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The Data Studio Presents Military Applications of GIS with Mark Belrose on Jan. 24:

Mark Belrose is the Chief of the Western Range National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Support Branch at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The NGA is the nation’s primary source of geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT. As a Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency collects remotely sensed data, physical geography, land cover and cultural data around the world. This data helps its mission partners visualize the world, support the safe navigation of land, air and sea, and provide timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence to support the U.S. in national defense and during natural disasters. Join us at the Kennedy Library on Thursday, January 24 from 11:00am-12pm in the Data Studio (111C). Faculty, students and community members are welcome. For more information: http://libguides.calpoly.edu/datastudio.

The Data Studio Presents Navigating OpenStreetMap with Joe Larson on Jan. 31:
Joe Larson is a GIS Specialist with CAL FIRE. He will explain how CAL FIRE uses OpenStreetMap (OSM), an open access geographic information system (GIS) resource, to create detailed maps of the local community that include various assets and structures. OSM also includes mobile applications that allow users to contribute data and both have wide teaching applications. Join us at the Kennedy Library on Thursday, January 31 from 11:00am-12pm in the Data Studio (111C). Faculty, students and community members are welcome. For more information: http://libguides.calpoly.edu/datastudio.

Understanding Climate Change: Probable Causes, Possible Solutions
Dr. Barbara G. Levi

Date: Tuesday, April 21
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Philips Auditorium, Cal Poly Performing Arts Center

Dr. Barbara Levi, co-editor of the book Global Warming: Physics and Facts, has been a writer and senior editor at Physics Today magazine for over 30 years. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

This event is co-sponsored by the Cal Poly Department of Physics and by the Empower Poly Coalition. It is made possible by the generous support of the Hafemeister Physics-and-Society Lecture Endowment.

Global warming : physics and facts is available at Kennedy Library…QC981.8.G56 G58195 1992

The library is rolling out all new research guides. I have created a COSAM Research Portal and will be constantly updating all research guides. A number of research guides are under construction. Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions.

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