UT Arlington Library GIS Workshop Series

Presenter: Joshua Been, GIS Librarian
Who May Attend: UT Arlington Students, Faculty, and Staff, and the general public.

Title: Mapping Election Data in Your Neighborhood
Description: See how Geographic Information Systems can be used to explore presidential election voting trends by precinct (VTD) around your neighborhood and across the state. Then we will compare various demographic trends, such as income, age, and race, and its geographic relationship with voters. No prior GIS experience is required. Open to all.

Time: September 17, 3-5pm
Location:Central Library, B20

Title: Mapping Happiness
Description: Learn how you can map world happiness by country and investigate possible causes of this happiness. The data used in this workshop are the same as those used in this year's One Book, entitled "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future." Here is more information about the UT Arlington's One Book program: http://www.uta.edu/onebook. No prior GIS experience is required. Open to all.

Time: October 15, 3-5pm
Location: Central Library, B20

Title: Vampires in North America: Map Settlements and Migration Patterns
Description:Learn how Geographic Information Systems techniques such as site suitability and shortest path analysis can be used to locate vampire settlements and vampiric migratory patterns. This topic is an exercise of the imagination, with vampire themes taken out of the bestselling "Twilight Series" books and movies. No prior GIS experience is required. Open to all.

Time: November 18, 3-5pm
Location: Central Library, B20