GIS User Group

Everyone is welcome! Whether you have been using GIS for years, just learning, or wanting to learn; the GIS User Group (UGUG) will have something for you. These meetings provide a forum for networking, education, and fun.

The UCAR GIS User Group will meet the second Wednesday of each month.

Our next meeting will be on August 12th at 12:00 - 1:00 in FL1- 2133 and ML - Director's Conference room through Web Conferencing

Satellite Archaeology
Carl Drews - ACD

The past leaves its trace in the present.  An unusual mound, a straight ridge, a trough in an otherwise featureless landscape - all these can be signs of ancient human activity.  We think of archaeologists digging in the dirt, unearthing and cleaning an old potsherd with trowels and fine brushes.  However, recent advances in satellite technology mean that the signs of past civilizations can now be detected from earth orbit.  Desk work complements field work, and Google Earth can reveal the most likely sites to excavate.  Carl Drews will present techniques and examples of satellite archaeology from his Master's thesis research, which reconstructs Moses' crossing of the Red Sea as described in Exodus 14.

Previous Meetings:

May 9th 2007- meeting notes - What's new in ArcGIS 9.2, GALEON, scale and accuracy
June 13th 2007- meeting notes - Working with web services, IDV and hydrology
July 11th 2007- meeting notes - Distributing Climate Change and downscaled outputs in GIS
August 8th 2007- meeting notes - ArcGIS Tutorials
Sept 12th 2007- meeting notes - Working with Google Earth and ArcGIS
Oct 10th 2007- meeting notes - Integrating GIS into Service-Oriented Architectures
Nov. 14th 2007- meeting notes - Disaster Dynamic Game
Dec. 12th 2007- meeting notes - My World GIS
Jan. 9th 2008- meeting notes - Using GIS to relate ENSO and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning along the United States Gulf Coast
Feb. 13th 2008 - meeting notes -ArcGIS 9.3 beta
April. 9th 2008- meeting notes - Use of remote sensing and GIS to study climatic and human determinants of land cover change in semi-arid West Africa
May 14th 2008 - meeting notes -Daymet
June 11th 2008- meeting notes - Using NARCCAP data in ArcGIS 9.3
July 16th 2008- meeting notes - Google Earth Application at NCAR
October 8th 2008 - How to get there? The use of cognitive mapping and GIS to assess motorists' flash flood risk perception on daily itineraries
December 10th, 2008 - What's New in ArcGIS 9.3
January 10th, 2009 - 3D Plume visualization in ArcGIS
May 10th, 2009 - Estimating emissions from the terrestrial biosphere: now and in the future
July 7th, 2009 - Progress on International Standards