A friend sent me this address for the Graphic Information Systems day to be held at UWM on November 14. GIS is the sort of map Hamtrack uses when it maps the geographic distribution of surnames on the census. The kind of thing that when you type in "Kauzlaric", more of them ( in a theoretical example ) live in Illinois than any other state and the next screen brings up the USA map with states shaded by how many of the Kauzlaric surname live there. I find geopolitical genealogy interesting and also appreciate the price on this workshop. Hope you find it interesting too, Ashley To register, you can call 229-5916, or you can register online at http://www.uwm.edu/UniversityOutreach/gisday/register.html Featuring... Milwaukee Fights Crime with GIS Date: November 14, 2001 Hands-on Workshops TIME: 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. A: Intro to GIS FULL TAUGHT BY: Bill Huxhold, Department of Urban Planning LOCATION: Business Building, Rm. N234C Learn the basics of GIS using ArcView GIS and hands-on exercises. B: Map Milwaukee/COMPASS TAUGHT BY: Nancy Olson, City of Milwaukee, and Joyce Witebsky, Center for Urban Initiatives and Research LOCATION: Architecture and Urban Planning Building, Rm. 194 Learn how to use the City of Milwaukee's GIS web sites to explore and analyze property, crime, and health data in your neighborhood. C: Problem Solving with GIS for Neighborhood Organizations TAUGHT BY: Jim Pingle, COMPASS Project LOCATION: Bolton Hall, Rm. 293 Learn how to use GIS to help your organization analyze neighborhood trends. Lunch and Map Gallery TIME: 12:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (LUNCH 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) LOCATION: American Geographical Society Collection, Golda Meir Library, 3rd floor East Wing Keynote Speaker TIME: 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. WELCOME: Professor Stephen Percy, 1:00 p.m. GUEST SPEAKER: Mayor John Norquist (invited), City of Milwaukee, The Milwaukee COMPASS Project, 1:05 p.m. Continuous Demonstrations TIME: 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. LOCATION: American Geographical Society Collection, Golda Meir Library, 3rd floor East Wing The Biogeomorphology of the Jamaican Cockpit Country, Sean Chenoweth, Geography Department, University of Wisconsin?Milwaukee Focus Demonstrations TIME: 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. LOCATION: American Geographical Society Collection, Golda Meir Library, 3rd floor East Wing 1:30 Map Milwaukee, Bill Huxhold, Urban Planning Department, University of Wisconsin?Milwaukee 2:00 COMPASS, Nancy Olson, Geographic Information Systems, Information & Technology Management Division, City of Milwaukee 2:30 The Firearm Injury Center, Richard Withers, Firearm Injury Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Froedtert East Clinic 3:00 Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee, Michael Barndt, Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee, Inc. 3:30 Spatial Statistics of Hate Crime in Los Angeles County, Jochen Albrecht, Geography Department, University of Wisconsin?Milwaukee Reception TIME: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. LOCATION: American Geographical Society Collection, Golda Meir Library, 3rd floor East Wing