Texas A&M Geoservices

Happy GIS Day!

Do you need extra cash, employment, desire networking? We can help!
https://txgisday.org/

We are offering $500 in free money for TAMU students who help us collect pictures of light poles on campus today: https://txgisday.org/competitions/LightPole/

It's super easy - 1. Walk around campus as you normally would and submit pictures of light poles you see through the TxGIS Day website. 2. Take more pictures than anyone else. 3. Profit.

15+ companies and organizations will participate in a TAMU-only GIS Career fair this afternoon 3:00-5:00PM.

Upload your resume, get in the virtual queue, and get yourself employed: https://txgisday.org/sessions/ #!/details/24d893d3-27e8-46f1-8a78-d83729a83afb

TxGIS Day 2021 Three days of workshops and programs celebrating geospatial technology dedicated to students and faculty as they educate, innovate, and collaborate.

Join us today through Wednesday for interactive workshops, demonstrations, and programs celebrating the advancement of geospatial technology.

TxGIS Day 2021 Three days of workshops and programs celebrating geospatial technology dedicated to students and faculty as they educate, innovate, and collaborate.

GIS Day, the annual worldwide salute to geospatial technology and its power to transform and enhance lives, is going to be extra "spatial" this year in Texas, where the TxGIS Day celebration, one of the world's largest, is expanding to encompass three event-packed days, November 15-17, 2021.

https://gisday.tamu.edu/about/

Aggie Geosciences family: the GeoX 2021 summer camp application deadline is coming soon!

GeoX is our free summer geosciences experience for high school students. This year it is open to all high school students, & will be held virtually June 20 - July 2.

**Update: 2021 applications are now closed.**

➡️ More information: tx.ag/ApplyGeoX

Texas A&M College of Geosciences Virtual Campus Experience Welcome to Texas A&M College of Geosciences's Virtual Campus Experience. If it's on campus, it's only a few clicks away. Just sit back and go at your own pace – there's a lot to see. From academics to unique college traditions, the virtual tour showcases the entire student experience – before yo...

https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/des-moines-3d-mapping/

3D Gives Planners in Des Moines Clarity to Manage Economic Development, Growth Des Moines planners used 3D visualization to preserve the view of the state capitol building, while welcoming redevelopment.

A warming center at Reed Arena will open at 4p.m. today through noon on Thursday, Feb. 18 for individuals & families in the community impacted by power outages. Anyone considering relocation to the shelter should do so before 9p.m. tonight as continued freezing rain is expected.

Full details: http://tx.ag/WarmingCenter

https://geonews.tamu.edu/news/2021/01/early-covid19-cases-detection
“Together, these levels of cluster data provide public health officials with the data they need, in the timeframe in which they need it,” Goldberg said. “This is needed to tackle a disease like COVID-19, which is highly-infectious and where individuals can be actively spreading the virus without showing symptoms. It enables us to implement geographically-targeted ways to blunt the spread of COVID-19 as quickly as possible and save lives.”

It's the first day of spring 2021 classes in Aggieland! Welcome back and Gig 'em, Ags!

https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/publications/wherenext/lithium-mining-for-evs/

Lithium in California's Salton Sea Portend Possible Battery Cluster Mining lithium to power lithium-ion batteries could boost an overlooked California region, but the right tech tools will be key to success.