Five USC GIST students presented at the 2014 Esri User Conference, running from July 14-18, in San Diego, CA. With a variety of workshops, speakers, and paper sessions, all from leading GIS innovators and professionals, the Esri User Conference is a valuable resource for learning and networking. USC's GIST students were given the opportunity to submit their papers and present them during moderated paper talks, with topics ranging from electric utilities to disaster and emergency management.
In addition to our students, five faculty from the Spatial Sciences Institute spoke at the Esri Education GIS Conference, held in San Diego, CA from July 12-15. Geared towards educators and educational institutions, the Education GIS Conference gave SSI a forum to discuss GIS innovations in the classroom. Faculty papers were presented at moderated paper sessions and lightning talks. See below for the full list of papers and authors.
Title: Teaching Mobile GIS with Esri ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android, Paper #: 163
Authors: Edward Pultar, Yao-Yi Chiang and Jennifer Swift
Session Title: Successes and Challenges
Date: Saturday, July 12, Time: 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Title: Teaching GIS in the Classroom: Story Maps as a Case Study, Paper #: 1331
Author: Daniel Warshawsky
Session Title: Story Mapping
Date: Saturday, July 12, Time: 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Title: Online Course Materials for Spatial Thinking, Paper #: EdUC 587
Author: Kirk Oda
Session Title: Lightning Talks: Education GIS Conference
Date: Sunday, July 13, Time: 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Title: Student Projects: Emergency Response, Collector & ArcGIS.com, Paper #: 1377
Author: Jennifer Swift
Session Title: Lightning Talks: Education GIS Conference
Date: Sunday, July 13, Time: 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Title: Spatial Journalism in Support of Citizen Science, Paper #: 1321
Author: Tierney O'Dea Booker
Session Title: The Story Behind the News – GIS and Public Media
Date: Tuesday, July 15, Time: 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Title: Using a GIS model to Plan Community Water Resources in Rural Uganda, Paper #: UC91
Author: Jared Hyneman
Session Title: GIS for Humanitarian Assistance
Date: Tuesday, July 15, Time: 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Title: Replication on a Budget, Paper #: UC 64
Author: Luke Wenschhof
Session Title: Quality Data Powers GIS
Date: Thursday, July 17, Time: 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Title: Defining Disaster Effects on Health Care Small-World Networks, Paper #: UC 1318
Author: Billy Ferguson
Session Title: Managing the Public During Emergencies
Date: Thursday, July 17, Time: 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Title: Utilizing VGI & Mobile GIS to Geotag Native Plants in S. California, Paper #: UC 1084
Author: Michael Wahl
Session Title: VGI and Natural Resource Management Through Mobile GIS
Date: Thursday, July 17, Time: 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
