volunteers has improved considerably using these techniques and we want to share our experiences and those lessons learned with diving into this no-code, cloud-based arena with the MAGIC membership!

Introduce R to Your Geospatial Workflow

Chris Seeger and Jay Maxwell - Iowa State University


R is a popular open-source programming language used for statistical computing and graphics and is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux-based systems. It provides a wide range of statistical and graphical techniques, making it a powerful tool for data analysis. This introductory lecture will cover the basics of R programming, data types, and variables. We will also explore how to read and manipulate common data files, create basic plots, and visualize spatial data using R. By the end of this lecture, attendees will have a basic understanding of the R programming language and be ready to explore more advanced topics on their own. No prior programming experience is required.

Topics to be covered:

  • Getting started with R and RStudio IDE
  • Basic data structures: vectors, data frames
  • Reading data from CSV files, Excel spreadsheets, and shapefiles
  • Visualizing data using ggplot
  • Creating choropleth maps using Leaflet for R
  • Demonstration of basic spatial operations within R

GIS Automation using Python in ArcGIS Pro and Jupyter Notebooks

Jade Finch - Impact7G

Start exploring GIS automation in ArcGIS Pro using ArcPy and Jupyter Notebooks. Learn basic Python scripting techniques and methods to start automating those repetitive GIS tasks. Practical examples and demos will be provided to get you on your way to learning GIS automation in Python.





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