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Portland State University’s Department of Geography and PSU's Geospatial Information Society is hosting its 4th Cartography Symposium on Friday, March 2nd at Portland State University - Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom. This year the symposium will consist of presentations on various cartographic themes including web and interactive mapping topics, practical maps made in support of projects, and topics outside of conventional cartography such as psycho-geography and mental mapping. In addition to main presentations, student lightning talks, a map gallery, discussion panel on mapping for social justice, an explosive cartography demonstration, and a mental mapping activity will fill the day for the full cartographic experience. A complete schedule of events will be available soon. Please check our website for updated information and sign up to receive email updates. Check in opens at 8:00 am with coffee, food and other refreshments served.

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Mar 02, 2018, 9:00 AM
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PRESENTATION TOPICS

08:00

Event Check In 

Welcome: Opening Remarks and Introductions

09:00

Interactive and Web Mapping:

Bringing the Magic of Paper Maps to the Web

Nik Wise - UO, Department Press 

Assessing Interactive Map Usability: A Case Study in PPGIS Data Production

Tim Hitchins - PSU 

Beautiful Maps for Web, Print, and the Virtual World

Rafa Gutierrez - Mapbox

09:15

Project Supporting Maps:

GIGANTOR: Combining Administrative District Maps

Paul Fyfield, Gabriel Rousseau, and Mattye Walsworth - BLM 

Mapping Modeled Inundation Limits of Potential Lahars from Mount Adams

Joe Bard - USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory

Designing a Multi-scale Neutral Colored Basemap Using Advanced Symbol Layer Drawing

Alexa Todd - Washington County Land Use and Transportation

Managing Your Projects: Mapping Hazards and Geology in Oregon

Jon Franczyk - DOGAMI

10:45

09:45

Narrating the Northwest with ESRI Story Maps

Daniel Coe - Washington Geological Survey

11:30

The Journey from Raster to Vector Basemaps with ArcGIS

Kate Leroux - Amazon 

12:00

LUNCH

12:15    Matthew Hampton - On Thermogenic Cartography

12:30    Informal Discussion Panel on Maps for Social Justice

           Tim Hitchins, Sachi Arawaka, Jim Thatcher, and Chris Wayne

1:15

Mapping Accessibility

Amy Lobben - University of Oregon

1:45

BREAK

3:30

3:00

Data dérive: Confronting Digital Geographic Information as Spectacle

Jim Thatcher - University of Washington

5:00

Student Lightning Talks:

Cartography with a Purpose

Adele Rife - Portland Community College

Designing Within One's Own Limitations

Liam Neeley-Brown - Portland Community College

Mapping Disappearing Languages on the Sierra Leone Coast

Krystle Harrell - Portland State University

Using LiDAR data in a prototype Atlas of the Olympic Peninsula

Josie Imrie - University of Oregon 

Hand Drawn Basemaps in AGOL Web App: Lost Lake Bouldering Guide

Alicia Milligan - Portland State University

Cannabis Takes Over the World: A Historical Geography

Maggie Burant - Portland State University

All presentations will take place in the Smith Memorial Union Ballroom on the Portland State University campus. The map gallery is located on the south side of the Ballroom.

BREAK

11:00

4:15

Keynote Address: Things That Don't Have A Thing To Do With Graphic Design

Aaron Draplin - Draplin Design Co.

Closing Remarks and Mental Mapping Results

*Please join us for an after party, map sharing, and networking opportunity at Rogue Hall at around 6pm!

3:15

Interactive development on the Historical 1700’s Priestley Timeline: A New Chart of History

Joanna Merson - University of Oregon 

Welcome: Opening Remarks and Introductions

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