Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:25:00 MST News at the GIS Center http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm GIS Day is only 40 days away and will be celebrated in grand fashion at Idaho State University's GIS Center. Check for details by visiting http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisday/. And don't forget the 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off! http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Oct62006.htm Idaho State University has one of the most diverse geospatial program offerings in the nation. Students can choose among a bachelors degree in geomatics within the college of technology, a minor in geotechnologies, certificate in geotechnologies, or MS in GIScience within the Department of Geosciences, or a MA in historical resource management from the History Department. http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Oct102006.htm It is now less than two weeks away from World GIS Day. We have added some new events to our celebration including demonstration of GeoPDF and GeoJPEG software/technologies and a solid terrain model that just arrived today. For details visit our GIS Day website at http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisday http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Nov32006.htm Happy New Year and welcome back to all the students at Idaho State University. This year promises to be a very good one with numerous opportunities for students to participate in workshops and research http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Jan82007.htm The GIS Center is developing a participatory website. Check this website soon for the roll-out of our new product. http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/May182007.htm The field season is official over. Our field crew, Jacob Tibbits and Jamey Anderson finished collecting their final vegetation samples this morning (their 350th) and returned to the Center. They have been in field since the end of May! http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Aug32007.htm Preparations for our GIS Day/GRSC 2007 conference are well under way. Pre-registration is no longer required for the conference and full details are available at http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisday http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Aug102007.htm A new visiting international scholar will be arriving at the GIS Center this week. His name is Guillermo Bueno and he comes from Spain. http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Aug172007.htm The GIS Center has grown a bit stronger recently with the welcome addition of Guillermo Bueno, a visiting international scholar from Jaca, Spain. Guillermo is studying the effect of wild boar on rangeland ecosystems in the Pyrenees Mountains of Spain. He will present his research later this semester. http:///giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Aug242007.htm GIS Day is in November, but preparations are already underway here at the GIS Center. This year, we are hosting the Geo-spatial and Range Sciences Conference concurrently with GIS Day and will also host a general poster session for anyone interested in presenting their work. http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Aug312007.htm We are rapidly gearing up for GIS Day and currently accepting entries for our 3rd Annual Chili cook-off. If you are interested, contact the GIS Center (giscenter@isu.edu) or visit our GIS Day website for more details (http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisday) http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Sep72007.htm The mission of the GIS Center at ISU is to facilitate sound decision making using geospatial technologies. However, the scientists and staff at the GIS Center are not land managers. We fully realize this and to incorporate the decision makers into our research we have developed the WikiScience project. Visit our new participatory website and try it out at http://giscenter.isu.edu'WikiScience http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Sep212007.htm GIS Day and the annual Geospatial Range Sciences Conference are only a few weeks away. Plan to attend this huge event. For details visit http://giscenter.isu.edu http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisnews.htm http://giscenter.isu.edu/Oct262007.htm