Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Agriculture: Crop Focus Workshop

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, from 11:00am to 4:00pm

2801 Seconds Street, Davis Ca.

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Informatics and GIS Statewide Program - http://igis.ucanr.edu

Goal: Provide overview of geospatial technology to agricultural practitioners and Cooperative Extension educators with hands on experience using on practical examples.

Workshop Content: This workshop has been designed for participants interested in agriculture with little to no experience in GIS. An introductory presentation will get you up to speed on what kind of analyses GIS may be used for, as well as the basic structures of spatial data. After this brief lecture you will follow an interactive exercise that will introduce you to your choice of ArcGIS or Quantum GIS software while using free and open source online data to analyze and map crop land in the California Central Valley.

This courses content is the result of a collaborative effort between UC ANR IGIS Statewide Program, http://igis.ucanr.edu, and the UC Berkeley, Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF), http://gif.berkeley.edu/

For information regarding the accompanying Web GIS workshop on February 18^th go to Click Here.

Audience: Public and private resource professionals as well as UC Cooperative Extension Advisors and Specialists.

Requirement: Participants must bring a laptop computer with a recent version of either ArcGIS or Quantum GIS installed on it.

ArcGIS can be obtained for UC ANR owned computers free of charge at Click Here

Please download the ArcGIS software and request a user license several days in advance of the workshop to ensure that it is properly functioning before the workshop date.

Quantum GIS is a free and open source GIS program that can be downloaded at Click Here

(Note: The 32 bit Windows version of QGIS seems to be more glitch free than the 64 bit version, even on a 64 bit computer)

When & Where: February 18, 2015, from 11am to 4pm, with a one hour catered lunch break from 12pm to 1pm.

2801 Seconds Street, Davis Ca., in the Sacramento room. Directions and map link: Click Here

Cost: $30 for members of UC ANR (account # and contact information required), and $60 for non-UC affiliates.

The course cost will include a meal and refreshments. UC affiliate costs are covered through the IGIS Statewide Program.

Register: Click Here to register. Registration is limited to 25 participants, so please register early.

Contact: Sean Hogan, 530-750-1322, sdhogan@ucanr.edu