13/11/2023
Do you love maps? Join us for an insightful talk on the magic of maps on GIS Day 2023! 🗺
A geographic information system (GIS) is a system that creates, manages, analyzes, and maps all types of data. Professionals and academics of all fields can use GIS technology to gain insights into geospatial data with real-world applications. In other words, GIS can capture, display, and analyze location data to help make powerful decisions.
In celebration of on November 15th, UCL Data Viz Society and UCL Geographical Society are proud to host James Cheshire, Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography at UCL and Director of the UCL Social Data Institute, for a talk on maps! 🌏
Creating maps is often seen as both an art and a science, a curious blend that can make it hard to spot the fact from fiction. Borders can be shifted, regions highlighted, and areas left off all at the whim of the cartographer. This makes them a powerful tool for influencing people's opinions and actions.
"How to Use Maps and Influence People" will explore how maps came to be so influential in everything from fighting disease and tackling pollution to movements for women’s suffrage and civil rights. The talk will consider the importance of symbols on maps and the messages they convey, and reveal how Robert Louis Stephenson’s Treasure Island map was the inspiration for some of the most effect propaganda in the build up to the Second World War.
Register for the talk here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJcgT5nTy5EOIp_m9KExb6ViTItxbVEw2L22wm_NBKQsxG0Q/viewform
A taster or standard membership of our society is required to join the event. You can register for one here: https://studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies/data-visualisation-society 😊
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us via email ([email protected]).
We look forward to seeing you!
