Conference Workshops
Workshop Tracks
All workshops will be held on Thursday, 1 April 2010. Workshops will be presented in themed tracks and participation in workshops is included in conference registration cost. The tracks and specific workshops planned include the following (specific titles and content may change slightly). Please contact Dan Ames if you have any suggestions for a workshop topic not listed here.
- Track A: Community Participation and Development of the MapWindow Project
- Workshop A1 (3 hours): Project Management 101 - Guidance from a 30-Year Veteran of the Aerospace Industry.
- Workshop A2 (2 hours): Under the Hood of MapWindow 6 - What’s New, What’s Different, and Where We Need Your Help.
- Workshop A3 (2 hours): Moving the Project Forward - OSGeo, Advisory Committees, MONO, Web Collaboration.
- Track B: MapWindow GIS and Plug-ins for End Users
and Educators
- Workshop B1 (3 hours): Getting Started with GIS – MapWindow as a First GIS for end-users
- Workshop B2 (2 hours): All About Plug-ins – Getting to Know the Cadre of MapWindow Plug-ins.
- Workshop B3 (2 hours): MapWindow 6 – A New Implementation of a Familiar Application With some Cool New Features
- Track C: Hydrologic and Water Resources Applications of
MapWindow GIS
- Workshop C1 (3 hours): BASINS 4 - A Comprehensive Watershed Modeling and Analysis System
- Workshop C2 (2 hours): Soil and Water Assessment Tool - a GIS Interface for the SWAT Watershed Model
- Workshop C3 (2 hours): HydroDesktop - An Extensible MW6 Based Hydrologic Data Management Client for the CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System
- Track D: Use of the MapWindow Libraries and Development Tools
- Workshop D1 (3 hours): Introducing the Fully .NET MapWindow 6 Programming Libraries: Map, Legend, Plugins, Data Providers, Tools
- Workshop D2 (2 hours): Programming Custom Applications using the MapWinGIS.ocx ActiveX control and MapWinGeoProc.dll Geoprocessing Library
- Workshop D3 (2 hours): Building Plug-ins for the MapWindow 4 Desktop Application
Workshop tracks are organized around development of MapWindow itself (Track A), using the desktop application and plugins (Track B), hydrology and water resources applications (Track C), and programming using the MapWindow libraries (Track D). However you can select workshops based on a theme according to your interests. For example:
Plug-ins Theme: C1, B2, D3
MapWindow 6 Theme: D1, A2, B3
Workshop Instructors
Workshop instructors include members of the core MapWindow development team from Idaho State University and around the world. Specific presenters for specific workshops will be published in the final conference program.
The conference registration form will allow you
to select the workshops that you are most interested in. Also, if
you are interested in helping run one or more of these
workshops, please indicate so on your
registration form. We will certainly need help!
Computers...
Because the workshops are being held in the hotel conference rooms rather than computer laboratories, you will need to bring your own laptop computer. Alternatively, we have made arrangements to rent laptop computers in advance and have them available for your use in the workshops. Please indicate on your registration form if you need a rental computer.
Register Now!
Space will be limited in workshops, so register early to ensure your seat in the workshops you need. We recommend registering well before the December 17 Early-Bird registration cut-off.
Workshop Details
Workshop B2 (2 hours): All About Plug-ins – Getting to Know the Cadre of MapWindow Plug-ins(Paul Meemes) In this workshop for users we'll be using some of the core plug-ins including: Printing tool + Atlas generator, GIS Tools, Shapefile editor, MeemsTools, Document launcher, Photo viewer, Path analyzer, Open Meta Datamanager, Online data plug-in, Graph tool, Archive Project, to do some interesting work like: Print your maps as attractive as possible, Alter lines, points or polygons of your shapefile, Get data from external files like Excel worksheet and Access databases, Extent your data by using documents, photos and URLs, Give your data appropriate meta data, Get free online data to use with your own maps, Use graphics/charts on your map, Packaging your data and send it to your customer.
Workshop D3 (2 hours): Building Plug-ins for the MapWindow 4 Desktop Application (Paul Meemes) In this workshop for developers we will be using the template plug-in to create our own plug-in: 'Find-attribute'. We'll be discussing how to add menus, toolbars and panels. We'll discuss how to interact with the legend, the map and custom forms. How to use the MapWinUtillity and enable logging and write debug messages. We'll be working with VS2008 (express) and C#.
