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GSA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
T140. New Tools in the Geologist’s Toolbelt: Using Technology
to Educate and Inspire Others about Geology
Cosponsors: Washington Division of Geology and Earth
Resources; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication,
Geoscience Education, History and Philosophy of Geology
Advocate: Dave Norman
Expanding capabilities in technology—interactive portals, web
scripts, mobile apps, social media, video, UAVs—create effective
platforms by which geologists may share geologic information
with both their peers and the uninitiated.
T141. Use of Geoscience Data and Information Resources in
Education and Research (Posters)
Cosponsors: Geoscience Information Society; GSA
Geoinformatics Division
Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication,
Geoscience Education, Geoinformatics
Advocate: Chris Badurek
This poster session examines the effective use of geoscience
data and information resources in successful teaching or
research activities.
T142. What Lies Beneath: How to Build Digital
Datasets and Visualize Subsurface Geology through
GIS and 3D Modeling
Cosponsors: GSA Geoinformatics Division; Washington Division
of Geology and Earth Resources; GSA Hydrogeology Division;
GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication,
Geoinformatics, Engineering Geology
Advocates: Daniel W. Eungard; Kathy Goetz Troost
This session seeks to provide a forum in which geologists, GIS
experts, and non-specialists can share experiences creating,
distributing, and interpreting subsurface geologic datasets and
concepts through 3D models and other tools.
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T143. Curating Physical Samples in a Digital World
Cosponsors: GSA Geoinformatics Division; Paleontological
Society; Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections; Disciplines: Geoinformatics, Geoscience Education, Geoscience
Paleontological Research Institution; Cushman Foundation;
Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Association of
American State Geologists
Discipline: Geoinformatics
Advocates: Leslie Hsu; Megan Carter; Anders J. Noren; Lesley
A.I. Wyborn
Physical samples, such as cores, fossils, and water, have unique
challenges for data stewardship because they are difficult, if not
impossible, to fully digitize. We will explore challenges and solu-
tions for digitally curating physical samples.
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T144. Drones in Geoscience (Posters)
Cosponsors: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology
Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Disciplines: Geoinformatics, Engineering Geology,
Geomorphology
Advocate: James Robert Van Eerden
Drones are an increasingly accessible research tool for geosci-
ence professionals. Learn how teams have successfully integrated
drones into their research tool kit.
T145. Geologic Maps and Their Derivatives (Posters)
Cosponsors: Association of American State Geologists; GSA
Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering
Geology Division
Disciplines: Geoinformatics, Hydrogeology, Structural Geology
Advocates: Richard Berg; Harvey Thorleifson
This poster session will highlight new geologic maps, mapping
programs, and innovations in geological mapping, including data
management, web accessibility, 3-D, and applications in water and
land management.
T146. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Their Use
in Geologic Reconnaissance—Round 2 (Posters)
Cosponsors: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology
Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division
Disciplines: Geoinformatics, Engineering Geology, Geoscience
Education
Advocates: Thomas L. Rice; Stephen L. Slaughter; Thad A.
Wasklewicz; Jessica E. Witt; Denise J. Hills
This session will highlight the burgeoning development of
UAV/UAS (drone) platforms and sensors that can be utilized in
geologic reconnaissance, especially in natural resource and natu-
ral hazards assessments. This is a follow-up on the 2015 session.
T147. What Can You Do with Geoinformatics?
Cosponsors: GSA Geoinformatics Division; Geoscience
Information Society; American Geosciences Institute; American
Geophysical Union; GSA Environmental and Engineering
Geology Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA
Karst Division; Association of American State Geologists
and Public Policy
Advocates: Denise J. Hills; Chris Badurek; Christopher Keane;
Shelley Stall
Many geoscientists are unfamiliar with geoinformatics, which
integrates different disciplines and technologies to enable trans-
formation of data into knowledge for geoscience. Careers in and
applications of geoinformatics will be highlighted.