Upcoming Events
The 20th Annual Towson University Geographic
Information Sciences
Conference (TUgis 2007) is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, March 19-20,
2007. The conference is sponsored by the Towson University Department of
Geography and Environmental Planning and will be held on the Towson
University campus.
TUgis 2007 continues a tradition of
offering an exceptional professional
education and networking opportunity for GIS practitioners, geospatial
businesses, college and university faculty and students, and K-12 teachers.
Conference features include presentations in plenary, poster, and
concurrent sessions; exhibit area with up to 50 exhibitors; map competition
and gallery; job mart; mini-workshops on topics such as "What's New
in
ArcGIS 9.2 and ArcGIS Server"; special sessions for K-12 teachers;
student
paper sessions; and post-conference workshops
We are also pleased to announce the
confirmed keynote speakers for TUgis
2007:
Jack Dangermond, President, Environmental
Systems Research Institute
http://www.esri.com
Douglas Richardson, Executive Director,
Association of American Geographers
http://www.aag.org
The Call for Presentations for TUgis
2007 will be distributed on Friday,
September 29, 2006. The deadline for presentation proposals is Friday,
December 1, 2006.
Even if you are not planning to make
a presentation at TUgis 2007, we hope
you will attend the conference next March to help us celebrate our 20th
year of providing quality professional education opportunities to the GIS
community in Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region.
Jay Morgan
John M. Morgan, III, Ph.D., Professor
Director Emeritus of the Center for Geographic Information Sciences
Department of Geography and Environmental Planning
Towson University
8000 York Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21252-0001
410-704-2964
410-704-4702 (fax)
jmorgan@towson.edu
http://pages.towson.edu/morgan
Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004
In conjunction with Potomac Geophysical Society, MADAAG is sponsoring a
talk by David Applegate, Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic
Hazards at the US Geological Survey. Dr. Applegate will be speaking about
the December 2004 Indian Tsunami.
When: 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005
Where: Fort Myer Officers Club in Arlington, VA
Reception: 6:30 p.m.; Dinner: 7:30 p.m.
Directions: see the map
Allow 15 minutes for security entering Ft. Myer as
all civilian vehicles are searched. The Iwo Jima (Wright) gate is now open
again as well as the main gate open 24 hours a day http://www.fmmcmwr.com/directionsmyer.htm
If you wish to attend dinner ($22.00), please make reservations with Victor Oancea (Phone: 703.676.2824; E-Mail: Victor.Oancea@saic.com). If you wish, please feel free to attend the TALK without dinner. Non-members and guests are welcome. Visit the PGS website (http://www.potomacgeophysical.com) for new meeting announcements, etc.
EVENTS ARCHIVE
2005
| February 23 | Urban geographers and lovers of micro-brews will enjoy an EVENING AT FRANKLIN'S BREW-PUB in Hyattsville, Md. Our speaker will be Mark Ferguson, president of the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, who will talk about inner suburban development in Prince George's County, with a particular focus on the Route One corridor which is now slated for millions of dollars of retail and housing where once stood acres of car dealerships and blight. [See Details] Contact:David Rain |
2004
| December 10th | MAD members and other interested parties wi ll enjoy a BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC facilities on 17th. You will see the editorial offices where the magazine is produced, and you'll g et to peek at the television and design studios as well as the halls where explo ration was charted and recounted for over a century. [See Details] Contact:David Rain |
| November 20th | MADAAG members gathered Saturday, November 20, at the Holocaust Museum across from the Washington Monument for the first field trip of the year. [See Details] Contact:David Rain |
| Ocober 30th | October's DC Boundaries trip was postponed until the spring [See Details] Contact:David Rain |
| May 27th | MAD-AAG
& PGS Joint Dinner Meeting [See Details] Contact:Joe Bennett |
| April 24th | Field Trip to the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center |
| April 16th, from 9:00 to 4:00 | MAD-AAG
Annual Meeting at the University of Maryland, College Park, with guest
speaker Dr. Alexander Murphy, President of the Association of American
Geographers. [See Details] Contact: Martha E. Geores |
2003
| November 21st | Student Research Day, at Frostburg State University [Student Research Day, at Frostburg State University: Summary (PDF), and Awards (PDF) |
| October 24th | Evening Meeting [See Details] contact: Tara Wallace |
| September 25th | Evening Meeting |
| June 24th (Tuesday) |
Evening Meeting [ See Detail contact: Richard Jaffeson |
| May |
GWU Prof McGrath Retirement Reception contact: Ivan Cheung |
| April |
NASA Greenbelt LandSat Facility contact: Dave Kirtland |
| March 5 through 8 | The 99th AAG Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA) |
|
February 24th Navy's Carderock Center (Potomac Maryland) Carderock Facility Site |
Led by Lee De Cola ldecola@usgs.gov |
2002
| Dinner Meeting - Sept 6 2002 | "The
Geographical Dimensioins of Terrorism: What We've Learned in the Past
Year" by Dr. Doug Richardson |
| Field Trip - Oct 19 2002 | "DC Boundary Stone Field Trip" by Dr. Lee De Cola |
| MADAAG-SEDAAG Joint Meeting - Nov 23-26, 2002 | Richmond
Virginia contact: Dr. Martha Geores |