Virtual Meeting of California Map Society pt. 1

When
10 Oct 2020
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location
Zoom info will be provided to registrants

Registration is closed

California Map Society
Southern California Fall Conference

Two Virtual Sessions: October 10th and 24th

BECAUSE OF THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC, ALL CMS CONFERENCES

AND ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY UNTIL SPRING 2021

Session One - Saturday, 10 October 2020 Agenda

To attend Oct. 10th, please click HERE to register.

Your confirmation email will provide the Zoom link.

10:30-10:45 am | Welcome – President Ron Gibbs, immediate past President Jon Jablonski and Vice President Courtney Spikes

10:45-11:30 am | Matthew Toro, Director of Maps, Imagery, and Geospatial Services, Arizona State University Library. Rescaling Geography: Grand Canyon Exploratory and Topographic Mapping 1777 - 1978. Presentation followed by Q&A.

11:30-12:15 pm | Presidents' Panel: The State of Map Societies during COVD-19. Moderated by Nagin Cox, Greater Los Angeles Mappers and CMS Member:

Angel Abbud-Madrid, President, Rocky Mountain Map Society

Lena Denis, President, Boston Map Society

Eliane Dotson, President, Washington Map Society

Ron Gibbs, President, California Map Society

Stephen Hanon, New York Map Society

Brenda McClurkin, President, Texas Map Society

12:15-12:30 pm | Break

12:30-1:15 pm | Kenneth Field, Principal Cartographic Product Engineer at ESRI and author, Cartography (2018). Mapping Death in the Grand Canyon. Presentation followed by Q&A.

1:15-1:30 pm | Closing – President Ron Gibbs and immediate past President Jon Jablonski
1:30-2:00 pm | President Ron Gibbs – CMS Members Business Meeting.

Session Two - Saturday, 24 October 2020 Agenda

To attend Oct. 24th, please click HERE to register.

Your confirmation email will provide the Zoom link.

10:30-10:45 am | Welcome – President Ron Gibbs, immediate past President Jon Jablonski and Vice President Courtney Spikes

10:45-11:30 am | Nick Kanas, Author, Solar System Maps: From Antiquity to the Space Age (2013) and Star Maps: History, Artistry and Cartography (2019) and Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry UCSF. Celestial Maps in Art. Presentation followed by Q&A.

11:30-12:15 am | Ryan Mattke, Co-Director Mapping Prejudice Project and Head of John R. Borchert Map Library at University of Minnesota. Mapping Prejudice: Cartographic Activism and Primary Sources, 1930s-1950s. Presentation followed by Q&A.

12:15-12:30 pm | Break

12:30-1:15 pm | Courtney Scarborough, Deputy Director NCEAS and Nisha Jagota, UCSB C'2021. California Kelp Groves: 1912 and now. Presentation followed by Q&A.

1:15-1:30 pm | Closing – President Ron Gibbs and immediate past President Jon Jablonski

REGISTRATION: Because we are using a Zoom format, all attendees are asked to register via the links provided above for each date. In addition, instructions for joining the virtual conference will be emailed directly to all CMS members the week before each conference date. Non-members can register with the links above or via the CMS website or email Dr. Ron Gibbs at ron@californiamapsociety.org for any additional questions.

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Agenda

Times are subject to change.

10:00	Registration and Hospitality
10:30		welcome
10:40 - 11:20	William Mosely	"Satellite imagery and wildfire response: The Palisades Fire" Planet Labs PBC operates flocks of microsatellites providing a hi-resolution snapshot of the earth every day, and even higher-resolution satellites that capture images on demand. Customer Success Manager William Mosely will detail how Microsoft AI for Good and Planet partnered to measure the impact of the devastating nearby Palisades fire this past January.
11:25 - 12:05	Cal Tabuena-Frolli	"Yield 02" Artist Cal Tabuena-Frolli is following a stint with the Santa Paula Oil Museum with a series of maps and related pieces detailing the history of oil in California, from pre-historic times through 1929. That's when most of us think California oil history begins.
12:10 - 12:50	Ed LanFranco	“Map Madness: Corralling, Collating and Categorizing a Cartobiliography of Beijing” Journalist and sinophile Ed LanFranco will share the various ways the capital of China has been cartographically portrayed throughout the 20th century.
12:50 - 1:30		break
1:30 - 2:10	Jon Jablonski	"Resurrecting Landscapes with Machine Vision" Librarian Jon Jablonski is leveraging collections of aerial photography at UC Santa Barbara and UCLA to build 3-d models of 1930s Yosemite Valley, the Gaviota Coast, and more! By using Agisoft Metashape, the overlapping stereo photographs reveal long-forgotten vistas and have the potential to help find forgotten abandoned oil wells.
2:15 - 2:50	Debra Scacco	Santa Monica's first artist-in-residence at City Yards, Debra Scacco will highlight how maps, cartography, and the landscape interact in her work as artist and curator. bonus: Debra's exhibition "Laboratory for the Future" at Santa Monica City Yards' Propeller Gallery is open through January 2026! She has offered to walk us through immediately after the meeting. The gallery is a short drive away
		closing remarks

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