Beginners - Storytelling with Maps

A series of short online technical demonstrations for New Zealand geospatial practitioners focusing on New Zealand-specific GIS workflows and datasets.GeoBites are hosted by theGeospatial Capability Team at Land Information New ZealandYou may also be interested inNgā Poutama Matawhenua | Practical Māori GIS Mapping WānangaFor further information please contact: growgisnz@linz.govt.nz

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<H2>101 for Beginners: Who doesnt like a good story!  Ideal for those with no mapping experience, working in the public service. </H2>
<H3>Join us at LINZ to for a free, practical &amp; hands on session - crafting stories using geospatial information.</H3>
Audience: People working in Policy, Media Services, Researchers, Advisors, Analysts and Technical Leads from throughout the Social Sector and Natural Resource Agencies.
In this session we’ll cover a range of themes including:
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<LI>Tools and technologies available</LI>
<LI>Using stories to increase awareness of the benefits of geospatial information</LI>
<LI>Accessing and using Geospatial data sources like the LINZ data service</LI>
<LI>Engaging your audience</LI>
<LI>Sharing, embedding, social media, blogs and other sites.</LI>
</UL>
You will need to bring a laptop, charger, mouse and your lunch. 9-12pm will be training, 1-2pm support for creating your own stories. 
If you have a Google or Esri Account you will want to know your password. We will help get you setup prior to the workshop for those who dont have one. 
No coding or mapping experience is required for this session. A summary webinar could be hosted at a later date if the demand is there. 
You may wish to consider a project idea prior to this workshop, you will want to collect good quality photos, a little text, video clips (youtube) and maybe ideas for your story. 
After this session: Participants have the knowledge and skills to develop and share their own stories using a variety of map based tools. 
 
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<H2>Looking for the Advanced Session?  <A HREF="https://hae.re/storyadv" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Advanced" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Geospatial practitioners click here.</A></H2>
 Queries and Questions:  <A HREF="mailto:dwilkins@linz.govt.nz" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">dwilkins@linz.govt.nz </A>

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