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SEMINAR with Dr. John Cloud – Why are drones called “drones”?: A history in which etymology and entomology converge for war

This seminar is co-sponsored by NC State's Center for Geospatial Analytics and the Science, Technology and Society Program. Abstract: In popular perception, there is a great bifurcation of "drones"; they are either large and lethal, with names like Predator and Reaper, or they are small and buzzy and might eventually deliver pizzas, and at worst…

MGIST New Student Orientation

AGENDA 9:15 am - 9:30 am | Arrival & Check-in | Jordan Hall 5th Floor Lobby 9:30 am - 10 am | Welcome & Introductions | 5103 Jordan Hall 10 am - 10:45 am | Icebreaker | 5103 Jordan Hall 10:50 am - 11 am | BREAK 11 am - 12 pm | Curriculum Overview | 5103…

Geospatial Studio – Intro to GRASS GIS

GRASS GIS is a powerful open-source tool for performing geospatial analyses across a range of disciplines. Take your first steps in GRASS GIS by attending the Geospatial Studio and learning how to use this free software. After the introduction, there will be time to try your own data in GRASS GIS. Attendees are encouraged to…

Geospatial Forum with Dr. Paul Byrne – The Geological Evolution of Mercury Determined with GIS

Dr. Paul Byrne | Assistant Professor | Dept. of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences | NC State University   Abstract: Until 2008 Mercury was a poorly understood planet, with less than half of it imaged by visiting spacecraft. NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury returned global image and topographic data and – together with gravity, spectral, and compositional…

Geospatial Forum with Dr. James Wickham – Those Hot, Hot Temperate Forests

Dr. James Wickham | Senior Research Biologist | US Environmental Protection Agency   Abstract: Preserving and restoring the world’s forests is regarded as having a positive (cooling) effect on a warming climate.  However, some have cautioned against reforestation and afforestation as a climate-warming-mitigation strategy outside of tropical regions, without considering the potentially counteracting biophysical effects (albedo, transpiration)…