To explore the theme of this year’s symposium—From Field to Table: Stories in Mapping—we invite people from all fields—planning, engineering, GIS, environmental science, journalism, marketing, to name a few—to share their experiences using mobile devices to collect and present different types of data. We seek presentations that explore some of the tablet and smartphone apps and online tools available for collecting data or designing custom forms to make the data more useful; that examine the advantages and limitations of using smartphones or tablets to collect data for a geographic information system. The symposium will be less a course in cartography and more an exploration of storytelling. We seek presentations that approach mapmaking as storytelling, highlight best map-making and story-telling practices, or impart skills and techniques that can help to make visually stunning presentations.

Call for Presentations: http://bit.ly/symposiumbythesea2017call

The symposium is an annual day of training sponsored by the Oregon Chapter of the Urban-Regional Information Services Association, the South Coast GIS User Group, and the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. This symposium will present stories of how information is being collected and mapped in the field using a wide array of tools, including smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices. We will also explore how to create effective maps and how maps can be used to weave data from different sources into compelling stories.