GIS applications and uses in the development

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16 Sep , 2021

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16 Sep , 2021

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المركز الوطني للإحصاء والمعلومات

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المركز الوطني للإحصاء والمعلومات

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Public Event

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Opened

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Description

Workshop (The importance of GIS applications and uses in the development of scientific research and innovation )

• Speaker: Michael Gould
• Date :12/9/2021
• Presentation Duration: 90-180 minutes
• Presentation Summary: ArcGIS is being used in a variety of scientific areas and disciplines, from agricultural engineering to public health and wildlife biology. GIS contributes to the entire scientific process: question generation, data collection, exploratory and quantitative analysis, and presentation of results to closed groups or to the world. To accompany this session we will send ahead of time several copies of the 2021 Esri Press book “GIS for Science, volume 2”.

• Presentation Outline:
• Esri Industry Solutions: ArcGIS being used in over 40 industries and sectors, including many scientific fields of interest
• Esri’s Science outreach; websites; case studies
• ArcGIS Digital Atlas of the World: largest collection of geospatial data for research purposes
• Examples of scientific work by NASA and related agencies.
• GeoAI and Machine Learning connections to GIS.
• Connections to innovation platforms and software developer programs.