[Geospatial] Notes from the Geospatial/GIS meetup Feb. 17

[Janet Reyes]

Hello all,

The notes from Wednesday's Geospatial/GIS meetup are attached. You'll find information about the many events coming up in the next ten days, and more!

The recording of our meetup can be viewed  here<https://ucr.zoom.us/rec/share/Hbs7WcKVLeiBQ12lhuzLn19ElruqoYZ8wTepDU3eidRyigK3U_AprbxSPQloEJoP.CnE2f_TFhdIxdswH>. The access passcode to view is  3B8ixd^S

Our thanks to Gerald Winkel, who demonstrated several aspects of the new National Shelter System implemented by the American Red Cross.

Thanks also to all who attended, especially our first-time attendees - we hope you can join us again!

Here are a few bonus items I wanted to share with you:

  *   A mini-symposium February 26, hosted by the David Rumsey Map Center on fire mapping<https://events.stanford.edu/events/902/90227/>
  *   Controversy over a map projection (!)   Here's the original press release<https://www.princeton.edu/news/2021/02/15/princeton-astrophysicists-re-imagine-world-map-designing-less-distorted-radically> announcing a new projection, and here is a scoffing reaction<https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2021/2/17/a-radically-different-world-map>.

^^^

I hope you all stay well, and can join us at our next meetup on Wednesday, March 17.

Best,


Janet Reyes
Geospatial Information Librarian
UCR Library | University of California, Riverside
P.O. Box 5900 | Orbach Library, Room 128
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Office: 951.827.6421 | Fax: 951.827.2255 | janet.reyes at ucr.edu<mailto:janet.reyes at ucr.edu>

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