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NACIS 2016

Welcome to NACIS 2016 in Colorado Springs! This is the annual meeting of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS). See the schedule below and check out the NACIS website for more details.

The North American Cartographic Information Society, founded in 1980, is an organization comprised of specialists from private, academic, and government organizations whose common interest lies in facilitating communication in the map information community.

6:00pm MDT

NACIS Board Meeting Fremont

7:00pm MDT

Tuesday Night Meetup Phantom Canyon Brewing Co.

5:00am MDT

Geographic Data Collections Day: Field trip to Denver to visit USGS and DPLLIMITED Field Trip

9:00am MDT

Practical Cartography Day - Early Morning Session Heritage A/B/C

10:45am MDT

Practical Cartography Day - Late Morning Session Heritage A/B/C

12:00pm MDT

Practical Cartography Day Lunch Heritage D/E/F

1:30pm MDT

Practical Cartography Day - Early Afternoon Session Heritage A/B/C

3:30pm MDT

Practical Cartography Day - Late Afternoon Session Heritage A/B/C

5:15pm MDT

NACIS Fun Run & Walk East Prefunction

7:00pm MDT

Opening Plenary - Kirk Goldsberry - From Humboldt to Hexbinz Heritage A/B/C

8:00pm MDT

Map Gallery Opening and Welcome Reception Summit Ballroom

9:00am MDT

Conservation and Sustainability Heritage B Design in Web Cartography Heritage A Drawing the Line Heritage C NACIS Commons Session 1 Summit Ballroom

10:10am MDT

Morning Break East Prefunction

10:40am MDT

Let's Talk About Text Heritage C Maps and Learning Heritage B Smart Mapping Heritage A NACIS Commons Session 2 Summit Ballroom

12:00pm MDT

NACIS Lunch & Business Meeting Heritage D/E/F

2:00pm MDT

Elements of Design Heritage C Historical Perspectives Heritage B Mapping Yellowstone Heritage A NACIS Commons Session 3 Summit Ballroom

3:30pm MDT

Afternoon Break East Prefunction

4:00pm MDT

Finding Our Way Heritage B Mapping Risk and Uncertainty Heritage A Maps for Social Justice Heritage C NACIS Commons Session 4 Summit Ballroom

5:00pm MDT

CP Editorial Board Meeting Springs Orleans

6:00pm MDT

NACIS Night Out at Jack Quinn's Irish Pub Jack Quinn's Irish Pub

9:00am MDT

New Terrain Heritage C Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Heritage B The Professional Cartographer Heritage A

10:10am MDT

Morning Break East Prefunction

10:40am MDT

Dynamic Workflows Heritage C Mapping in the City Heritage B Storylines in the Map Heritage A Critical Cartography, Critical Data: Confronting New Forms of Geospatial Information Carson

12:00pm MDT

NACIS Board Meeting - II Executive Boardroom

2:00pm MDT

Challenges in Spatial Analytics Heritage B Making Maps Useful Heritage C Rethinking the Map Heritage A Typophiles' Retreat, Part 2: The Return Carson

3:30pm MDT

Afternoon Break East Prefunction

4:00pm MDT

Advancing Cartographic Education Heritage B Collaborative Cartography Heritage C Representing Change Heritage A

5:30pm MDT

NACIS Banquet Reception (Hosted Bar!) Antler's Grille

6:30pm MDT

NACIS Banquet - Awards, Giveaways, and Keynote by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Summit Ballroom

9:00pm MDT

Geodweeb Geopardy Summit Ballroom

9:00am MDT

GIS Basics for Cartographic Design and Production Carson Mapping for Change with OSM Learning Center Mapping in the Cloud with GeoJSON and TopoJSON Heritage A Field Trip: Garden of the Gods Hike and Orienteering Garden of the Gods