<div dir="ltr"><div>Apologies - here are the notes!</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Janet Reyes</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br>
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<span style="font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"></span><span style="font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit">UC Riverside Library</span></font></span></p></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM Janet Reyes <<a href="mailto:janet.reyes@ucr.edu">janet.reyes@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hello everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>Please find the notes from our October 15 meetup attached. </div><div><br></div><div>The meetup recording is <font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/rec/share/bMrycWtmMZftB2tNi6RZ3H8QpcSubl7I-c9AVKwTbprCypv9oqWFjICJYpuNVMwo.j0mXpTtKAJYVfCKJ" target="_blank">here</a>. The passcode to view is   </font> <span style="color:rgb(19,22,25);font-size:14px">G4s?&35Q</span></div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks to Professor Ahmed Eldawy, who shared about his research into improving how Generative AI can answer questions with a spatial component. I encourage everyone to view the recording for Dr. Eldawy's clear and relatable presentation! </div><div><br></div><div><i>Your</i> upcoming opportunities to give a presentation include (1) <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/0h2xvh/k510m1s/g6b2ttb" target="_blank">UC GIS Week</a>, (the <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#ff0000">deadline to submit a proposal is tomorrow!)</font></span> and (2) a Geospatial/GIS meetup in January, February, or May 2026. Please contact me if you are interested in the latter.</div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Our next meetup will be on Wednesday, November 12 (the day after the Veteran's Day holiday). EEOB graduate student Gary Qin will share about <b>Using QGIS in freshwater health assessment of the Santa Ana River watershed</b>.</span></div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Best,</font></div></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Janet Reyes</span></b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
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